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| To Beijing, Softly |
| Balakrishna Pisupati |
| The Indian Express , Thursday, May 14, 2015 |
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As PM Narendra Modi visits China, he must manage the deliverables as well as the expectations. Apart from the visit’s strategic and economic agenda, there are “softer” targets that could help with Ind ...More
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| India must move to a new equitable green energy system |
| Praful Bidwai |
| DNA India , Thursday, May 14, 2015 |
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The government has attracted widespread opprobrium for cracking down on environmental non-governmental organisations like Greenpeace, maligned for obstructing “development” (read, ecologically destruc ...More
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| Fisherfolk have to be aware of climate change |
| Sudha Nambudiri |
| The Times of India , Wednesday, May 13, 2015 |
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KOCHI: Though fishermen communities are noting the dwindling numbers in their catch and changes in fish species, they have not related the same to climate change. This requires them to adapt and take ...More
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| Rise in CO2 ups water-use efficiency of trees |
| IANS |
| Business Standard , Wednesday, May 13, 2015 |
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The increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration has led to trees using their available water resources more efficiently, says a new research.
Over the course of the 20th century, the s ...More
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| Green road to Paris |
| Arvind Subramanian |
| The Indian Express , Wednesday, May 13, 2015 |
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How should India approach the forthcoming, and highly anticipated, climate change negotiations planned for December in Paris (COP-21, as it is called)? The answer is, confidently and constructively, b ...More
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| Breakup fears for massive Antarctic ice shelf: study |
| AFP |
| The Times of India , Wednesday, May 13, 2015 |
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PARIS: The largest ice shelf in the Antarctic peninsula is being thinned by warmer seas and air and could catastrophically break up, scientists said on Wednesday.
The loss of the Larsen C ice sh ...More
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| UT dept launches water conservation drive in schools |
| TNN |
| The Times of India , Wednesday, May 13, 2015 |
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CHANDIGARH: The department of environment, UT administration and Yuvsatta, an NGO, launched a Water Conservation Fortnight' in city schools with organization of poster-making, slogan-writing and decla ...More
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| Sea-level rise accelerating, say scientists |
| AFP |
| Business Standard , Tuesday, May 12, 2015 |
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Sea-level rise is accelerating, not declining as some have hoped, scientists said today citing melt water from Earth's ice sheets as the likely cause.
In 2013, the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on C ...More
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| NGT directs study on environment impact |
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| The Assam Tribune , Tuesday, May 12, 2015 |
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GUWAHATI, May 11 – The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Union Ministry of Power, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, governments of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam and the ...More
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| NGT directs study on environment impact |
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| The Assam Tribune , Tuesday, May 12, 2015 |
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GUWAHATI, May 11 – The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Union Ministry of Power, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, governments of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam and the ...More
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| Green tribunal orders study on dams |
| Sumir Karmakar |
| The Telegraph , Tuesday, May 12, 2015 |
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Guwahati, May 11: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered a scientific study of the environmental impact of the proposed dams in Arunachal Pradesh on downstream areas.
The Calcutta-based easter ...More
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| Climate change threatens many species, study finds |
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| The Hindu , Tuesday, May 12, 2015 |
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Climate change could drive to extinction as many as one in six animal and plant species, according to a new analysis. In a study published recently in the journal Science, Mark Urban, an ecologist at ...More
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| Asiatic lion population in Gujarat reaches 523 |
| Maulik Pathak |
| Live Mint , Monday, May 11, 2015 |
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Ahmedabad: The number of Asiatic lions in Gujarat, the last abode of the rare big cat, has risen 27% in the last five years, fresh data show.
According to the latest census figures released on Sunday ...More
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| Shimla aspires for UNESCO heritage tag |
| TNN |
| The Times of India , Monday, May 11, 2015 |
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SHIMLA: Efforts are on to get erstwhile summer capital of British India — Shimla, on the coveted list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
A team of officials from International City/Country Management ...More
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| After NGT, now Maharashtra stays tree felling on NH-7 |
| Vijay Pinjarkar |
| The Times of India , Sunday, May 10, 2015 |
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Nagpur: Finally, the state government on Saturday stayed felling of trees on NH7 in 37km stretch between Mansar on Maharashtra side and Khawasa on Madhya Pradesh border by staying the working permissi ...More
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| Dead dolphins on Mumbai’s beaches worry activists |
| AISHWARYA RAVIKUMAR |
| The Hindu , Saturday, May 09, 2015 |
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Water pollutants, radio-active toxins, factory effluents, climate change among many possible factors.
The washing ashore of carcasses of five dolphins, and finless porpoises, both protected species, ...More
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