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After BP, Chevron may be in deep pit
May Have To Pay Up To $20 B To Clean Up Areas Polluted Due to Faulty Drilling In Equador
Hugh Bronstein LAGO AGRIO, ECUADOR
ARUN-DOWN court building that also houses the local casino in this Amazon jungle town is the unlikely venue for the largest environmental damages lawsuit ever tried.
On the first floor, people play for pennies in The Mirage bingo and slot machine parlor.
25/08/2010
Economic Times (New Delhi)
News
European whammy for Indian rice, lab says pesticide residue level high
A Hamburg-based lab, Eurofins, has alleged high levels of pesticide residue in Indian rice, basmati and non basmati. This is likely to start a long-drawn legal battle and for the time being jeopardise around $300m in basmati exports alone to Europe.
16/08/2010
Economic Times (New Delhi)
News
Flash Floods Inundate Central Europe
Rescue workers sought to clear flood-borne debris including damaged cars and evacuate victims after heavy rains and stormy winds across central Europe killed at least 15 people over the weekend.
09/08/2010
Planet Ark (Australia)
Feature Articles
Fears over Europe’s GM crop plan
A proposal to let nations opt out of growing European-approved GM varieties is under fire from all sides.
Jul 2010
Nature
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542-543
Fears over Europes GM crop plan.pdf
News
Europe sweats in heatwave
Moscow: A heat wave across much of Europe is causing crops to wither, forest fires to ignite and roads to melt, while refrigerators and fans are buckling in the searing sun.
17/07/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Feature Articles
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Jul 2010
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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Feature Articles
Disentangling the role of environmental and human pressures on biological invasions across Europe
The accelerating rates of international trade, travel, and transport in the latter half of the twentieth century have led to the progressive mixing of biota from across the world and the number of species introduced to new regions continues to increase.
Jul 2010
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
14
25
12157-12162
News
City to be showcased in Europe
Ahmedabad: The city and new Raipur have been chosen by the European Commission promoted body called International Co-operation for New Town Exchange (ICNTE) to showcase some of the best municipal practices before member nations.
02/07/2010
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Reports and Documents
Meaningful and cost effective climate policy: The case for cap and trade
There is broad consensus among those engaged in climate policy
analysis—from academia, government, NGOs, and industry—that any
domestic climate policy should include, at its core, market-based
policy instruments targeting greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions, because
no other approach can do the job and do it at acceptable cost.
Jul 2010
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Reports and Documents
Technical potentials of biomass for energy services from current agriculture and forestry in selected countries in Europe, The Americas and Asia
This report is a survey on the technical potential of biomass from current agriculture and forestry in the regions; Europe incl. Russia and Ukraine, USA, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, China and India. The report provides projections for agricultural residue production assuming availability of fertilizers, plant protection and mechanization.
Jul 2010
University of Copenhagen
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