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| Tibetan glaciers are melting faster |
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| Times of India , Wednesday, November 26, 2008 |
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WASHINGTON: If reports are to be believed, the Tibetan glaciers are melting faster than anyone thought, putting nearly a billion people living in South Asia in peril of losing their water supply.
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| Australia calls for rule changes in climate talks |
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| Times of India , Wednesday, November 26, 2008 |
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CANBERRA: Australia is seeking changes to the rules covering rich and developing nations ahead of crucial UN-led climate talks next year in Denmark to ensure wealthy nations like Singapore and South K ...More
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| China, India lead demand extra help for climate stuggle |
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| Times of India , Wednesday, November 26, 2008 |
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BEIJING: China and India next week will spearhead calls for rich nations to dig into their pockets to tackle climate change but will resist
targeted curbs on their own carbon emissions, sources sa ...More
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| New Zealand's carbon market cast into limbo |
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| Times of India , Wednesday, November 26, 2008 |
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WELLINGTON: New Zealand's fledgling carbon market has been thrown into limbo only weeks before its planned start date, after the incoming government met an election pledge to review emissions trading, ...More
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| EU blow hot and cold on climate change package |
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| Times of India , Wednesday, November 26, 2008 |
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BRUSSELS: Battered by the economic headwinds and unable to hammer out a plan to fight global warming, Europe has ruined its ambition to lead the world at upcoming international climate talks in Poznan ...More
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| Vatican set to go green with huge solar panel roof |
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| Times of India , Wednesday, November 26, 2008 |
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VATICAN CITY: The Vatican was set to go green on Wednesday with the activation of a new solar energy system to power several key buildings and a commitment to use renewable energy for 20% of its needs ...More
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| Harvard project proposes rich nations cut CO2 first |
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| Times of India , Tuesday, November 25, 2008 |
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LONDON: Rich nations should make the first cuts in greenhouse gases while developing countries carry on business as usual for the time being, according to a plan set out on Monday by a Harvard Univers ...More
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| Southern Ocean changing but still major CO2 sink |
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| Times of India , Tuesday, November 25, 2008 |
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SINGAPORE: The Southern Ocean has proved more resilient to global warming than previously thought and remains a major store of mankind's planet-warming carbon dioxide, a study has found.
Oceans ab ...More
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| Polish miners, greens clash on eve of climate talks |
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| Times of India , Tuesday, November 25, 2008 |
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WARSAW: Greenpeace protesters clashed with coal miners at a new opencast mine on Monday in an incident highlighting Poland's environmental dilemma on the eve of a major UN-led conference on climate ch ...More
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| Lakes studied as global warming hot spots |
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| Times of India , Monday, November 24, 2008 |
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WASHINGTON: A team of scientists from the US are studying high-altitude lakes in the Central Andes as global warming "hot spots", and their ability to sustain life in a highly dynamic environment.
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| Solar panels on graves give power to Spanish town |
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| Times of India , Monday, November 24, 2008 |
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MADRID: A new kind of silent hero has joined the fight against climate change.
Santa Coloma de Gramenet, a gritty, working-class town outside Barcelona, has placed a sea of solar panels atop mauso ...More
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| Climate change may boost exposure to harmful pollutants |
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| Times of India , Monday, November 24, 2008 |
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WASHINGTON: A review of studies projecting the impact of climate change on air quality, has indicated that adverse health effects will likely rise with further changes in climate, with the major effec ...More
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| Meet on climate change and dwindling fish stocks |
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| Times of India , Sunday, November 23, 2008 |
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KOLKATA: One might ignore people grumbling over the vanishing Gangar ilish at the dinner table, but the dwindling supply of fish points to a problem much deeper than just a gastronomic one. Environmen ...More
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| Warming up to idea of a cooler planet |
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| The Hindu , Sunday, November 23, 2008 |
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HYDERABAD: An informative, lively and motivating presentation can sure work wonders. At the end of a ‘green’ presentation by noted actress-turned-activist Amala Akkineni, a young college student spoke ...More
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| Norway to invest in State eco-projects |
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| The Hindu , Sunday, November 23, 2008 |
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Bangalore: Norway proposes to invest a significant amount of its $770 million-worth emission reduction programme spending on projects in India, said Therese Wagle Bazard, Counsellor, Royal Norwegian E ...More
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| Asia not responsible for brown haze: India |
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| Times of India , Saturday, November 22, 2008 |
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NEW DELHI: India dismissed as "propaganda" a UN report suggesting the formation of a brown cloud over Asia was due to the burning of fossil fuels by countries in the region.
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| Climatic change: a new threat for NE |
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| The Assam Tribune , Saturday, November 22, 2008 |
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GUWAHATI, Nov 21 – The North-east region of India is likely to witness more extreme climatic events in the near future, and the first signs of those are already becoming evident. Such events have t ...More
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| New Senate to get major global warming bill |
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| Times of India , Friday, November 21, 2008 |
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WASHINGTON: The US Senate will take up two sweeping global warming bills in January, in the latest sign that Barack Obama's election could quickly reverse years of US foot dragging on climate change. ...More
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| Malaria, dengue the sting in climate change |
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| Times of India , Friday, November 21, 2008 |
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SYDNEY: Southeast Asia and South Pacific island nations face a growing threat from malaria and dengue fever as climate change spreads mosquitoes that carry the diseases and climate-change refugees sta ...More
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