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International Conference on Energy, Environment and Climate Change 08-09 July 2015, Mauritius
The International Conference on Energy, Environment and Climate Change (ICEECC 2015) is a multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed international conference on sustainable energy and environment. The conference
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Nowhere to go
What happens to living beings when climate change threatens even national parks and nature reserves
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Drought in Somalia makes civil war worse
The government of Somalia has appealed for an "urgent international help' for people in drought-affected regions of the country saying that the "transitional federal government cannot address the
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Mysterious disease kills Indiana bats
In response to information about a mysterious illness that has been associated with the deaths of more than 8,000 bats, conservation groups have asked the us Fish and Wildlife Service to close
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Clean coal too expensive for USA
Facing ever-increasing costs, the us Department of Energy has given up a plan to build the world's largest clean-coal power plant and carbon sequestration facility. At the time of the
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Germany to issue 451.9 mn CO, permits annually from 2008
Germany said it would issue 451.9 million tonne say ear of carbon-dioxide pollution certificates from 2008 to 2 012, 0.3%fewer than allowed by the European Commission. Germany cut its planned emission cap because new power plants will need fewer free C02 permits than previously expected, the DEHST emissions trading unit of the environment ministry said on its website. Germany earlier set aside 11 million tonnes of C02 a year for new power plants and factories, yet permits foronly9.79milliontonnesareneeded. German utilities and energy-intensive industries want installation-level allocations of permits as they prepare for the second phase of the EU's climate control programmed. Some 1,625power plants and factories, new and in operation, will get388.86 million tones of free permitseveryyearthrough2012 according to the plan.
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It is wetter in the south
Australian scientists say ocean warming has increased rainfall over the Southern Ocean
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Argentina bans petroleum export
A midst reports of fuel shortages and rising domestic fuel prices, the government of Argentina has decided to freeze export of petrol and petroleum products until supplies to the domestic market is
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Cloned food safe for consumption, says US
Just over a decade after scientists cloned the first animal, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has declared that meat and milk from cloned farm animals are safe to eat. The announcement
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changing climes
Climate change is a very slow process, notoriously difficult to understand. Is it happening in India? Residents of some Himalayan towns, where the ecology is known to be very sensitive, observe some clear indications of change. It is getting warmer, the