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| Road tour to combat climate change |
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| Times of India , Friday, January 02, 2009 |
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CHENNAI: A white Reva comes to a halt on the Madras University campus. Plastered with signs showing the positive effects of reforestation,passers-by quickly gather to stare at the tiny car.
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| Overcoming climate change risks |
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| The Hindu , Wednesday, December 31, 2008 |
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COIMBATORE: The importance of climate change risks and the responsibility of the scientists to help farmers by developing proper adaptation measures were discussed at a stakeholders’ workshop at Tamil ...More
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| Green paper shredder powered by little rat! |
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| The Economic Times , Tuesday, December 30, 2008 |
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LONDON: A British design consultant has developed an environment friendly paper shredder- powered by a hamster.
The shredder has been constructed by Tom Ballhatchet, 29, who's pursuing his master' ...More
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| Natural disasters killed over 220,000 in 2008 |
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| The Economic Times , Tuesday, December 30, 2008 |
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BERLIN: Natural disasters killed over 220,000 people in 2008, making it one of the most devastating years on record and underlining the need for a global climate deal, the world's number two reinsurer ...More
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| Green paper shredder powered by little rat! |
| ANI |
| The Economic Times , Tuesday, December 30, 2008 |
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LONDON: A British design consultant has developed an environment friendly paper shredder- powered by a hamster.
The shredder has been constructed by Tom Ballhatchet, 29, who's pursuing his master' ...More
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| Coral reefs recover from tsunami damage |
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| The Hindu , Sunday, December 28, 2008 |
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Bangkok: Indonesia’s coral reefs damaged by the 2004 tsunami are recovering rapidly, helped by natural colonisation and a drop in illegal fishing, scientists said today.
Surveys taken after the De ...More
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| Simulating extreme climatic changes |
| Shyama Rajagopal |
| The Hindu , Saturday, December 27, 2008 |
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Many of the climatic extremes that are happening the world over, like a sudden increase in rainfall or extreme hot or cold climate are part of climate change, said Surabi Menon, physicist staff scient ...More
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| 397 NGOs engaged for environment drive |
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| The Pioneer , Friday, December 26, 2008 |
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The State Environment Department has deployed as many as 397 NGOs and other green bodies to carry out activities under the National Environment Awareness Campaign Programme (NEACP) on climate change ...More
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| Asia at risk of era of mega-disasters |
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| Times of India , Friday, December 26, 2008 |
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SYDNEY: The Asia-Pacific faces an era of large-scale natural disasters which could kill up to one million people at a time, with Indonesia, the Philippines and China most at risk, an Australian report ...More
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| Himalayan villagers on global warming frontline |
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| Times of India , Friday, December 26, 2008 |
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KYANGJIN GOMPA, Nepal: Standing in the Himalayan valley of Langtang, Rinjin Dorje Lama remembers where he used to play as a child in the 1960s.
"When I was a kid, it was a lot longer," said Lama, ...More
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| Ancient water source vital for Australia |
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| Times of India , Wednesday, December 24, 2008 |
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SYDNEY: An ancient underground water basin the size of Libya holds the key to Australia avoiding a water crisis as climate change bites the drought-hit nation.
Australia's Great Artesian Basin is ...More
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| Flyers shouldn't pay for carbon footprint |
| Nitin Sethi, TNN |
| Times of India , Wednesday, December 24, 2008 |
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NEW DELHI: The government has opposed moves to impose carbon tax on the aviation sector as well as the shipping industry that would make the consumer bear the burden. Global transport accounts for abo ...More
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| Corporate heads take pledge to adopt green policies |
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| The Hindu , Wednesday, December 24, 2008 |
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CHENNAI: Students of Bharathiar School of Management and Entrepreneur Development released a green pledge at their annual conference ‘Axis ‘08’ organised here in association with the Southern Indian C ...More
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| 'Obama move will lure India into climate fight' |
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| Times of India , Tuesday, December 23, 2008 |
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LONDON: US president-elect Barack Obama's groundbreaking move to appoint two global warming specialists as his main scientific advisers is the first step towards persuading India, China and Brazil to ...More
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| Warming could doom white Christmas |
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| Times of India , Tuesday, December 23, 2008 |
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BERLIN: The odds of a "white Christmas" in temperate parts of the northern hemisphere have diminished in the last century due to climate change and will likely decline further by 2100, climate and met ...More
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| WWF chief concerned over loss of biodiversity |
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| The Hindu , Monday, December 22, 2008 |
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NEW DELHI: Pointing out that loss of biological diversity poses an imminent threat to the survival of human civilisation, International Union for Conservation of Nature president Ashok Khosla has said ...More
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| Go green with N-power: Minister |
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| Times of India , Monday, December 22, 2008 |
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KOLKATA: Climate change has become a big issue and India can effectively use nuclear energy to combat this global phenomenon, said external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee in the city on Sunday.
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| Abrupt climate shifts may come within decades |
| ANI |
| Times of India , Sunday, December 21, 2008 |
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WASHINGTON: A new US government report has determined that abrupt climate shifts resulting in rising sea levels and severe droughts, may come within decades, which is sooner than previously believed. ...More
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| Obama picks climate specialist as science adviser |
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| Times of India , Sunday, December 21, 2008 |
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Colvin CHICAGO: US President-elect Barack Obama underscored on Saturday his intent to push initiatives on climate change by naming John Holdren, an energy and climate specialist, as the new White Hous ...More
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| Effective climate-risk strategies needed: Pachauri |
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| The Hindu , Saturday, December 20, 2008 |
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Bangalore: The Chairman of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), R.K. Pachauri, asked entrepreneurs to take into account the threats and opportunities posed by climate change while pr ...More
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