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15 Nov 2010
Coal-based "merchant" power plants- A threat to ecology and livelihoods
 (From my website http://eassarma.in)
 
  1. While India is seriously engaged in global climate talks, it has simultaneously launched a highly misconceived plan to set up private “merchant” power plants based on coal.
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Greek Hunters Take Dim View Of Solar Energy Scheme

Lignite power plants belch dust and smoke into the air above the southern Greek town of Megalopolis, but residents resistant to environmental arguments have blocked a scheme to build the country's biggest solar energy project on a nearby hillside.

Publication Date: 
31/07/2009
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Environment, Trees, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Energy, Turbines, Electricity, Greece, European Union (EU), Climate
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China Offers Big Solar Subsidy

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Publication Date: 
22/07/2009
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Green House Gases, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Energy, Fossil Fuels, Subsidies, China, Climate
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Solar power policy 2009: Gujarat

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Publication Date: 
01/01/2009
Government of Gujarat
Tags:
Environment, Solar Energy, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Energy, Economic Development, Gujarat, Climate, Energy Policy
Energy

Energy revolution: a sustainable world energy outlook

This publication provides stimulating analysis on future scenarios of energy use, which focus on a range of technologies that are expected to emerge in the coming years and decades. There is now universal recognition of the fact that new technologies and much greater use of some that already exist provide the most hopeful prospects for mitigation of emissions of GHGs.

Publication Date: 
Dec 2006
Greenpeace International
Tags:
Energy Policy, Energy, Energy Technology, Global, Climate
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 Feline diplomacy?

With its foreign relations in a mess due to continuing human rights accusations, Zimbabwe's diplomatic attempts seem to have taken a turn for the desperate. President Robert Mugabe is facing the ire

Publication Date: 
14/10/2005
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Wildlife, Zimbabwe, Climate
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 Uncool dressing is cool

Japan has pitted fashion lovers and conservationists in a rare battle. A current energy conservation drive urges government servants and politicians to dress casually, sans neckties and suits, from

Publication Date: 
30/05/2005
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Energy, Japan, Climate
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Publication Date: 
14/03/2004
Down to Earth
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Forests, El Nino, Global, Climate
Agriculture

 The rural weather department

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Publication Date: 
14/03/2004
Richard Mahapatra
Down to Earth
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Agriculture, Rice, Droughts, Climate

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