Mettur water released
On the order of the Chief Minister, ms. Jayalalithaa, water was released from the Mettur reservoir for the Cauvery delta irrigation, as scheduled, at 6 p.m. on Tuesday.
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Toyota to launch hybrid engine
Toyota Motor Corp. said it would introduce a fuel efficient hybrid engine system later this year in Japan.
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CNG: fuel for healthy air
Metropolitan cities in the developing countries with burgeoning population are particularly susceptible to air pollution. Increasingly effective automotive controls have brought impressive reduction
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Taisei set to bag Purulia power project civil work
Japanese engineering major Taisei Corporation is poised to bag he civil contract in the mega Rs 3,188.9 crore Purulia power venture in West Bengal. The 900-mw Purulia Pump Storage venture will be
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Solar Electric System to form facade of New York high rise
AstroPower Inc. announced June 1st that it will provide a 30-kilowatt solar electric system for a new residential high rise building in New York City's Battery Park. Rather than an add-on to the
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Honda Insight sets new sales record; New model available
The American Honda Motor Co., Inc. announced that U.S. sales of its hybrid electric Insight reached a new record of 903 vehicles in May, up from 380 vehicles a year ago and 573 vehicles in April.
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Bush, the Toxic Texan, comes to Europe
George W Bush began his maiden presidential engagement with Europe on Tuesday in long-anticipated style with a verbal gaffe even as his European Union (EU) hosts remained preoccupied with matters
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Bush's lip service to environment
The US President, Mr George W. Bush, has said Washington was committed to cooperating with all countries, including developing nations, in developing an "effective and science - based response to
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Bush not so dismissive of Kyoto pact: Kawaguchi
Japan's Environment Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi said Tuesday that she does not interpret U.S. President George W. Bush's recent comments on climate change as an outright rejection of the Kyoto
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Hiranuma hints at efforts to return U.S. to Kyoto pact
The industry minister suggested Tuesday that Japan will strive to convince the United States to rejoin the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, even going as far as considering revamping the international effort to
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Pronk urges Japan to be independent of U.S. in climate policy
The president of the sixth Conference of the Parties of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change urged Japan and other U.S. allies Monday to be independent in setting their positions for
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Bush targets India, China on pollution
President George W. Bush has dismissed the Kyoto pact on global warning as 'fatally flawed," saying it is a threat to the US economy because major polluters like India and China are not party to it.
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Kyoto Treaty flawed: Bush
While maintaining that the Kyoto Treaty on the environment was 'fatally flawed in fundamental ways", the President, Mr. George W Bush called for initiatives to study the causes of global warming and
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Scientists urge U.S. to act on climate
While many scientists and experts on risk management agreed in interviews that much remained unknown about the potential effects of rising temperatures, they took issue with the idea that this
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S. Africa approves Kyoto agreement
The South African Cabinet approved Wednesday an international agreement aimed at combatting global warming. The agreement, signed in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997 commits industrialized countries to reduce
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Kyoto Plan alternative rejected
The European Union sharply criticised US proposals for a "science based" response to climate change, insisting instead that industrialised countries should ratify the Kyoto agreement for cutting
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National Research Council reports on global warming
At the request of President Bush, a committee of the National Research Council (NRC) released a report summing up science's current understanding of global warming. The report confirmed that the
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White House working group report on climate change
The U.S. government is pursuing a broad range of strategies to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in major sectors of the economy, such as electrical power, transportation
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Lukewarm on warming
President George W. Bush acknowledge that global warming is an important problem. He wants credit for coming late, to that conclusion. But his proposed remedies continue to fall short.
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CNG vs. diesel
The Supreme Court has given time till September 30 for conversion of all the public transport vehicles in New Delhi from diesel to CNG. But, that decision may not become final as the Government of