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CO 2 -choked Mumbai rail bids for carbon credits
Mumbai's suburban railway network may earn some brownie points in its efforts to overhaul the system to make it energy-efficient and travel-friendly. New braking and duct systems have been introduced
Mumbai's suburban railway network may earn some brownie points in its efforts to overhaul the system to make it energy-efficient and travel-friendly. New braking and duct systems have been introduced
Based on the daily maximum air temperature data from 176 stations in India from 1969 to 2013, the climatological distribution of the number of days with high temperature (HT) defined as days with maximum
The study of climate and climate change is hindered by a lack of information on the effect of clouds on the radiation balance of the earth, referred to as the cloud-radiative forcing. Quantitative estimates
the Third European Conference on Environment and Health was recently organised in London. Ministers of health and environment from 51 countries, non-governmental organisations and professionals
John Mackey, head of us organic foods group Whole Foods Market, is being investigated for posting messages on the Internet about a rival company. He used a pseudonym to make comments about Wild
Nuclear power wants to pose as peace, sustainability. But to the world, it has always meant the bomb and danger. What are governments doing to sell nuclear power to their people? From Moscow and Obninsk in Russia, RICHARD MAHAPATRA reports on a hardsell
Britain needs to spend up to one billion pounds a year to protect fragile English wildlife habitats from climate change, intensive farming and population growth, a government-backed report said on Friday. It urged the government to transform conservation policy in the next 40 years to avoid a devastating loss of the countryside that supports thousands of important plants, trees and animals. British ecologist John Lawton, who led the year-long study, said England's wildlife habitats are too small and isolated to protect many species from increased strains in coming decades. Creating a stronger, better connected network of well-managed habitats will cost between 600 million pounds and 1.1 billion pounds each year, the report estimated. At a time of big public spending cuts, the study urged the government to resist taking money away from the environment. "It is easy to say we cannot afford it. We fundamentally disagree," it said. "We are ... despite current difficulties, a wealthy nation." Failure to act could lead to the loss of areas rich with diverse species, such as meadows, heathland, woods and rivers, the report said. Centuries of human activity have helped to shape these habitats and they will need ongoing management if they are to survive, it said. The United Nations called on world leaders this week to take bold action to preserve animal and plant species. It says the world is facing the worst losses since the dinosaurs vanished 65 million years ago. England has at least 55,000 species, including significant numbers of bats, bumblebees, wildfowl and mature oak trees. The pace and scale of environmental change over the last 50 years was worrying and is likely to get worse, the report said. Future threats include extreme weather, droughts, rising sea levels and the loss of areas like wet grasslands to farming to feed a growing population, the report said. Its authors made 24 recommendations to create stronger habitats. The measures include better management of habitats, setting up new ecological restoration zones and improved water quality and flood protection.
Monsoon means celebrations for the people of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat who script success stories of rainwater harvesting. But in Rajasthan they are questioned: who own the raindrop?
The bureau of the World Heritage Committee has recommended that the Galapagos Marine Reserve should be given the status of a heritage site of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
A common Great Plains prairie plant, the partridge pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata), could face severe reduction in numbers if climate conditions in the Midwest, USA, change to the extremes predicted
For the first time in North America, the Canadian province of British Columbia has introduced a consumer-based tax on carbon emissions. Announcing a budget plan for the year, finance minister
A group of promoters of environment friendly transports together with the Nitol Group, a major road transport importer and assembler in Bangladesh, on Saturday demanded immediate ban on the import of
Hit by chronic shortage in Uttar Pradesh, the Rajnath Singh government has decided to set up medium and small hydro power units in its well knit canal
Members of the Delhi Contract Bus Association (DCBA), "aggrieved and frustrated" over the "monopolistic, restrictive and unfair trade practices" of Nugas, have moved the MRTP Commission. In the first
The people of Kasargod district are whipping up a strong people's movement against the aerial spray of endosulfan. Nearly six panchayats have decided to pass resolutions asking the Kerala Government
Over four thousand city bus operators felt relieved after Nugas Technologies claimed to have obtained the certificate for conversion of diesel buses to CNG mode from Vehicle Research and Development
With a little over two months to go for the next CNG deadline of September 30 to end, there is some encouraging news. Delhi-based conversion company Nugas Technologies (NGT) claims to have obtained
The Assam Government is planning to impose a ban on plying of old commercial vehicles within the greater Guwahati area to reduce the pollution caused by vehicular emission, said Minister of State for
Activists on both sides of the abortion issue in US are joining forces this week to push for a total ban on human cloning. The unusual coalition is lobbying for a bill that would impose a 10-year
<p>Between 2001 and 2003, public transport vehicles in New Delhi were required to switch their fuel to natural gas in an attempt to reduce their air pollution impacts. This study examines the climatic impacts of New Delhi’s fuel switching policy, and outlines implications for such efforts in rapidly industrializing countries.