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Indian FM urges 'ambitious but fair' climate targets |
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The Economic Times , Friday, July 03, 2009 |
TOKYO: India's foreign minister on Friday called for an ambitious but fair greenhouse gas reduction target under a new climate treaty, saying any pact should not hinder the economic growth of developi ...More
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Indian FM urges 'ambitious but fair' climate targets |
AFP |
Times of India , Friday, July 03, 2009 |
TOKYO: India's foreign minister on Friday called for an ambitious but fair greenhouse gas reduction target under a new climate treaty, saying any pact should not hinder the economic growth of developi ...More
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Global warming now shrinking sheep |
AP |
The Economic times , Friday, July 03, 2009 |
WASHINGTON: Global warming seems to be shrinking sheep. On average, wild Soay sheep on Scotland's island Hirta are 5 percent smaller today than they were in 1985, according to a team of researchers le ...More
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US draws line with China on climate technology |
AFP |
Times of India , Wednesday, June 24, 2009 |
WASHINGTON: Access to green technology is becoming a growing stumbling block in global efforts to fight climate change, with US lawmakers bristling at what they see as China's attempt to "steal" US kn ...More
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US climate fix to cost consumers $175 a year |
REUTERS |
Times of India , Wednesday, June 24, 2009 |
WASHINGTON: Climate change legislation pending in Congress would cost US households only about $175 annually in higher energy and consumer prices, far less than the $3,100 "burden" opponents have clai ...More
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US draws line with China on climate technology |
AFP |
The Economic Times , Wednesday, June 24, 2009 |
WASHINGTON: Access to green technology is becoming a growing stumbling block in global efforts to fight climate change, with US lawmakers bristling at what they see as China's attempt to "steal" US kn ...More
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US climate fix to cost consumers $175 a year |
REUTERS |
The Economic Times , Wednesday, June 24, 2009 |
WASHINGTON: Climate change legislation pending in Congress would cost US households only about $175 annually in higher energy and consumer prices, far less than the $3,100 "burden" opponents have clai ...More
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Earth's sea levels may rise 25 meters by 4000 AD |
ANI |
Times of India , Tuesday, June 23, 2009 |
LONDON: A new study on the effects of climate change on melting ice sheets has indicated that even if scientists could freeze-frame the atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) as it is today, sea levels woul ...More
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Key Australian senator condemns pollution laws |
AP |
Times of India , Tuesday, June 23, 2009 |
CANBERRA, Australia: Australia's ambitious plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions appeared doomed when a crucial senator said Monday he would not vote for thegovernment's proposed laws.
Sen. Steve F ...More
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Kolkata Raj Bhavan shows the way |
Ananya Dutta |
The Hindu , Sunday, June 21, 2009 |
Behavioural changes help reduce carbon emissions
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KOLKATA: A new study of the environmental impact of the lifestyle of West Bengal’s Raj Bhavan conducted by t ...More
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EU postpones climate funding decision until Oct. |
AP |
Times of India , Saturday, June 20, 2009 |
BRUSSELS: European Union leaders will decide only in October how much money they will give poor nations to help them combat climate change, a delay that environmentalists said Friday could jeopardiz ...More
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EU postpones climate funding decision until Oct. |
AP |
The Economic Times , Saturday, June 20, 2009 |
BRUSSELS: European Union leaders will decide only in October how much money they will give poor nations to help them combat climate change, a delay that environmentalists said Friday could jeopardize ...More
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Climate change threatens to knock crop yields |
REUTERS |
Times of India , Friday, June 19, 2009 |
LONDON: Rapid rises in temperatures worldwide may overwhelm farmers' efforts to keep up, say experts who want funds to breed new crops and freeze heat-resistant strains bred over past centuries.
A ...More
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Climate catastrophe getting closer: Scientists |
AFP |
Times of India , Friday, June 19, 2009 |
PARIS: The world faces a growing risk of "abrupt and irreversible climatic shifts" as fallout from global warming hits faster than expected, according to research by international scientists released ...More
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EU avoids climate funds decision for poor nations |
AP |
Times of India , Friday, June 19, 2009 |
BRUSSELS: Denmark's prime minister says EU leaders will postpone until later this year a decision on how much money they will pledge to poor nations to help them combat climate change.
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Slim, Tata, others advise UN's Ban on climate |
REUTERS |
Times of India , Friday, June 19, 2009 |
NEW YORK: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has formed an advisory group on climate change that includes Mexico's Carlos Slim, India's Ratan Tata, other business tycoons and executives from nongovernme ...More
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‘Solid waste management need of the hour’ |
PNS | Bhubaneswar |
The Pioneer , Friday, June 19, 2009 |
The KIIT School of Biotechnology (KSBT) organised a workshop on ‘Awareness Building on Solid Waste Management’ on its premises here on Thursday. The workshop was inaugurated by K Jude Sekar, Add ...More
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