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India Takes Unique Path To Lower Carbon Emissions [1]

With four times the population of the United States, an economy growing 8-9 percent a year and surging energy demand, India's race to become an economic power has propelled it to No. 3 in the list of top carbon polluters.

India's greenhouse gas emissions will keep rising as it tries to lift millions out of poverty and connect nearly half a billion people to electricity grids.

Publication Date: 
30/05/2011
Krittivas Mukherjee [2]
Planet Ark (Australia) [3]
Tags:
India [4], Green House Gases [5], Poverty [6], Climate Change [7], Energy Efficiency [8], Emissions Trading [9], United States Of America (US) [10], Australia [11], Pollution [12], Renewable Energy [13], Carbon Dioxide [14]
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National Knowledge Commission Government of India

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