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High court rules against 'buffer zones' for windfarms |
James Murray |
The Guardian , Tuesday, April 16, 2013 |
Wind energy developers are celebrating today after the high court ruled that Milton Keynes Borough Council's attempts to impose a 'buffer zone' for new wind farm projects were unlawful.
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Want clean energy? Avoid trade disputes |
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Business Standard , Monday, April 15, 2013 |
The world craves cheaper and cleaner energy, but are global trade and energy policies disrupting progress towards greater deployment of renewable energy?
Nearly two billion people in the world have ...More
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Mercury will soar, don’t blame climate change for it |
Mallica Joshi |
The Hindustan Times , Saturday, April 13, 2013 |
Weather becomes the talking point every summer and winter season in the city, with most people wondering if this year is worse than the last one and most believing that the temperatures are on the ris ...More
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Study to assess climate change impact on roads |
G. Krishnakumar |
The Hindu , Saturday, April 13, 2013 |
The Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has come up with a project to assess the impact of climate change on State roads for the next ...More
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Warming to hit half of plants, a third of animals |
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Deccan Chronicle , Saturday, April 13, 2013 |
More than half of common species of plants and a third of animal species are likely to see their living space halved by 2080 on current trends of carbon emissions, a climate study said on Sunday.
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Film fete |
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The Hindu , Friday, April 12, 2013 |
Calling entries for CMS Vatavaran film fete 2013.
The seventh edition of the prestigious ‘CMS Vatavaran Environment and Wildlife Film Festival’, is set to be held in Delhi from December 4 to 8, 2013 ...More
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'Arunachal dams to spell doom for state' |
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The Times of India , Friday, April 12, 2013 |
GUWAHATI: Member of the National Board of Wildlife and noted environmentalist, Bittu Sahgal, said large dams proposed in Arunachal Pradesh should be reassessed taking into consideration the melting of ...More
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Environment ignored in Pakistan polls |
Sarfraz Ali |
Pakistan Observer , Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
Thursday, April 11, 2013 - Environment has never been matter of concern for Pakistan and the tendency goes further chronic as all mainstream political parties, bracing for participation in the forthco ...More
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Antarctic team digs deep to find climate future |
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The Hindu , Wednesday, April 10, 2013 |
Nancy Bertler and her team took a freezer to the coldest place on Earth, endured weeks of primitive living and risked spending the winter in Antarctic darkness, to go get ice — ice that records our cl ...More
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India readying to take on absolute emission reduction cuts |
Nitin Sethi |
The Times of India , Wednesday, April 10, 2013 |
NEW DELHI: India is preparing to take on absolute emission reduction cuts under the new global climate compact to be signed in 2015. As part of the preparation, the government is likely to commission ...More
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Nobody's child: New plants die, greenery dips |
Darpan Singh |
Hindustan Times , Tuesday, April 09, 2013 |
Delhi is losing one of its most precious assets - green cover.
At 20%, the Capital may look "adequately green" but cannot afford a slide as it also has the highest population density in the country ...More
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