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Two Indian projects short-listed for Green Oscars |
Staff Reporter |
Times of India , Friday, May 25, 2007 |
LONDON: A Kerala company involved in tackling the problem of dumped food waste and a Karnataka firm that has provided thousands of rural families dung-based biogas plants are among 10 global projects ...More
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Call for steps to mitigate climate change impact |
Staff Reporter |
The Hindu , Thursday, May 24, 2007 |
Tourism industry urged to adopt energy-efficient and appropriate green technologies.
Thiruvananthapuram: Equations, a non-profit organisation established for the promotion of holistic tourism, has c ...More
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Meeting the challenge of climate change |
N. Gopal Raj |
The Hindu , Wednesday, May 23, 2007 |
A key issue is how to spread the pain of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
THE FOURTH Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which emphasised the far-reaching co ...More
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Delhi climate already changing? |
Staff Reporter |
Times of India , Wednesday, May 23, 2007 |
NEW DELHI: As May goes in Delhi, the weather this year has been unusually fickle. Instead of the searing loo, the city has had thundershowers bringing temperatures down every few days.
Not that De ...More
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UP to diversify biodiversity board role |
Staff Reporter |
he Indian Express , Wednesday, May 23, 2007 |
Lucknow, May 22: The state government is planning to enhance the role of newly formed UP State Biodiversity Board (UPSBB). Talking to Newsline, UPSBB chairman VN Garg, who is also Principal Secretary, ...More
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Climate change |
Staff Reporter |
The Hindu Business Line , Tuesday, May 22, 2007 |
The article `Climate change and the ostrich syndrome' (Business Line, May 16) paints a frightening picture of the phenomenon of climate change. It is significant that in nearly a third of the world, t ...More
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Global warming: Greenhouse gases make Orissa hotter |
Sanjeev Patro |
The Pioneer , Monday, May 21, 2007 |
With Orissa recording a one-degree Celsius rise in surface air temperature compared to the global average of only half a deg C in 50-year period, the prognosis of hard days ahead by the fourth assessm ...More
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`Penguins' from Antarctica run for a cause |
Staff Reporter |
The Hindu , Monday, May 21, 2007 |
BANGALORE: A family of displaced `penguins' from the Antarctica was spotted on the streets of Bangalore on Saturday as they joined thousands of others in the `Midnight Marathon' holding placards with ...More
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Deforestation leading to global warming: Report |
G. Chandrashekhar |
The Hindu Business Line , Friday, May 18, 2007 |
`Stopping loggers is the fastest, cheapest solution'
Mumbai May 17 Intense international pressure is beginning to build over climate change. Serious apprehensions of threat to life and liveliho ...More
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What climate changes Antarctica predicts? |
Staff Reporter |
Central Chronicle , Friday, May 18, 2007 |
Not long ago, I came back from Antarctica where I stayed with the 52nd Russian Antarctic expedition. This continent is unique - it has no state borders and scientists can choose to work wherever they ...More
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R Ravimohan: Global warming is part of evolution |
R Ravimohan |
Business Standard , Friday, May 18, 2007 |
Preparing to live in a warmer earth is as important, if not more important, as trying to cool it down.
There has been a strident expression of concern on global warming in recent months. Good, we ...More
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Mitigating climate change |
Staff Reporter |
The Hindu , Friday, May 18, 2007 |
The recommendations on climate change mitigation made by a working group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provide hope that concerted action can make a real difference in the ne ...More
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Climate change centre mooted |
Staff Reporter |
The Hindu , Friday, May 18, 2007 |
· Groundwater remains the main source of drinking water
· Call to make water conservation a fundamental duty
BANGALORE: Both natural and man-made causes have put Karnataka in a precarious situat ...More
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Ecological Age beckons cities |
Staff Reporter |
The Statesman , Thursday, May 17, 2007 |
The first-timer visitor’s aerial view of the world’s fastest growing city could be described as awesome, with one highrise topping another. It is a view that to some may recall the popular Flash Gordo ...More
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Time for Saarc to combat global warming |
Kuldip Nayar |
The Asian Age , Thursday, May 17, 2007 |
The news is that India spent more than Rs 44,000 crores on weapons in the last three years, but not a single paisa on combating global warming. Even the Rs 3,500 crores meant for afforestation have be ...More
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Time for Saarc to combat global warming |
Kuldip Nayar |
The Asian Age , Tuesday, May 15, 2007 |
The news is that India spent more than Rs 44,000 crores on weapons in the last three years, but not a single paisa on combating global warming. Even the Rs 3,500 crores meant for afforestation have be ...More
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Time for Saarc to combat global warming |
Kuldip Nayar |
The Asian Age , Thursday, May 10, 2007 |
The news is that India spent more than Rs 44,000 crores on weapons in the last three years, but not a single paisa on combating global warming. Even the Rs 3,500 crores meant for afforestation have be ...More
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Biofuel: Good idea, bad practice |
Staff Reporter |
Central Chronicle , Wednesday, May 09, 2007 |
The biofuel can come from non-edible tree crops jatropha in India, for example- grown on wasteland, which will also employ people. This fuel market will demand a different business model.
Now that t ...More
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