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Environment Day event turns to dust |
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The Hindu , Sunday, June 06, 2010 |
Bangalore: The stage was set for the Government's World Environment Day celebrations, complete with a bedecked stage and a classical music group, but officials could not brush aside reminders of one o ...More
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Larger forest cover but more cars too |
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The Hindustan Times , Sunday, June 06, 2010 |
The increasing population of Delhi — from 13.9 million in 2001 to an estimated 17.44 million for 2009 and growing — has turned out to be the largest drain on resources, the ‘State of Environment Repo ...More
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Ghaziabad raises a stink |
Neha Lalchandani,TNN |
The Economic Times , Saturday, June 05, 2010 |
Its proximity to the Capital might have actually caused more damage to Ghaziabad than good. While it was busy dealing with its own pollution mess, a large part of Delhi’s unorganized small-scale was ...More
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Every Breath You Take |
Rukmini Shrinivasan, TNN |
Times of India , Saturday, June 05, 2010 |
First the bad news: More than half of 130 Indian cities being monitored for air pollution are at critically polluted levels.
Now the good news: Air pollution in Indian cities has been proved to be ...More
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Every Breath You Take |
Rukmini Shrinivasan |
The Times of India , Saturday, June 05, 2010 |
First the bad news: More than half of 130 Indian cities being monitored for air pollution are at critically polluted levels.
Now the good news: Air pollution in Indian cities has been proved to be ...More
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Every Breath You Take |
,Rukmini Shrinivasan,TNN |
The Economic Times , Saturday, June 05, 2010 |
First the bad news: More than half of 130 Indian cities being monitored for air pollution are at critically polluted levels.
Now the good news: Air pollution in Indian cities has been proved to ...More
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Ghaziabad raises a stink |
Neha Lalchandani, TNN |
Times of India , Saturday, June 05, 2010 |
Its proximity to the Capital might have actually caused more damage to Ghaziabad than good. While it was busy dealing with its own pollution mess, a large part of Delhi’s unorganized small-scale waste ...More
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UN urges global move to meat and dairy-free diet |
Lesser consumption of animal products is necessary to save the world from the worst impacts of climate change, UN report says |
The Guardian , Friday, June 04, 2010 |
A global shift towards a vegan diet is vital to save the world from hunger, fuel poverty and the worst impacts of climate change, a UN report said today.
As the global population surges towards a p ...More
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Environment in better shape than 9 years ago–DENR Nation |
Written by Jonathan Mayuga / Correspondent |
Business Mirror , Wednesday, June 02, 2010 |
WHEN President Arroyo steps down on June 30, she will leave behind an environmental legacy of her nine-year administration that will be passed on to the next administration and future generation, En ...More
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It takes time to change inertia... |
New Delhi / Chandan Mitra |
The Pioneer , Sunday, May 30, 2010 |
Chairman of the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Rajendra Kumar Pachauri is unfazed by challenges to his crusade for arresting climate change, saving the environment and e ...More
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Battleground California |
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HuffPost's QuickRead... , Friday, May 28, 2010 |
Because of how they ask their questions, pollsters are still reporting that energy, climate, and the environment are off the political radar in 2010. Just how wrong they are is spectacularly on displ ...More
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Canadians sneer at polluted Delhi |
Syed Asim Ali |
The Asian Age , Friday, May 28, 2010 |
Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit’s special drive to check pollution for the upcoming Commonwealth Games is not enough for a few Canadian athletes who have chosen to walkout from the Games.
In an o ...More
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Drilling Detroit |
Obama strikes oil the easy way |
Salt Lake Tribune , Friday, May 28, 2010 |
It's an Earth-friendly process known in environmental circles as "drilling Detroit." And it is, by far, the easiest, most cost-effective way to cut air pollution, combat climate change, conserve finit ...More
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Michigan rejects permit for proposed coal plant |
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Chicago Tribune , Monday, May 24, 2010 |
Michigan regulators denied an air quality permit Friday for a proposed 600-megawatt coal-burning power plant in Rogers City, saying the project would damage the environment and hit customers with big ...More
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Connecting PUC centres remains a plan on paper |
Megha Suri Singh | TNN |
The Times of India , Sunday, May 23, 2010 |
New Delhi: Even as the government finally began checking pollution levels of vehicles in the city on Friday,the transport departments plans to revamp the Pollution Under Control (PUC) system are yet t ...More
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700m gallons of oil pollutants enter oceans annually |
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The Times of India , Monday, May 17, 2010 |
What causes oil spills
Storage and transportation 60% through the sea route of petroleum products make deliberate and accidental oil spills not so uncommon.According to the estimates of National R ...More
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