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| Greenland of 1770s gives clues to chill winters |
| REUTERS |
| Times of India , Thursday, February 10, 2011 |
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OSLO/LONDON: The icy winters suffered by Europe and North America for the last two years contrast with unusually mild weather in the Arctic, in a pattern first noted by a Danish missionary in Greenl ...More
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| Growth neglects environment |
| Praful Bidwai |
| The Financial Chronicle , Thursday, February 10, 2011 |
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The government is sending out extre¬m¬¬¬ely negative signals on ecological protection just wh¬en India’s environment is imperilled by the reckless promotion of industrial, mining, power and residentia ...More
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| Growth versus environment? |
| Vinod Thomas |
| The Hindu , Thursday, February 10, 2011 |
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The reality is that it will not be possible to sustain high growth in the coming years without environmental care.
The universal drive for higher incomes in the face of mounting environmental destr ...More
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| Climate-resilient farming |
| Surinder Sud |
| Business Standard , Tuesday, February 08, 2011 |
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That climate change will impact Indian agriculture is a foregone conclusion. In what way precisely is not clear, though some clues are emerging through various research projects to capture these signa ...More
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| Why a climate accord is elusive |
| Meghnad Desai |
| The Financial Express , Monday, February 07, 2011 |
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From Kyoto to Copenhagen and then Cancun, the pace of the negotiations on a global compact on climate change has been faltering. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has been quoted just last week as sayi ...More
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| “Global warming can cause displacement ” |
| Staff Reporter |
| The Hindu , Monday, February 07, 2011 |
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CHENNAI: The displacement of human population due to global warming may be massive in Chennai as 70 per cent of the population lives along the coast, said R. K. Nayak, Executive Chairman, The Enviro ...More
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| Jairam Ramesh to open social forestry meeting |
| TNN |
| The Times of India , Sunday, February 06, 2011 |
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AHMEDABAD: Union minister for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh will inaugurate a two-day seminar on social forestry from February 8 in Gandhinagar.
The conference will be held at the Van Sanshod ...More
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| Haryana to have dedicated cell to address green concerns |
| Nishu Mahajan | Chandigarh |
| The Pioneer , Saturday, February 05, 2011 |
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To check the negative impact of climate change in Haryana, the State will have a dedicated cell to work as the key advisory body to the Government on concerning environment issues.
“The Climate ...More
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| We expect leadership from India: UN climate chief |
| IANS |
| Times of India , Saturday, February 05, 2011 |
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NEW DELHI: India played an "exceedingly helpful role" in the last climate summit and "we expect the same this year and beyond", UN climate chief Christiana Figueres said here Saturday.
"India re ...More
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| Rich nations asked to transfer green techniques |
| New Delhi, (IANS) : |
| The Deccan Herald , Saturday, February 05, 2011 |
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''It is imperative that industrialised countries transfer clean technologies to developing countries at low cost or no cost,'' Nobel prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said here Saturday.
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| Australia faces worse storms: Climate experts |
| AFP |
| Times of India , Saturday, February 05, 2011 |
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SYDNEY: Australia will face storms of increasing intensity as a result of climate change, a respected think-tank said Friday as the nation reeled from the devastation wrought by Cyclone Yasi.
Ya ...More
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| Amazon drought caused huge carbon emissions |
| Reuters |
| The Indian Express , Saturday, February 05, 2011 |
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A widespread drought in the Amazon rain forest last year was worse than the "once-in-a-century" dry spell in 2005 and may have a bigger impact on global warming than the United States does in a year, ...More
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| Companies go for project approvals before Kyoto expires |
| Namrata Singh |
| The Times of India , Saturday, February 05, 2011 |
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MUMBAI: As the legally binding commitment to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the Kyoto Protocol comes to an end in 2012, the number of Indian companies going in for project approvals is ex ...More
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| Cancun was disappointing from environmental view: Ramesh |
| New Delhi,(IANS) |
| The Deccan Herald , Friday, February 04, 2011 |
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The climate change talks at Cancun last year were disappointing from the environmental point of view but were a political advancement, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said Friday.
Addressin ...More
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| 'Radical' clean energy shift could save 4 tn euros: WWF |
| AFP |
| Times of India , Thursday, February 03, 2011 |
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GENEVA: The environmental group WWF argued on Thursday that a radical, near total global shift to clean fuels within 40 years could yield savings of four trillion euros ($5.4 trillion) a year as wel ...More
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| Global warming is a cyclic process: Guinness record holder |
| Chandigarh, (IANS): |
| The Deccan Herald , Wednesday, February 02, 2011 |
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He has drilled the highest tubewell in the world and holds a Guinness record for the feat.
He spends most of his time looking for precious water resources in the high Himalayas. And now geolog ...More
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