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India to Launch Climate Adaptation Fund for South Asia, Seeks to Increase Strategic Dominance

By : sustainabilityo..., May 1, 2010

India has announced to set up a fund to assist South Asian countries to adapt to the challenges of the changing climate. The 16th South Asian Association on Regional Cooperation (SAARC) held at Thimphu, Bhutan had the theme ‘Towards a Green and Happy South Asia’. Heads of...

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Subject Tags: India , Technology

Greenpeace not LOL over Facebook carbon footprint

By : sustainabilityo..., May 1, 2010

After an emotional breakup with the timber industry, Prineville, Oregon, was thrilled to get friended by Facebook.

The social networking site chose the high-desert timber town of 10,000 to take advantage of its cool nights and dry air in hopes of making its first-ever...

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International Climate Governance: Will Redefining "Insiders" Enable Global Progress?

By : sustainabilityo..., May 1, 2010

After the fizzle of Copenhagen, international climate change discussions entered a dull hibernation, in part because the intense and largely unsuccessful negotiations sapped the previous momentum of cooperation between governments, NGOs and other groups trying to strike a...

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Deciding climate change adaptation and mitigation measures

By : sustainabilityo..., May 1, 2010

A very severe earthquake of the magnitude of 8.6 on the Richter scale occurred in August 1950 with its epicenter close to the border of Assam in India and Tibet in China. This earthquake caused huge landslides in the Himalayas, estimated at about 45 billion cubic meter....

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India, Japan to work on nuclear cooperation

By : sustainabilityo..., May 1, 2010

In a landmark development yesterday, India and Japan have agreed to put aside past differences on the nuclear issue, and will now work towards a civil-nuclear treaty with the establishment of a Joint Working Group (JWG) on civil-nuclear cooperation.

This key decision...

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Launch of green initiatives marks Earth Day

By : sustainabilityo..., May 1, 2010

Earth Day on April 22 has started getting more buy in from corporates. Going beyond customary tree plantation under their corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, companies are now increasingly marking the annual day with the launch of green products and services....

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Subject Tags: Technology

IITs plan to clean up the Ganga

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 30, 2010

When Minister for Environment and Forests challenged the directors of 13 Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai last month to de-pollute river Ganga, little did he know that the IITs would take up the challenge to come up with the most exhaustive research plan ever to...

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Antarctica was once a warm 'greenhouse' world

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 30, 2010

Antarctica, the ice-covered mass of land on the earth was once a warm "greenhouse" or "hothouse" world, according to results of a research expedition in Antarctic waters.

The findings revealed that some 53 million years ago, Antarctica was a warm, sub-tropical...

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Subject Tags: Technology

Hi-tech equipment for reactor handed over to AEC chief

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 30, 2010

HYDERABAD: Marking a milestone in the development of sophisticated technology for India's ambitious nuclear power programme, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah handed over a fuelling machine head for the Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (300 MWe) to Atomic Energy Commission...

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Subject Tags: Technology

Competitive Web 2.0 Climate Race Begins for Students in America, China, and India

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 30, 2010

On May 5, 2010, 350.org, in collaboration with global partners, will launch the Great Power Race, a clean energy competition between America, China and India. This web 2.0 race will reveal who can rise to the challenge of the climate crisis with the most, and the most...

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Subject Tags: energy , India , Technology