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24.03.2011 Earth Hour aims for hope in darkened world
SYDNEY— Lights will go out around the world Saturday with hundreds of millions of people set to take part in the Earth Hour climate change campaign, which this year will also mark Japan’s earthquake and tsunami.
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23.03.2011 Hedegaard backs nuclear to meet EU climate targets
Climate commissioner says technology is needed to cut emissions, as fallout from the Fukushima crisis continues
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23.03.2011 Chance for Climate Deal Is ‘Slim’ as U.S. Moves Blocked, EU Says
The chance of reaching a legally binding global agreement this year to protect the climate is “slim,” said Artur Runge-Metzger, director for climate strategy and negotiations at the European Commission.
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23.03.2011 Australia To Introduce Carbon Legislation By Year-End
Australia will introduce legislation for a planned new carbon tax before the end of the year, setting the scene for a major test of Prime Minister Julia Gillard's minority Labor government.
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22.03.2011 Trading in carbon emissions to check global warming
AMRITSAR: An operation to replace incandescent lamp (ICL) or ordinary bulb with a compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) in Chandigarh and Punjab would be undertaken in near future by CQC Green Ventures Private Limited. "Since one incandescent lamp (ICL) or an ordinary bulb consumes four times more energy than one compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) so we decided to replace ICL with CFL across the nation to save energy and generate CERs (certified emission reduction points) from UN's appointed designated operating entity to keep the industrial growth unaffected," said CQC director Rajeev Bakshi.
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22.03.2011 No 'offsets' says climate committee
The UK should meet targets to reduce greenhouse gases up to 2017 by action at home and not by buying "offsets", the Government's climate committee said today.
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22.03.2011 Cancun stance guided by need to protect economic growth: Jairam
Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh Tuesday said that India’s stance at the Cancun conference on climate change was guided by the need to protect its economic growth and inclusive development.
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21.03.2011 USDA invests $60M in 3 new research projects on effects of climate change on crops and forests
MINNEAPOLIS — The federal government is investing $60 million in three major studies on the effects of climate change on crops and forests to help ensure farmers and foresters can continue producing food and timber while trying to limit the impact of a changing environment.
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21.03.2011 Deal locally with climate change impact
Think globally, but act locally when studying about plants, animals and the impact of global warming, advise researchers.
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21.03.2011 Climate change threatens EA’s staple food crop
“As we seek our independence on the governance side, we should also pursue the independence of our stomachs and begin to focus on our traditional foods,” she adds.
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21.03.2011 Businesses need to be aware of effects of climate change
Business leaders and experts at a workshop Sunday said incorporation of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) into industry can benefit the country in various ways.
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17.03.2011 Wind power cheaper than nuclear, says EU climate chief
Connie Hedegaard says declining cost of offshore wind energy makes it genuine alternative to crisis-hit nuclear industry
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17.03.2011 Pacific Climate Change Roundtable Welcomes Input from the Civil Society
Alofi, Niue - The voice of the Civil Society is being raised loud and clear at the Pacific Climate Change Roundtable in Alofi, Niue this week.
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17.03.2011 EPA extends deadline for reporting CO2 emissions
(Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday it has extended the deadline for thousands of companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions to September 30.
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17.03.2011 INDIA: Green Schemes Turn Into White Elephants
Several incinerator facilities that were supposed to turn waste into energy have proven to be white elephants that are now adding to the country’s pollution woes, instead of alleviating them.
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16.03.2011 Top UN official urges action to achieve sustainable development
UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro Wednesday called for a global development model that tackles poverty reduction,job creation, inequality, climate change and environmental degradation, while ensuring adequate access to water, energy and food for all.“We have to ask; will the 9 billion people who are expected to inhabit this planet in 2050 have the opportunity to thrive,” said Ms. Migiro in remarks to the General Assembly’s interactive dialogue with the High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability.
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16.03.2011 SA moves to finalise carbon tax this year, despite global loose ends
South Africa will seek to finalise its carbon tax policy by mid-year and may announce its implementation during the 2012 Budget, despite the absence of a global carbon price or a binding international agreement to deal with the climate change threat.
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14.03.2011 Seven EU ministers push for deeper CO2 cuts
The European Union should deepen cuts to greenhouse gases beyond the current 20 percent target by the end of this decade, according to environment ministers from seven EU countries including Britain and Germany.
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14.03.2011 Group seeks forest restoration to cleanse planet
Redwoods and sequoias towering majestically over California's northern coast. Oaks up to 1,000 years old nestled in a secluded corner of Ireland. The legendary cedars of Lebanon.
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11.03.2011 High food prices said foretaste of climate shocks
OSLO, March 11 (Reuters) - Leaps in food prices linked to drought in Brazil or floods in Australia may be a foretaste of ever greater shocks to be caused by climate change, according to a commission named on Friday to find ways to fix the problems.
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