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Eco-Rep Green Corner: Message of Earth Day becoming lost |
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Rider University The Rider News , Saturday, April 17, 2010 |
Climate change, deforestation, carbon emissions, offshore drilling, greenhouse gases. Politicians, environmentalists and parents drill these words into our heads every day. And yes, they are much more ...More
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State climate change regulations face opposition |
By Laura Paskus |
The New Mexico Independent , Saturday, April 17, 2010 |
While scientists agree that the potential impacts of climate change will be widespread—and in the already arid southwestern United States, severe—Congress has yet to pass climate change legislation. T ...More
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Who loses if California’s climate law is halted? |
Rachel Morello-Frosch |
Grist Magazine , Friday, April 16, 2010 |
No doubt you've heard the warnings -- the melting ice caps and rising sea levels, the extinct polar bears and extreme weather conditions. From pop culture movies like The Day After Tomorrow, to the ti ...More
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The environment conundrum |
Leena Srivastava |
The Financial Chronicle , Wednesday, April 07, 2010 |
For far too long, the protection of the environment has been viewed as a necessary evil and a regulatory requirement that needed to be circumvented in order to carry on with the more “important” activ ...More
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In a smog of its own making |
Sunil K Sinha |
Business Standard , Tuesday, April 06, 2010 |
An important outcome of the economic liberalisation and changes in industrial policy initiated since 1991 has been industrial restructuring and reallocation of resources towards activities and sectors ...More
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Air pollution deteriorates exercisers' health |
ANI, |
The Times of India , Saturday, April 03, 2010 |
WASHINGTON: Air pollution can make exercisers to run slower, breath harder and get middling workout, according to a study.
The study, led by George Thurston, a professor of environmental health sc ...More
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Beware! Restaurant cooking can be polluting |
IANS, |
The Times of India , Tuesday, March 30, 2010 |
WASHINGTON: As you stroll along rows of restaurants and take in the aroma of steaks, burgers or grilled veggies, keep this in mind: You may be in an air pollution zone.
Scientists in Minnesota have ...More
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Develop eco-friendly technology, students told |
Special Correspondent |
The Hindu , Friday, March 19, 2010 |
GUNTUR: Developing eco-friendly technologies should be the focus of the budding engineers when they come into the decision-making position in the industry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras profes ...More
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Kanpur to be one of the most polluted cities in the country |
Abhinav Malhotra, TNN, |
The Times of India , Wednesday, March 17, 2010 |
KANPUR: "There are nearly 65 cities and towns in the country wherein the air pollution has reached a dangerous level. The list includes cities like Kanpur, Lucknow, Govindgarh (Punjab) and others.
I ...More
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Bus Day leaves city air cleaner, but… |
Staff Reporter |
The Hindu , Wednesday, March 10, 2010 |
There appears to be a dip in decrease percentages compared to last time
BANGALORE: Bus Day, the recently introduced initiative by the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation, appears to have h ...More
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NGO stresses need for environmental strategy. |
Wassim Mroueh | Beirut |
The Daily Star , Monday, February 22, 2010 |
The Environment Ministry has a comprehensive action plan but still lacks a clear environmental strategy that can be adopted by the government and upheld by other ministries, an NGO has warned.
The ...More
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CPCB tests yagya purity claim. |
TNN | New Delhi |
The Times of India , Saturday, February 13, 2010 |
Religion and science have come face to face with the Central Pollution Control Board setting up air pollution monitoring systems at a mahayagya being held in east Delhi by the Gayatri Chetna Kendra. T ...More
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Flat tax move too little, too late: environmentalists |
Sujay Mehdudia |
The Hindu , Monday, February 08, 2010 |
The Kirit Parikh Committee proposal for imposing a flat tax of Rs. 81,000 on diesel cars, including sedans and gas guzzlers SUVs and MUVs, may be worrying the big names in the industry, but environmen ...More
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City breathes polluted air |
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The Statesman , Wednesday, February 03, 2010 |
KOLKATA, 2 FEB: The air quality in some public places in the city that includes restaurants, bars and pubs, is harmful, says a study conducted by the Voluntary Health Organisation of India in associat ...More
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Panel chalks out plans to curb pollution. |
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The Indian Express , Monday, February 01, 2010 |
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has launched a series of short-term plans as well as long-term surveys to curb contamination in critically polluted regions of Maharashtra, including Dom ...More
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Environmental info centre at IITM widens scope. |
Dipannita Das, TNN, |
Times of India , Monday, February 01, 2010 |
1 February 2010, 03:26am
PUNE: The Environmental Information System (ENVIS) centre at the Indian Institute Of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, which has been disseminating
Information abo ...More
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