Saturday 13 March 2010 Government 2.0: The Road Ahead

Environment

Climate panel work to be reviewed: UN

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change faced flak due to some wrong predictions in a report on the impact of global warming

Tiger census starts, partial results by Dec

About 500,000 sq km of forests, including 39 tiger reserves in 17 states, are being surveyed for the purpose

Rainwater harvesting: New buzzword in Chandigarh

The city has now emerged as an exemplary model of rainwater harvesting and soil and moisture conservation in the country

India's per capita GHG emissions to rise: Survey

It would be 2-2.5 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2020 and will go up to 3.3.5 tonnes by 2030

2010 Commonwealth Games to go green

Organisers and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) are going to jointly promote Ecological Codes over the next eight months

"Centre's nod must for mining in forests"

Union Forest and Environment Minister clarified that mining in forest areas of Karnataka was not granted by it

India raised only 1% spending on climate change

Expenditure on adaptation to climate change shows a paltry increase of one per cent of GDP from 2006-07 to 2009-2010, an Oxfam study said

Mining projects in Goa get a setback

Government of India has imposed a moratorium on environment clearance of mining proposals from the state until the its mining policy is finalised

Himachal High Court to set up green bench

The bench will hear exclusively cases related to environmental issues from February 26

Solar pedicabs to ferry athletes inside CWG venue

These zero carbon vehicles will help players commute inside the Games villages and reach sporting venues from Metro stations

 
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