State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Climate Change
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Ontario won't join national clean-air plan
- The Ontario government has refused to participate in a national plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. At the conclusion yesterday of a meeting of environment and energy
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EU likely to miss Kyoto emissions target - study
The European Union will miss a legally binding target to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions because it lacks the necessary policies to combat the greenhouse effect, a study published yesterday
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7 companies agree to cut gas emissions
DuPont Shell, Alcan Aluminium and four other large companies yesterday joined a growing list of businesses committing themselves to substantial voluntary reductions in releases of heat-trapping
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Corporate giants begin greenhouse gas trading programme
Seven corporations, including several of the world's largest multinational companies, have joined with an environmental group in seeking ways to trade emission permits to reduce their production of
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Indian Ocean haze traced to Chulha smoke, aerosols
Aerosol emission from a variety of sources such as fossil fuels and biomass burning are the most significant contributors to the thick haze extending over some 10 million square kilometre, detected
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Centre grants Rs.500 cr. to Metrowater
After years of skepticism, the Chennai Waterways Improvement Project appears set to take off. The optimism rests on the Union Environment and Forests Ministry sanctioning nearly Rs.500 crores as
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Nothing greasy about it
The increase in oil prices doesn t harm anyone
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On paper
Unless governments force paper companies to invest in cleaner technologies, encourage the manufacture of recycled paper and allow plantations only on lands that are
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Breaking the ice
The long standing people wildlife dispute in Sariska Tiger Reserve is closer to a resolution
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Fatal attraction
Why pregnant women attract mosquitoes