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Mammoth dung, prehistoric goo may trigger global warming, thanks to thawing permafrost

Irani — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:59:01 +0000

Ice thawing at the poles has been a big concern for scientists especially for the last decade - considering it a serious symptom of global warming, leaving the coastal regions at the risk of sinking under the seas and the polar animals’...

Can ‘pollution tax’ help curb greenhouse gas emissions?

Vikas Shekhawat — Fri, 23 May 2008 06:04:33 +0000

The San Francisco Bay Area Air Quality Management District has imposed a pollution fee of 4.4 cents per ton of carbon dioxide factories, power plants, oil refineries and other businesses emit. Will this help solve global warming? Heavy taxes...

Study reveals coastal expansion detrimental to coral reefs

Debasmita — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:13:09 +0000

The delicate coral reefs have always fascinated me. According to some researchers, who conducted a comprehensive study recently covering 322 coral sites across 13 countries of the Caribbean region, rapid urbanization and growing population in...

How can US reduce greenhouse gas emissions? New McKinsey report analyzes

Apabrita — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:50:43 +0000

With a world wide drive to reduce the green house gases, it is expected that there might be a change in lifestyle. However, that doesn’t seem to apply to the folks living in the US. In order to reduce the greenhouse gas in the air, people...

Expanding EU forests might reduce global warming

Arpita Mukherjee — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:43:30 +0000

Unlike the US the European Union is striving hard to combat global warming has been proved once again in a new study which said the EU forests are actually expanding. The study carried out by researchers of University of Helsinki and published in...

China's acceptance of binding targets to curb CO2 levels still illusive

Nivedita — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 07:48:17 +0000

China will not conform to any form of binding target to curb its increasing greenhouse gas emissions as part of a new international deal on climate change, a senior official confirmed yesterday. Deputy director of the Chinese government’s...

Global warming to give Mediterranean 'more deadly' hot days this century: Study

Irani — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:20:02 +0000

The 2003 summer — from June to August - in the Mediterranean region is still a nightmare for many, whose dear ones were lost to Europe’s hottest heat wave ever recorded. Many, not still being recovered from the burns of the...

'ecoJet' emits 50% less CO2 than the existing aircrafts

Irani — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:50:19 +0000

It is perhaps the right time, with concerns for high altitude air pollution increasing, for the planes to go ‘green’ with their fuel and try to produce emissions to the least, in spite of lowering flight frequencies because of pollution...

G8 including US agree to cut down on carbon emissions

Pritam — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:32:26 +0000

After lot of uncertainty, G8 Summit in Heiligendamm has finally agreed on a deal on climate change with the group of developed nations agreeing to make ’substantial’ cuts in carbon emissions. The major greenhouse gases...

FirstGroup embraces green initiatives to cut CO2 emissions by 25%

Irani — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:23:26 +0000

With the world afflicted with global warming concerns, and up with arms to fight at the roots of it, more and more transport operators are cuing in to prove their green credentials. The 2 billion ‘passenger journeys-maker per year,...