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U.S. Tries To Stop India's Solar Policy While Pushing Fight Against Climate Change
2014-03-28 21:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The Obama administration talks a lot about the need to develop renewable energy around the world to curb climate change. But right now, it's trying to kill India's effort to boost its domestic solar industry. The U.S. wants India to back off a policy that would require local sourcing for solar energy technology, and has sought World Trade Organization enforcement action. Representatives from the two nations reportedly met last week to try to settle the trade battle over India's rapidly developing...
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Indias Dam Building Bonanza
2014-03-16 06:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
TruthDig: This region, east of Bangladesh and bordering China to the north, is an area described by politicians as Indias "future powerhouse" and is a key focus point of the countrys dam building programme. The ambition of planners in New Delhi is not in doubt. So far plans for more than 160 dams both big and small have been announced in the northeast, the majority of them to be built in the remote, mountainous state of Arunachal Pradesh and harnessing the waters of the mighty Brahmaputra river and...
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Indias diesel fumes impacting glacier melt in Himalayas
2014-03-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Being a traffic policeman in Kolkata is a life-threatening business. Not only are you at risk of being run over on the traffic-clogged roads and streets of this chaotic city of 14 million -- you're also more than likely to suffer from serious health problems due to some of the worst air pollution not just in India, but in the world. According to a 2012 report by the New Delhi-based Center for Science and Environment on air quality in Kolkata, seven out of every 10 people in the city suffer from...
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Delhi's delis boom: India's growing gourmet food market
2014-03-09 21:08:19| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Gourmet foods in demand in India
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Could Chennai become India's model green city?
2014-03-06 10:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Rapid urbanisation across India poses a new set of challenge for the country's cities. With few blueprints in place to handle the explosive growth, ad hoc urban planning has dominated. Nowhere is this more apparent than in urban public transport. Inadequate public systems force millions of daily commuters in cities like Chennai commercial capital of south India to inch for room in overcrowded busses and trains. Chennai's busses carry 30% more passengers every day than the international average....
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