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Forest fires and logging threaten India's progress on climate goals

2016-06-07 05:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Economic Times: Since the end of April, fires in parts of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh have destroyed or damaged 26,000 hectares of forests, and killed three people , officials say. The forest fires, touched off by timber smugglers, poachers and farmers, have been a particular problem this year as a result of high temperatures and low rainfall, experts say. Nationwide, the country is losing an average of a million hectares to fires each year, according to a 2014 report from the government's National Institute...

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Lonely struggle of India's anti-nuclear protesters

2016-06-06 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Behind the Lourdes Matha church in Idinthakarai, a fishing village at the southern tip of India, five women have abandoned their chores to protest at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant. Today is day 1,754 of their relay hunger strike, which began when the plant was fuelled in 2011. Celine, 73, is among the five protestors, who take it in turns to go without food. Not a single government, not a single political party is willing to take up our cause, she says. Only Mother Mary can save us now....

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Fuel Tech Licenses SNCR Techology To India's ISGEC Heavy Engineering Ltd.

2016-06-06 03:56:26| pollutiononline News Articles

Fuel Tech, Inc., a world leader in advanced engineering solutions for the optimization of combustion systems and emissions control in utility and industrial applications, recentlyannounced the signing of an exclusive agreement under which Fuel Tech has licensed its Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction (SNCR) technology to ISGEC Heavy Engineering Ltd. (ISGEC), one of India’s leading engineering companies

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