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UN Climate Talks Advance, Poor Urge More CO2 Cuts

Climate talks made progress on Friday toward a new U.N. treaty to curb global warming but ended far short of calls by developing nations for the rich to make deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.

Four years of talks to widen the existing Kyoto Protocol have struggled to agree on how to share the cost of efforts to curb greenhouses gas mainly emitted by burning fossil fuels.

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15/06/2009
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Plug and profit

Green is in as Indian corporates race to compete for a share of the fast-growing Rs 35,250-crore global market for climate-friendly technology and carbon credits

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As wind power grows, a push to tear down dams

Kate Galbraith

The rise of wind farms in the Pacific Northwest is seen by some as an opportunity to help save the wild salmon, by removing dams that have impeded their spawning
FOR DECADES most of the nation

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How green is NREGA?

As World Environment Day falls on June 5, Soni Sinha looks at how 70 per cent of work
under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act can actually be eco-friendly and benefit local communities in India's poorest districts

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13/06/2009
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Climate for change

Arunabha Ghosh

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12/06/2009
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Babudom goes green for Rs 5 crore

GANDHINAGAR: On rooftops, terraces and gardens in the babu-dominated edifices of Gandhinagar, there seems to be a quiet experiment going on for the last three months. Mini windmills and photo-voltaic cells have been erected to power thousands of tubelights, fans and calling bells the three things that are used incessantly in babudom.

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11/06/2009
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Maha orders inquiry into Suzlon's land deals

The Maharashtra Government has ordered a high-level inquiry into wind turbine maker Suzlon Energy

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Global convention on climate security from tomorrow

Lalit Mohan

The World Council for Corporate Governance is organising the Global Convention on Climate Security from June 12 to 14 at Palampur. Experts from across the globe would ponder on why the climate crunch is more catastrophic than credit crunch.

The other major topic would be as to how climate change can prove an as opportunity for creating employment.

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Solar-powered mobile from Samsung

Back-up power: Samsung President and CEO J. S. Shin (left) and Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah launch the first solar powered Samsung mobile phone in Noida on Wednesday.

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