Mining

The expert committee on road map for coal sector reforms (Part-II)

In this report the committee has examined the medium and the long term (up to 2031-32) demand

Publication Date: 
01/10/2007
Ministry of Coal
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Mining, Coal, Government Of India (GOI), India, Global, Coal Industry
Climate Change

 Vienna climate change meet sets stage for Bali COP

the

Publication Date: 
29/09/2007
Down to Earth
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Climate Change, Emission Targets, Austria, Global
India

 Coping with floods in climate change

Before the Deluge>> Coping with Floods in Climate Change

Publication Date: 
30/08/2007
Himanshu Upadhyaya
Down to Earth
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Dams, Ukai Dam, Reservoirs, Floods, Flood Control, United States Of America (US), Gujarat, Global
Air Pollution

 Can organic farming ensure food security?

there has been a long-standing debate on whether organic agriculture can ensure global food security. Even some advocates of organic are not sure about this. A recent study claims organic farming

Publication Date: 
30/08/2007
Kate Chaillat
Down to Earth
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Soil Capability, Agricultural Systems, Organic Farming, Agricultural Inputs, Food Supply, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), FAO, United States Of America (US), Global, Food Security
Industry

 Global standards

Green buildings in the US have two sets of standards to choose from: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) set by the US Green Building Council, or Green Globes developed by the Green Building Initiative. The former is widely followed not just in the US, but also in other parts of the world.

Publication Date: 
30/08/2007
Down to Earth
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Habitat And Urbanisation, Green Buildings, Global
India

 More steel means more livelihood loss, pollution

Estimates show that India will produce 180 million tonnes (mt) of steel by 2020. Consumption of stainless steel has risen 14 per cent in the last 15 years in the country

Publication Date: 
30/08/2007
Down to Earth
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Pollution, Iron And Steel Industry, Climate Change, Waste Disposal, Energy, India, Jharkhand, Orissa (Odisha), Global, Statistics, Waste Recycling
India

 Recent computer games and individualism

a student group in Iran has recently produced a computer game that is a clever mix of the standoff over their country's nuclear programme, the mystery of missing diplomats in Lebanon and Iran's

Publication Date: 
14/08/2007
Down to Earth
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Information, Media, Global, Computers
Fisheries

 Computer games simulate society

Video games have long been a controversial subject among critics, consumers and parents. They have been accused of desensitising children to violence and emphasising that violent behaviour is

Publication Date: 
14/08/2007
Rohan George
Down to Earth
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Children, Information, Video, Advertising, Global, Computers
Mining

Comprehensive industry document on iron ore mining

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has initiated a study entitled

Publication Date: 
01/08/2007
CPCB
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Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Mining, Iron And Steel Industry, India, Global, Environment Management
Climate Change

Climate solutions: the WWF vision for 2050

This WWF report seeks to answer the question: "Is it technically possible to meet the growing global demand for energy by using clean and sustainable energy sources and technologies that will protect the global climate?' In other words, can a concerted shift to the sustainable energy resources and technologies that are available today meet the more than doubling of global energy demand projected by 2050, while avoiding dangerous climatic change of more than two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels?.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2007
& et al, Yurika Ayukawa, Yamagishi Naoyuki, Dongmei Chen
WWF International
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Climate Change, Carbon Capture and Storage, Energy, Energy Technology, WWF, Global

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