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Meet the climate change deniers |
Staff Reporter |
The Hindu , Friday, March 13, 2009 |
It is 8.50 a.m. in a windowless room in a hotel off New York’s Times Square and the speaker is rounding off a talk called “Climate change and extreme events: lies, damned lies and statistics.” There a ...More
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UN climate panel head Pachauri to head Yale centre |
REUTERS |
Times of India , Wednesday, March 11, 2009 |
NEW YORK: The chairman of the UN's science panel will head the new Yale Climate and Energy Institute, the university said on Tuesday.
Rajendra Pachauri, who has chaired the UN's Intergovernmental ...More
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US needs to do more on climate: EU official |
REUTERS |
Times of India , Tuesday, March 10, 2009 |
LONDON: The United States must make deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions than proposed by President Barack Obama if the world is to stand a chance of avoiding devastating climate change, an EU offi ...More
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Acid oceans transform marine life |
AFP |
The Economic Times , Tuesday, March 10, 2009 |
PARIS: Ocean acidification driven by climate change is stripping away the protective shell of tiny yet vital organisms that absorb huge amounts of carbon pollution from the atmosphere, a new study has ...More
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Global warming could destroy Thames Estuary |
ANI |
The Economic Times , Tuesday, March 10, 2009 |
LONDON: Climatologists have warned that rising sea levels caused by global warming could destroy the Norfolk Broads and Thames Estuary in the UK within a hundred years.
According to a report in th ...More
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US needs to do more on climate: EU official |
REUTERS |
The Economic Times , Tuesday, March 10, 2009 |
LONDON: The United States must make deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions than proposed by President Barack Obama if the world is to stand a chance of avoiding devastating climate change, an EU offi ...More
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Acid oceans transform marine life |
AFP |
Times of India , Tuesday, March 10, 2009 |
PARIS: Ocean acidification driven by climate change is stripping away the protective shell of tiny yet vital organisms that absorb huge amounts of carbon pollution from the atmosphere, a new study has ...More
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Global warming could destroy Thames Estuary |
ANI |
Times of India , Tuesday, March 10, 2009 |
LONDON: Climatologists have warned that rising sea levels caused by global warming could destroy the Norfolk Broads and Thames Estuary in the UK within a hundred years.
According to a report in th ...More
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Scientists map US rocks that soak up CO2 |
REUTERS |
Times of India , Sunday, March 08, 2009 |
NEW YORK: Certain rocks abundant on the US East and West coasts may one day be coaxed to absorb emissions of the main greenhouse gas carbon dioxide at a rate that could slow climate change, scientists ...More
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Global warming: Earth Hour campaign launched |
Express News Service |
The Indian Express , Sunday, March 08, 2009 |
Mumbai: In an effort to draw attention towards the increasing menace of global warming, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) India launched its ‘lights out’ initiative — Earth Hour global campaign — at the I ...More
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Scientists map US rocks that soak up CO2 |
REUTERS |
The Economic Times , Sunday, March 08, 2009 |
NEW YORK: Certain rocks abundant on the US East and West coasts may one day be coaxed to absorb emissions of the main greenhouse gas carbon dioxide at a rate that could slow climate change, scientists ...More
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China pledges $2bn for Tibet environment |
REUTERS |
The Economic Times , Saturday, March 07, 2009 |
BEIJING: China has pledged to spend 15 billion yuan ($2.19 billion) over two decades to protect the environment in Tibet, which is at serious risk from global warming, the official China Daily reporte ...More
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Need to involve India, China on climate: US |
PTI |
The Economic Times , Saturday, March 07, 2009 |
The United States has highlighted the need to engage countries like India and China in tackling climate change, saying the issue demanded a global response.
"We have historically been the largest ...More
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Crisis offers new chance for climate: Clinton |
REUTERS |
The Economic Times , Saturday, March 07, 2009 |
BRUSSELS: The financial crisis offers a new chance to rebuild economies based on a greener model with less dependence on unreliable overseas energy imports, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.
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Amazon's 2005 drought created huge CO2 emissions |
REUTERS |
The Economic Times , Saturday, March 07, 2009 |
OSLO: A 2005 drought in the Amazon rainforest killed trees and released more greenhouse gas than the annual emissions of Europe and Japan, an international study showed.
The report said rainforest ...More
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Meet stresses need to tackle environmental challenges |
Special Correspondent |
The Hindu , Saturday, March 07, 2009 |
KANNUR: A two-day national conference on environmental challenges and sustainable development held at Sir Syed College, Taliparamba, here underlined the urgency of addressing environmental issues.
Th ...More
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China pledges $2bn for Tibet environment |
REUTERS |
Times of India , Saturday, March 07, 2009 |
BEIJING: China has pledged to spend 15 billion yuan ($2.19 billion) over two decades to protect the environment in Tibet, which is at serious risk from global warming, the official China Daily reporte ...More
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