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| G8 agrees to limit global warming; China, India resist |
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| Times of India , Thursday, July 09, 2009 |
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L'AQUILA, ITALY: The G8 agreed on Wednesday to try to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius and cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent, but it failed to persuade China and India to join a ...More
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| WWF says key UK marine species under threat |
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| The Economic Times , Thursday, July 09, 2009 |
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LONDON: Much of Britain's marine biodiversity is under threat from human activity, according to a report on Wednesday which highlights the plight of harbour porpoises and Atlantic salmon.
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| WWF says key UK marine species under threat |
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| Times of India , Thursday, July 09, 2009 |
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LONDON: Much of Britain's marine biodiversity is under threat from human activity, according to a report on Wednesday which highlights the plight of harbour porpoises and Atlantic salmon.
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| So that their newborns can breathe fresh air |
| Our Correspondent |
| The Tribune , Wednesday, July 08, 2009 |
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Hoshiarpur, July 7
To save the environment from pollution and to provide a healthy atmosphere to our coming generations, six pregnant women, Kamaljit Kaur, Manjeet Kaur, Reshma, Jasbir Kaur, Tejind ...More
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| Tackle climate change now: Scientists |
| IANS |
| The Economic Times , Wednesday, July 08, 2009 |
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NEW DELHI: As leaders of the world's 13 major countries prepare to meet at the G8+5 summit in Italy this week, 24 leading scientists from these countries have appealed to them to take immediate action ...More
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| Tackle climate change now: Scientists |
| IANS |
| Times of India , Wednesday, July 08, 2009 |
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NEW DELHI: As leaders of the world's 13 major countries prepare to meet at the G8+5 summit in Italy this week, 24 leading scientists from these countries have appealed to them to take immediate action ...More
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| More money to clean rivers, lakes |
| IANS |
| Times of India , Tuesday, July 07, 2009 |
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NEW DELHI: The government will raise the the allocation for cleaning India's rivers and lakes to Rs.562 crore ($110 million) in fiscal 2009-10 from Rs.335 crore last fiscal, finance minister Pranab ...More
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| Pranab hopes to green economy, NGO unimpressed |
| IANS |
| The Economic Times , Tuesday, July 07, 2009 |
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NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee cut customs duty on a key wind turbine component and on bio-diesel while presenting his 2009-10
budget proposals, hoping the move would please environm ...More
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| Climate change: G8 summit boosts pressure for pact |
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| The Economic Times , Tuesday, July 07, 2009 |
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PARIS: Leaders of the world's established and emerging economic powerhouses will be under pressure at this week's G8 summit to give a badly-needed jolt to the quest for a new global climate pact.
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| Climate change will spread hunger: Oxfam |
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| The Economic Times , Tuesday, July 07, 2009 |
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AMSTERDAM: Chronic hunger may be "the defining human tragedy of this century," as climate change causes growing seasons to shift, crops to fail, and storms and droughts to ravage fields, an advocacy g ...More
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| Happiness is ... living green in Costa Rica |
| REUTERS |
| The Economic Times , Tuesday, July 07, 2009 |
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LONDON: Costa Rica is very nearly paradise, not just for holiday-makers lounging on its beaches, but for its citizens who are extremely satisfied with their lot and also have a tiny carbon footprint. ...More
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| Carbon deposits in Arctic could worsen climate change |
| IANS |
| The Economic Times , Tuesday, July 07, 2009 |
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TORONTO: Vast amounts of carbon, about twice as much as contained in the atmosphere, is stored in the Arctic, according to a new study. The amount of carbon in frozen soils, sediments and river deltas ...More
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| Climate change increasing width of tropics |
| AFP |
| The Economic Times , Tuesday, July 07, 2009 |
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WASHINGTON: Climate change is rapidly expanding the size of the world’s tropical zone, threatening to bring disease and drought to heavily populated areas, an Australian study has found.
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| Sea to rise 5 metres as West Antarctic ice sheet melts |
| IANS |
| The Economic Times , Tuesday, July 07, 2009 |
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SYDNEY: The melting of West Antarctic ice sheet, Antarctica's most vulnerable part, could raise global sea levels by up to five metres.
"Polar ice sheets have grown and collapsed at least 40 times ...More
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| Allocation to save tigers increased |
| YOJNA GUSAI /New Delhi |
| The Asian Age , Tuesday, July 07, 2009 |
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July 6: With funds for the country’s action plan against climate change, increase in the allocation to save much prized tiger population and financial boost for cleaning the water bodies, the Union Bu ...More
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| Chamling seeks report on ‘shrinkage’ of glacier |
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| The Assam Tribune , Tuesday, July 07, 2009 |
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GANGTOK, July 6 – Alarmed over the reported shrinkage of the 26-km Zemu glacier in the eastern Himalayas due to global warming, Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling has sought an “authentic repo ...More
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| Pranab hopes to green economy, NGO unimpressed |
| IANS |
| Times of India , Tuesday, July 07, 2009 |
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NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee cut customs duty on a key wind turbine component and on bio-diesel while presenting his 2009-10 budget proposals, hoping the move would please environmenta ...More
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| More money to clean rivers, lakes |
| IANS |
| The Economic Times , Tuesday, July 07, 2009 |
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NEW DELHI: The government will raise the the allocation for cleaning India's rivers and lakes to Rs.562 crore ($110 million) in fiscal 2009-10 from Rs.335 crore last fiscal, finance minister Pranab Mu ...More
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| Happiness is ... living green in Costa Rica |
| REUTERS |
| Times of India , Tuesday, July 07, 2009 |
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LONDON: Costa Rica is very nearly paradise, not just for holiday-makers lounging on its beaches, but for its citizens who are extremely satisfied with their lot and also have a tiny carbon footprint. ...More
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