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Miliband launches part II of climate change study |
Staff Reporter |
Indian Express , Wednesday, January 24, 2007 |
Express News Service
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 23: David Miliband, UK Environment Minister, today launched the second phase of the project which will assess in detail the potential impacts of climate change ...More
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Environment ministers lack clout on global warming: experts |
Staff Reporter |
Financial Express , Wednesday, January 17, 2007 |
OSLO, JAN 16 : Environment ministers lack power to lead a fight against global warming at a time when ever more governments portray climate change as one of the biggest threats to the planet, experts ...More
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Bush set for climate change U-turn |
Gaby Hinsliff, Juliette Jowit and Paul Harris |
The Hindu , Monday, January 15, 2007 |
Move could lead to agreement on curbing emissions
London/New York: George Bush is preparing to make a historic shift in his position on global warming when he makes his State of the Union speech lat ...More
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Toxic Air |
Staff Reporter |
The Statesman , Saturday, January 13, 2007 |
‘High concentration of carbon dioxideis dangerous, having serious toxic effects on humans and other mammals’
The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (ipcc) estimates that the range of stabil ...More
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Increase exploitation of energy sources: Shahi |
Staff Reporter |
The Hindu , Saturday, January 13, 2007 |
HYDERABAD: Union Power Secretary R.V. Shahi on Friday called for increased exploitation of hydroelectric, solar and nuclear energy sources to meet India's projected demands of two-lakh MW by 2012 and ...More
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Bid to protect threatened species, dwindling forests |
G.K. Nair |
Business Line , Tuesday, January 09, 2007 |
Conservation of biodiversity vital, says KFRI chief
Kochi , Jan. 8
Considering the rich biodiversity of Kerala, the need of the hour is to conserve it for posterity, says Dr J.K. Sharma, Director, ...More
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Saving Mother Earth |
Staff Reporter |
Financial Express , Monday, January 08, 2007 |
Participants at this year’s Science Congress call for earnest measures for conservation of India’s natural resources, writes Ashok B Sharma
Are we on track to building a knowledge-based economy here ...More
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West’s green drive can’t be at poor world’s cost: PM |
Jaya Menon |
Indian Express , Thursday, January 04, 2007 |
CHIDAMBARAM, JANUARY 3: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today urged developed nations to ensure that the measures they took to protect the environment and deal with climate change “be equitable in their ...More
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All for a Beautiful Earth |
Manjit Kumar Mazumdar |
The Sentinel , Thursday, January 04, 2007 |
On December 22, 2005, the UN General Assembly at its 68th plenary meeting, with reference to the World Summit on Sustainable Development, proclaimed 2008 as the International Year of Planet Earth (IYP ...More
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Find alternative to energy: PM |
Staff Reporter |
Central Chronicle , Thursday, January 04, 2007 |
Agencies
Chidambaram(TN),Jan 3: Ecologically sustainable supply and use of energy resources is one of the biggest challenge to which scientists in India must find answers for, Prime Minister Manmoha ...More
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Global inequity is not acceptable: Manmohan |
Staff Reporter |
The Statesman , Thursday, January 04, 2007 |
CHIDAMBARAM, Jan. 3: India today strongly opposed tendencies to “freeze global inequity” in the name of sustainable development and said though the developing world cannot afford to ape the West in it ...More
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Engaging with global warming |
Madhur Tankha |
The Hindu , Saturday, December 23, 2006 |
NEW DELHI: Due to an alarming increase in global warming, the entire world community is facing a major crisis. Melting of permanent ice shelves and glaciers is posing a serious threat to the existence ...More
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Bane no more, carbon emission a boon |
M. Ganguly |
The Telegraph , Tuesday, December 19, 2006 |
Experts focus on greenhouse gas trade in developing countries
Ranchi, Dec. 18: Unbelievable but true. Greenhouse gas emission is not only a matter of concern. It rolls out a scope of trading, too.
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2006 warmest year in history |
Staff Reporter |
The Pioneer , Sunday, December 17, 2006 |
The current year is expected to go down in history as the sixth warmest year on record with prolonged drought in some regions, heavy rainfall and flooding in others and deadly typhoons in south east A ...More
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Planting trees to save planet `pointless' |
Alok Jha |
The Hindu , Saturday, December 16, 2006 |
It would be better to transform the way energy was derived and used.
PLANTING TREES to combat climate change is a waste of time, according to a study by ecologists who say that most forests do not h ...More
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