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Hours after major NGOs walked out of the UN Climate Change conference, India on Thursday said it fully shared the sentiments of the civil society and asked the developed nations to act in combating climate change. Associated Press “It is a matter of deep concern to my country that there …
India today expressed displeasure with “some” developed countries for abandoning the greenhouse gas emission targets set by the 1997 Kyoto Protocol and asked the industrialised nations to ratify their pledge for the second commitment period of the treaty. Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan. At the conference of the representative ministers of …
Warsaw talks on the need to have an international mechanism to address loss and damage arising out of climate change hit a dead end on Wednesday with the Australian delegation blocking any discussion. The bloc of developing countries, G-77 and China, which has been pushing for an international mechanism to …
India would strongly oppose the US and EU's stand on the issue of phasing out refrigerant gas HFCs at the high-level ministerial talks at the UN Climate Change summit here, official sources said Wednesday. "In view of the lack of safe, technologically viable, and economically feasible alternatives, the issue of …
The G77+China group of 133 countries walked out of negotiations on Loss and Damage at around 3:30 am on Wednesday morning after the rich countries refused to budge from the position that the subject should be discussed only after 2015. The U.S., Australia and Canada have been the most vocal …
A new study finds that radioactive Iodine from Fukushima has caused a significant increase in hypothyroidism among babies in California, 5,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean. The Fukushima catastrophe has been dismissed as a potential cause of health effects even in Japan, let alone as far away as California. A …
About 70 people were taken ill after a sulphuric acid leak at a chemical company in California late on Monday, Los Angeles County Fire Department officials said. People in the Carson area complained of throat and nose irritation and vomiting after being exposed to an "apparent sulphuric acid release in …
India and China are among the world's biggest contributors to fossil fuel emissions with India's carbon dioxide discharge increasing by a whopping 7.7 per cent last year, a new study said today. "Based on estimates of economic activity in 2013, emissions are set to rise 2.1 per cent in 2013 …
To allay global nuclear suppliers’ fears about India’s nuclear liability laws that have deterred potential investors, the country is now telling the world’s nuclear industry that the domestic plant operator can limit the amount as well as duration of the liability that accrues to foreign suppliers. Planning Commission deputy chairman …
The G77+China group has threatened to walk out of climate talks if developed countries did not stop blocking the issue of Loss and Damage. The ultimatum was delivered by G77+China negotiator Juan Hoffmeister, who is leading the talks on the issue for the developing country block, at a closed door …
Warsaw: Controversial issue of handling Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), or climate-damaging refrigerant gas, is unlikely to get resolved in near future as both India and the US stuck to their respective positions on Monday, making a strong pitch for support from other nations.While India insisted that the issue must be kept out …
WARSAW: Though the ongoing climate talks has failed to bring cheer to developing countries as rich nations have, so far, not made any commitment to set aside a corpus to battle global warming, hope springs eternal for the negotiators. They are expecting that the high-level ministerial round may throw up …
Long drawn arguments through two days of almost continuous negotiations broke out over the key decisions that the Warsaw meeting would make. A draft of the decisions brought out on Monday became the new battleground as developed countries tried to remove any difference in the responsibility thrust upon the developing …
New Delhi : Farmer groups have urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to stand up against developed nations including the US and EU and reject any proposal that will impact agricultural subsidies and affect over 600 million farmers of the country. The letter, written by 15 farmer groups including Bhartiya Kisan …
The governing body on the Hawaiian island of Kauai voted on Saturday to override their mayor's veto of a bill that seeks to reign in widespread pesticide use and the testing of new genetically modified crops. The Kauai County Council's 5-2 vote means agricultural companies will be unable to plant …
International negotiations on how to set up new carbon markets to cut greenhouse gas levels broke down over the weekend in Warsaw, sources said, after developing nations refused to progress the issue before rich nations increase efforts to cut their own emissions. More than 9,000 delegates from almost 200 countries …
California regulators said on Friday an enhanced monitoring regime for oil and gas production that is part of the state's new fracking regulations would shore up groundwater protection, a top concern in the growing state. The law, signed by Governor Jerry Brown in September, introduces stringent regulations of hydraulic fracturing …
A draft text of a ministerial decision on the controversial phasing out of refrigerant and global warming gases – hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) – circulating in the negotiations stirred debate on late Friday night on how the talks would progress over the week when the ministers from more than 130 countries gather …
WASHINGTON - Pakistan has sought the support of the United States in the completion of large hydroelectric projects. Taking part in the fifth Energy Working Group meeting in Washington hosted by the US Pakistan Business Council (USPBC) at the US Chamber of Commerce for a Business Roundtable‚ the Pakistani power …
Internal briefing paper accessed by The Hindu shows U.S. wants to promote its tech firms In an internal briefing paper prepared for its diplomats across the world before the Warsaw climate negotiations, which The Hindu accessed, the U.S. has opposed the setting up of a separate mechanism on ‘loss and …
