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| US raises climate pitch, India firm |
| Gurgaon /Ramesh Ramachandran |
| The Asian Age , Monday, July 20, 2009 |
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July 19: US secretary of state Hillary Clinton, who goes by the Secret Service moniker Evergreen, promised new "green" investment and millions of jobs if India signed on to the Copenhagen deal on clim ...More
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| Major programme to regenerate forest cover |
| Smriti Kak Ramachandran |
| The Hindu , Monday, July 20, 2009 |
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GURGAON: India’s forest cover, stretching up to 165 million acres, is roughly the size of Texas in the U.S., and another 15 million acres will be added to it, according to Minister of State for Enviro ...More
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| India sees climate change 'pressure,' US upbeat |
| REUTERS |
| The Economic Times , Monday, July 20, 2009 |
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GURGAON: An Indian official on Sunday complained about US pressure on India to curb its greenhouse gas emissions, but US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton emerged from their talks upbeat about a solu ...More
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| At risk from rising seas, Tuvalu seeks clean power |
| REUTERS |
| The Economic Times , Monday, July 20, 2009 |
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OSLO: The Pacific island state of Tuvalu set a goal on Sunday of a 100 percent shift to renewable energy by 2020, hoping to set an example to industrialized nations to cut greenhouse gases it blames f ...More
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| India’s ugly climate belly |
| G.S. MUDUR /Emissions near tipping point |
| The Telegraph , Monday, July 20, 2009 |
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New Delhi, July 19: India will need to accelerate its pace towards clean energy despite its gauntlet that its per capita emissions of Earth-warming greenhouse gases (GHG) will never exceed those of th ...More
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| G8 outcome falls short of needs: IPCC chief |
| AFP |
| Times of India , Sunday, July 19, 2009 |
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PARIS: The head of the UN's panel of climate-change experts said he was encouraged by climate pledges at last week's G8 summit but warned commitments still fell short of what was required by science. ...More
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| Supreme Court releases $2.3bn for forests |
| REUTERS |
| Times of India , Sunday, July 19, 2009 |
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NEW DELHI: India's Supreme Court has released $2.3 billion of frozen funds to be used to boost forest density and wildlife habitats, the ministry of environment and forests said.
The money would h ...More
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| Clouds, seas to be targeted by UN climate report |
| REUTERS |
| The Economic Times , Saturday, July 18, 2009 |
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OSLO: Cloud formation, sea level rises and extreme weather events are among areas set to get more attention in the next UN report on global warming due in 2014, the head of the Nobel Peace Prize winni ...More
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| US unveils spy images of Arctic ice in rare move |
| REUTERS |
| Times of India , Saturday, July 18, 2009 |
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WASHINGTON: In an unusually speedy move, a US government agency released more than a thousand intelligence images of Arctic ice just a few hours after the National Academy of Sciences recommended the ...More
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| Clouds, seas to be targeted by UN climate report |
| REUTERS |
| Times of India , Saturday, July 18, 2009 |
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OSLO: Cloud formation, sea level rises and extreme weather events are among areas set to get more attention in the next UN report on global warming due in 2014, the head of the Nobel Peace Prize winni ...More
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| US unveils spy images of Arctic ice in rare move |
| REUTERS |
| The Economic Times , Saturday, July 18, 2009 |
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WASHINGTON: In an unusually speedy move, a US government agency released more than a thousand intelligence images of Arctic ice just a few hours after the National Academy of Sciences recommended the ...More
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| Clinton to discuss climate change with Indian leaders |
| Washington, IANS: |
| The Deccan Herald , Saturday, July 18, 2009 |
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Given the US standpoint that a global solution to climate change would require significant participation by developing countries like India and China, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will discuss ...More
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| Gurgaon, Faridabad to be developed as solar cities |
| Special Correspondent |
| The Hindu , Saturday, July 18, 2009 |
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CHANDIGARH: Against the backdrop of hectic global parleys to neutralise the effects of climate change, the Haryana Government has decided to develop Gurgaon and Faridabad as solar/green cities, Chief ...More
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| Climbdown on 2°C clause done as a last resort? |
| Indrani Bagchi |
| Times of India , Friday, July 17, 2009 |
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NEW DELHI: India was the last dissenter on a "recognition" that the world should try to keep temperature rise to under 2 degree Celsius by 2050.
At the final round of negotiations to a climate cha ...More
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| Emission compromise at cost of development? |
| Nitin Sethi, TNN |
| Times of India , Friday, July 17, 2009 |
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NEW DELHI: The war of words within the government on the MEF statement has got heated up. If the UN negotiations were to adopt the concepts India has signed on at the Major Emitters' Forum on climate ...More
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| Cooking fires weakening Indian monsoon, says expert |
| IANS |
| Times of India , Wednesday, July 15, 2009 |
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NEW DELHI: Soot from the wood-based cooking fires used by 70% of Indians is forming a cloud of pollutants that is impeding the monsoon winds,according to a senior scientist.
The Asian Brown Cloud, ...More
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