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| Polar bears can't survive on land-based diet: study |
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| Business Standard , Friday, April 03, 2015 |
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While some polar bears are hunting on land more often in areas hit by climate change, a diet of bird eggs and berries cannot sustain these huge animals, a new study has found.
A handful of polar b ...More
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| NABARD Disburses Loans Amounting to Rs 7,678 cr |
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| The New Indian Express , Friday, April 03, 2015 |
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD) has made a record Rs 7,678 crore loan disbursement in the state in 2014-15 through the Kerala State Cooperative Ba ...More
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| Conservationists irked as trees felled for NH-7 widening |
| Vivek Deshpande |
| The Indian Express , Friday, April 03, 2015 |
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With Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar dismissing the opinion of Wildlife Institute of India (WII) experts regarding mitigation measures against the impact of widening the National Highway- ...More
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| Acting on the climate change |
| MRIDULA RAMESH |
| The Hindu , Friday, April 03, 2015 |
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In the last two articles we saw that given the differing impacts of climate change on different countries, the depressing reality might be that insufficient action against that change is the most like ...More
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| USA, Russia announce emission cuts ahead of Paris meet |
| Vishwa Mohan |
| The Economic Times , Thursday, April 02, 2015 |
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NEW DELHI: USA and Russia have joined the league of countries who have declared their commitments to a climate action plan to cut post-2020 greenhouse gas emissions. Though the duo's promises do not ...More
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| US climate action plan 'completely inadequate': CSE |
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| Business Standard , Thursday, April 02, 2015 |
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A day after the US submitted its climate action plan to UNFCCC, a green body in India today said the targets were "completely inadequate" and "woefully" short of ambition.
The Centre for Science a ...More
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| Centre urged to act on air pollution |
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| Deccan Herald , Thursday, April 02, 2015 |
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The Delhi government has written to the Centre on Wednesday regarding increasing air pollution in the capital in the last three years.
Delhi environment minister Asim Ahmed Khan wrote to Union Env ...More
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| India develops new climate change model |
| Nikita Mehta |
| Live Mint , Tuesday, March 31, 2015 |
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New Delhi: India has a new and improved climate prediction model, which will help make more accurate long-range forecasts of the erratic monsoon and allow scientists to better study the impact of ...More
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| NGT can’t settle issues on climate change, says MoEF |
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| The Hindu , Tuesday, March 31, 2015 |
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The Ministry of Environment & Forests has said the National Green Tribunal cannot settle the issue or any application on climate change as it is a subject of international conventions and protocols.
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| 'Climate Change Will Affect River Ganga' |
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| The New Indian Express , Tuesday, March 31, 2015 |
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BENGALURU: Scientists from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have studied how changing climate and land use patterns will affect the flow of river Ganga, which will directly impact a major part o ...More
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| River-linking will lead to climate change, says eco group |
| RADHAKRISHNAN KUTTOOR |
| The Hindu , Tuesday, March 31, 2015 |
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Government urged to abandon PAVLP
: The Pampa Parirakshana Samiti (PPS), an eco group, has urged the government to abandon the Pampa-Achencoil-Vaipar Link Project (PAVLP) aimed at diversion of water ...More
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