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US takes complaint over India's solar programme to the WTO
2013-02-07 13:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The US has filed a dispute at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) claiming India's national solar programme violates international agreements by discriminating against foreign-made solar products. Under WTO procedures, the two countries have 60 days to resolve the dispute through talks, after which the US may request the WTO to adjudicate if the matter remains unsolved. The action targets the country-wide programme India launched in 2010, named the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. It...
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VIDEO: Firms eye India's defence market
2013-02-07 03:20:30| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Defence spending under the spotlight in India as it kicks off South Asia's biggest air show, Aero India.
U.S. challenges India's solar program restrictions at WTO
2013-02-07 00:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The United States on Wednesday filed a challenge with the World Trade Organization over elements of India's national solar program, which it said discriminates against foreign solar products in violation of a core global trade rule. The case comes as a number of governments, including the United States, are supporting development of clean energy to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and to cut greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global climate change. "Let me be clear: the United States strongly...
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Can biogas spark a revolution on India's farms?
2013-02-01 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlertNet: Parshottambhai Shanabhai Patel, 65, says the biggest favour the people of his village did for him "was saying they would no longer put up with the stink from my cowshed at the entrance of the village.' Reluctantly in 1994, Patel shifted his eight animals to his three-hectare farm three kilometres away from his village in Gujarat State's Anand district. The district is where Indian dairy cooperative AMUL started the country's "white revolution," a hugely successful grassroots movement that has...
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Indias Prime Minister Asks Developed Nations to Use Less Energy and Water
2013-01-31 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday called on developed nations to strive for gains in energy efficiency and to reduce their environmental impact to help protect the worlds poor from a growing paucity of electricity and water. There are genuine concerns that in an unequal world, scarcity of resources would affect the poor more adversely, Mr. Singh said at the inaugural session of the three-day Delhi Sustainable Development Summit, an annual international conference. Key resources will...
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