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Climate change, human activity and wildfires
Study published in Nature Geoscience in latest September edition says that climate change has been the main driver of global biomass burning for the past two millennia.
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Modest carbon dioxide cutbacks may be too little, too late for coral reefs
ScienceDaily (Sep. 23, 2008)
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Maharashtra state forest policy 2008
The Maharashtra Forest Policy 2008 aims at raising forest cover in the state to a minimum of 33% (101.54 lakh hectares) of total land, as per the recommendations of the Planning Commission and the National Forest Policy, 1988. At present, the forest area in the state is around 20 per cent. Of this 56 per cent is in Vidarbha, five per cent in Marathwada and 39 per cent in western Maharashtra.
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Carbon capture and storage: assessing the economics
McKinsey has worked with leading institutions over the last 3 years to develop an understanding of the costs and potential of the options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions at both a global and regional level. This report takes a deeper look at one of these options, CO2 capture and storage (CCS).
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Global Warming's Ecosystem Double Whammy
ScienceDaily (Sep. 21, 2008)
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Prevention of Food Adulteration (5th Amendment) Rules, 2008
These rules may be called the Prevention of Food Adulteration (5th Amendment) Rules, 2008. They shall come into force on the expiry of a period of six months from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
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The Hazardous Wastes (Management,Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules,2008 - notification
These rules may be called the Hazardous Wastes (Management,Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules,2008.
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Future tipping points in the climate could be unveiled
Past events of abrupt climatic change were preceded by characteristic symptoms that may also indicate future abrupt changes induced by global warming.
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Rapid EIA of Gare IV/1 opencast coal mine extension project at village Nagaramuda, Raigarh
The Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environmental Management Plan (EMP) is being prepared for Gare IV/1 coal mine extension from the present mine lease of 705.556 Ha to 978.654 Ha and maintaining the present level of production. Jindal Steel & Power (JSPL) is doing coal mining in Gare IV/1 coal block, captive to the JSPL plant located at Raigarh.
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Hunger on the rise: soaring prices add 75 million people to global hunger rolls
Provisional FAO estimates show that the number of undernourished people in 2007 increased by 75 million, over and above FAO
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Cambodia pioneering world's first carbon trading cooperative
With the global carbon trade booming, environmental projects in developing countries have joined forces to finance their poverty reduction efforts by selling carbon credits collectively As a rule, the world of carbon credits is dominated by large- scale industrial projects backed by international companies with deep pockets.
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Eco-driving for developing cities
Many countries are exploring various alternatives to reduce fuel consumption and preserve air quality in urban areas. There is a variety of attractive measures, such as promoting public transit and bicycle use, deploying congestion pricing or fuel taxes, etc, which have been proven successful in the past.
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Bicycles as part of a sustainable transport system
In transport, many modes have been defined as
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EC regulation on maximum residue levels of pesticides
In the EU, from September 2008 onwards, a new regulation comes
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Sustainable wastewater management in the European Union
The scope of this paper is safe and sustainable sanitation in agriculture. Specifically, the idea of the paper is to find out the existing regulations and guidelines concerning a sustainable wastewater management in the European Union (EU), regarding small-scale on-site wastewater management, and particularly regarding the safe reuse of the source separated wastewater
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Centrally sponsored plan scheme Project Tiger administrative approval for funds release to Kanha Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh
This document pertains to centrally sponsored plan scheme
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Draft environmental impact assessment report for Sanghipuram thermal power project, Phase-I: District-Kachchh, GUJARAT
Coal based thermal power plants with generation capacity of 500 MW or more are listed under Category A of Schedule I of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification of Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) dated 14.09.2006 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II and Section 3, Sub-section (II), Ministry of Environment and Forests and requires Environmental Clearanc
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Public hearing details for Nirma Cement Plant held at Padhiarka, Mahuva Dist, Bhavnagar
<p>Public hearing details for Nirma Cement Plant held at Padhiarka, Mahuva Dist, Bhavnagar.</p>