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Industrialisation bringing acid rain to India
there is growing evidence to believe that the incidence of acid rain is increasing in India. Many experts link the phenomenon with increasing industrialisation in the country. On August 23,
there is growing evidence to believe that the incidence of acid rain is increasing in India. Many experts link the phenomenon with increasing industrialisation in the country. On August 23,
This new report published by Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace, aggregates data from 415 individual forest carbon projects historically. It examines a variety of strategies for injecting financial resources into projects that save or plant forests that capture carbon.
The PwC Low Carbon Economy Index evaluates the rate of decarbonisation of the global economy that is needed to limit warming to 2°C. This new report shows that global carbon intensity decreased between 2000 and 2011 by around 0.8% a year. In 2011, carbon intensity decreased by just 0.7%.
In the lead-up to the Post-2012 climate regime, Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) are increasingly being seen as one of the most promising tools for Non-Annex 1 countries to implement low-carbon
Since the climate negotiations that took place in Copenhagen, in 2009, many countries have submitted quantitative economy-wide greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, proposals, and actions for 2020.
Carbon dioxide emissions from the steel sector are significant and growing: global emissions of carbon dioxide from fuel combustion in the sector increased by 61 per cent between 2000 and 2009, an annual
Rains May Gain Speed In Aug & Sept To End As Normal Monsoon Nidhi Nath Srinivas NEW DELHI INDIA may be on course this year for normal monsoon rains after last year
<p>UNCTAD has published this first in a series of volumes focusing on issues pertinent to "green" economic growth, in run-up to 2012 global conference on green economy, two decades after 1992 Rio "Earth Summit".</p>
In a move to check global warming and save taxpayers' money, San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom recently banned the use of bottled water even in water coolers. The ban came into effect from July 1,
Traditional agro-systems in arid areas are a bulwark for preserving soil stability and fertility, in the sight of “reverse desertification”. Nevertheless, the impact of desert farming practices on the
The United States will be unable to significantly cut its use of gasoline because alternative fuels are too expansive and not idely available, according to a report from the General Accounting
MNRE has initiated systematic programmes for renewables including for research and development. Renewable energy is currently experiencing increasing vibrancy across all sectors of the economy driven by
The 2015 edition of the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific highlights a key message that while policy focus on economic growth is necessary, it is not sufficient for achieving development.
A P MITRA (1927-2007) In the early 1990s, the US Environmental Protection Agency had come out with a report incriminating Indian rice fields of emitting 38.6 million tonnes of methane per year and
Phytolith occluded carbon (PhytOC) which is stable in the soil environment is considered to be an important fraction of soil organic carbon and substantially contributes to the terrestrial carbon sequestration
The Maharashtra government on Wednesday submitted before the Constitution bench of the Supreme Cpurt tht Scheme B of the Bachawat tribunal on Krishna waters was not meant to be enforceable and Scheme
Sounding a warning to the Bhakhra Beas Management Board (BBMB), which runs the 990 MW Beas-Sutlej Link (BSL) hydro project that has starved to death the river life downstream from Pandoh dam to the
Logjam over funding pushes talks beyond closing time at biodiversity summit The Convention on Biological Diversity summit ran into overtime on Friday night, as nations struggled to find a way out of the logjam on funding talks, negotiating far beyond their scheduled closing time. While countries have set ambitious goals — called the Aichi Targets — to protect the world's plants, animals and natural habitats by 2020, they could not agree on how to raise the money needed to reach these goals until this article went to press.
Diesel is still sweeping Europe. Hybrids are catching on in North America and Japan. But these trends are only short-term, some auto engineers say, as the industry prepares for the day the world's
Governors from eight us states have protested to Congress about a possible legislation, which they claim will limit their efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The bill, if passed, would pre-empt