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US wants India's help on climate change issue |
PTI |
Times of India , Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
WASHINGTON: The Obama Administration is all set to embark on a dialogue with India on addressing climate change and related issues, similar to a mechanism it currently has with China, US Secretary of ...More
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US to take India's help on climate change issue |
Agencies |
The Indian Express , Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
Emerging economies like China and India have been in talks with US on the issue of climate change.
Washington:
The Obama Administration is all set to embark on a dialogue with India on addressing ...More
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China urges rich nations to cut emissions by 40% |
REUTERS |
The Economic Times , Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
BEIJING: Rich nations should cut their greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by 2020 from 1990 levels as part of a new global climate change pact, China said on Thursday, spelling out an ambitious ...More
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Fewer rainy days in future: Study |
Prasad Kulkarni, TNN |
The Economic Times , Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
PUNE: Climate change will alter the pattern of the monsoon in the country in the next 50 years, reducing the number of rainy days in a year and increasing the intensity of rainfall. This observation w ...More
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Lots of advice, little cash for urban climate change |
REUTERS |
The Economic Times , Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
SEOUL: The mayors of some of the world's richest cities have a message on climate change for the ever-growing urban areas of the developing world: "Don't repeat our mistakes".
That means keeping t ...More
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Going green is good for economy: Bill Clinton |
AP |
Times of India , Wednesday, May 20, 2009 |
SEOUL, South Korea: The world can fight global warming in a way that makes sense economically, and the battle can even help countries overcome the ongoing economic crisis, former President Bill Clinto ...More
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Obama unveils 'historic' car efficiency standards |
AFP |
Times of India , Wednesday, May 20, 2009 |
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama Tuesday unveiled "historic" efficiency and greenhouse gas standards for US cars, forging a rare moment of unity between auto firms and environmentalists on climate c ...More
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California plans next steps to cut car pollution |
REUTERS |
The Economic Times , Wednesday, May 20, 2009 |
SAN FRANCISCO: California is planning the next stage of clean car standards even as US President Barack Obama announces federal plans based on the state's model, its top climate change official said. ...More
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Global warming could be twice as bad as forecast |
REUTERS |
Times of India , Wednesday, May 20, 2009 |
WASHINGTON: Global warming's effects this century could be twice as extreme as estimated just six years ago, scientists said.
Earth's median surface temperature could rise 9.3 degrees F (5.2 degre ...More
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Climate change makes rain unpredictable |
TNN |
Times of India , Wednesday, May 20, 2009 |
BANGALORE: An overcast sky, rain every day and all the fun which comes with the season are knocking at the door. The monsoon is predicted to hit the city by May 25, five days ahead of the normal onset ...More
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Obama unveils 'historic' car efficiency standards |
AFP |
The Economic Times , Wednesday, May 20, 2009 |
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama Tuesday unveiled "historic" efficiency and greenhouse gas standards for US cars, forging a rare moment of unity between auto firms and environmentalists on climate c ...More
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Global warming could be twice as bad as forecast |
REUTERS |
The Economic Times , Wednesday, May 20, 2009 |
WASHINGTON: Global warming's effects this century could be twice as extreme as estimated just six years ago, scientists said.
Earth's median surface temperature could rise 9.3 degrees F (5.2 degre ...More
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Going green is good for economy: Bill Clinton |
AP |
The Economic Times , Wednesday, May 20, 2009 |
SEOUL, South Korea: The world can fight global warming in a way that makes sense economically, and the battle can even help countries overcome the ongoing economic crisis, former President Bill Clinto ...More
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California plans next steps to cut car pollution |
REUTERS |
Times of india , Wednesday, May 20, 2009 |
SAN FRANCISCO: California is planning the next stage of clean car standards even as US President Barack Obama announces federal plans based on the state's model, its top climate change official said. ...More
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Omar for preserving forests, water bodies |
Tribune News Service |
The Tribune , Tuesday, May 19, 2009 |
Expressing concern over degradation of forests and water bodies in the state, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has called for a large-scale afforestation by using innovative measures to reclaim denuded an ...More
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UN to launch afforestation project |
PNS | Chandigarh |
The Pioneer , Tuesday, May 19, 2009 |
In a first for India, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Bonn, Germany, has registered the Clean Development Management (CDM) project titled ‘The Small Scale Cooperative A ...More
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World's top city chiefs meet to fight climate change |
AFP |
The Economic Times , Tuesday, May 19, 2009 |
SEOUL: Leaders of the world's largest cities, which together produce more than two thirds of its climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions, opened a summit here Tuesday hoping to reverse the trend.
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World's top city chiefs meet to fight climate change |
AFP |
Times of India , Tuesday, May 19, 2009 |
SEOUL: Leaders of the world's largest cities, which together produce more than two thirds of its climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions, opened a summit here Tuesday hoping to reverse the trend.
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House, EPA to tackle climate policy alternatives |
AP |
Times of India , Monday, May 18, 2009 |
WASHINGTON: Congress and the Obama administration have two options when it comes to global warming: write a new law to deal with it or use existing ones to do the job.
Both approaches await scruti ...More
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