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News ScanBillion Tree campaign expands target to 7 billion Planting trees is seen as one of the most cost-effective methods of countering climate change. A UNEP-backed tree-planting campaign gets off to a good start More... Amarnath cave to be refrigerated to stop lingam from meltingGlobal warming has been blamed for the melting of the famous Amarnath lingam, forcing the local administration to harness modern technology to try and arrest the melt More... Google Earth pictures confirm Bhagirathi dry-upAn eight kilometre stretch of the Bhagirathi river has dried up. Google Earth pictures show the river snaking through the Himalayas as one long, sandy stretch without any water. The same stretch was one kilometre long in 2004 More... Experts say sea levels could rise nearly 5 feet by 2100New research presented at a European Geosciences Union conference in Austria forecasts a rise in sea levels three times higher than that predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2007. The estimates are based on a new model allowing accurate reconstruction of sea levels over the past 2,000 years More... States may be compensated for environmental damage from power plantsThe Planning Commission is working on a proposal to pay compensation, according to a specific formula, to power-generating states for any environmental damage suffered in the course of generating power for other states More... Maharashtra offers grazing land to Dow for researchVillagers in Shendi village, in Maharashtra, claim they were not consulted about the state's decision to give Dow Chemical around 40 hectares of grazing land, allegedly for research and development. Nor were environmental safeguards put in place considering the tainted and dubious record that the American multinational company enjoys in India More... Save AthirappillyDespite the technical and environmental odds stacked up against it, there has been no let-up in the Kerala State Electricity Board’s efforts to build a seventh dam on the Chalakudy river that will spell doom for the picturesque Athirappilly waterfalls More... New studies highlight 'good' and 'bad' biofuelsBiofuels, considered a sustainable alternative to depleting energy resources, can lead to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions, suggest two studies published in the journal Science More... New report pessimistic about India's forest coverAccording to 'State of Forest Report-2005', released by the Ministry of Environment and Forests on February 13, India has lost 728 sq km of forest cover since 2003 More... |
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