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• Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Pakistan, December 2013

  <p>Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Pakistan, Dec 2013 Erratic climate change events have hit the rice production in Pakistan this year and to take account of damages, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in its end-of-the-season report has downgraded its production forecast for the country by 600,000 tonnes to 8.7 million tonnes (5.8m tonnes, milled basis). Read more in this December 2013 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Pakistan</p>

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  • South Asia Environment Portal
  • • Pakistan
    • Environment
    • Climate Change
    • Mining
    • Agriculture
    • Pollution
    • Dams
    • Forests
    • Urban Transport
    • Urban Water Supply
    • Energy
    • Deer
    • South Asia

• Electricity Prices Fall In Europe As German Renewable Energy Output Increases

  For the fifth consecutive month, electricity prices in countries neighboring Germany have decreased, recently released Platts data reveals, due in large part to increased solar and wind generation in Germany.

  • 16/04/2014

  • Environment News Network
  • • Europe
    • Electricity
    • Germany
    • Renewable Energy
    • Solar Energy
    • Wind Energy
    • Switzerland
    • France
    • Belgium
    • Netherlands
    • Coal
    • Carbon Dioxide
    • Energy

• U.S. greenhouse gas emissions fall 10 pct since 2005: EPA

  U.S. greenhouse gas emissions fell nearly 10 percent from 2005 to 2012, more than halfway toward the United States' 2020 target pledged at United Nations climate talks, according to the latest national

  • 16/04/2014

  • Planet Ark (Australia)
  • • Green House Gases
    • United States Of America (US)
    • Coal
    • Natural Gas
    • Energy
    • UNFCCC
    • Climate Change
    • Carbon Dioxide
    • China
    • India
    • Wind Energy
    • Solar Energy
    • Nuclear Power

• Brazil looks to swap World Cup publicity for carbon credits

  Brazil, looking to offset the carbon emissions generated by construction, travel and other activities related to hosting the 2014 Soccer World Cup, said on Tuesday it wants holders of United Nations-backed

  • 16/04/2014

  • Planet Ark (Australia)
  • • Brazil
    • Carbon Dioxide
    • Games
    • Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
    • Carbon Offset
    • Carbon Market
    • Certified Emission Reduction
    • Energy
    • Waste Management

• Beijing says one third of its pollution comes from outside the city

  About a third of the air pollution in China's smog-hit capital comes from outside the city, official media reported on Wednesday, citing a pollution watchdog. Chen Tian, chief of the Beijing Environmental

  • 16/04/2014

  • Reuters
  • • China
    • Air Pollution
    • PM 2.5
    • Coal
    • Industrial Pollution
    • Energy
    • Vehicular Pollution

• U.S. appeals court upholds hazardous air pollution rule

  In a victory for the Obama administration, a U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld a regulation that would limit emissions of mercury and other hazardous pollutants mainly from coal-fired power plants,

  • 16/04/2014

  • Reuters
  • • United States Of America (US)
    • Air Pollution
    • Mercury
    • Coal
    • Thermal Power Plants
    • Health Effects
    • Energy

• Tata Power plans to add 646.7 MW from clean energy sources

  Company plans to increase its renewable energy capacity by about 71% Tata Power, one of India's largest private power companies, plans to increase its renewable energy capacity by about 71% to cut carbon emissions and reduce risks from fluctuating fuel prices.

  • 16/04/2014

  • Business Standard (New Delhi)
  • • India
    • Renewable Energy
    • Power Industry
    • Fuel Pricing
    • Carbon Dioxide
    • Solar Energy
    • Maharashtra
    • Hydroelectricity
    • Bhutan
    • Energy

• Asian airlines hedging big portion of fuel use

  Singapore : Top Asian airlines are hedging a substantial portion of their jet fuel usage this year, a Reuters survey showed, signaling they expect prices of the fuel to be firm and indicating sustained

  • 16/04/2014

  • Financial Express (New Delhi)
  • • Asia
    • Air Transport
    • India
    • China
    • Fuel Pricing
    • Fuel Efficiency
    • Energy

• TAPS generated 28% of India's atomic power in 2013-14

  There was less than 1% increase in power generation from TAPS during the year as compared to the previous fiscal Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS) near here generated 28% of India's total nuclear

  • 16/04/2014

  • Business Standard (New Delhi)
  • • India
    • Tarapur APS
    • Nuclear Power Corporation Of India (NPCIL)
    • Nuclear Power
    • Energy

• City growth by almost 2 Manhattans a day said key to climate-UN

  The world's urban areas are set to grow by almost twice the size of Manhattan a day until 2030 and the design of future cities in Asia and Africa will be crucial to slow global warming, a U.N. study showed

  • 15/04/2014

  • Reuters
  • • Climate Change
    • Urbanisation
    • Asia
    • Africa
    • Global Warming
    • IPCC
    • Carbon Dioxide
    • Energy
    • Developing Countries
    • China
    • Air Pollution