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India formally backs Copenhagen Accord
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India and China on Wednesday formally backed the Climate Change Accord hammered out in Copenhagen last year calling for voluntary cut in greenhouse gas emissions.
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Campaign to save Loktak lake begins in Manipur
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Cycle rally, painting competition and seminars are being conducted here to spread awareness and save the biggest fresh waterbody, Loktak, in the north-eastern region from extinction.
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Erosion posing major threat to State
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Revenue Minister Dr Bhumidhar Barman today admitted in the State Assembly that erosion has become a far more dangerous problem than floods and the efforts made so far to deal with the problem failed to yield the desired results.
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Worldwide save Loktak campaign begins
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The first phase of the worldwide Save Loktak Lake Campaign which would continue for one year across 25 cities (23 Indian cities, New York and and London) and five towns across the globe has been officially launched simultaneously at Imphal, Delhi, Guwahati, Shillong and Silchar today.
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AASU, TMPK flay Govt role on mega dams
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The All Assam Students Union (AASU) and the Mising Students Union (TMPK) today came down heavily on the Assam Government for its failure to stop construction of mega dams in neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh, and its incompetence in dealing with floods and erosion.
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Conference on climate change
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The ERD Foundation will host an international conference on global warming and climate change at Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Ninth Mile, on March 22 and 23.
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‘Save Deepor Beel’ campaign goes global
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A committee to launch a worldwide campaign for saving Deepor Beel, the lone Ramsar Site water body of the State, was formed under the name and style of Deepor Beel Conservation Movement, at a function at Gauhati University (GU) here today with four voluntary groups of the NE region.
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Guv advocates scrap counters to manage waste
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Arunachal Pradesh Governor Gen (Retd) JJ Singh has suggested setting up of depositories or scrap outlets in every sector or colony so that people could deposit segregated glass, metal and plastic items in return for some cash at fixed rates.
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Zero emission coke ovens battery commissioned in RSP
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Taking a major step forward in employing green technology for making steel, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has rebuilt its Coke Ovens Battery-4 into a state-of-the-art zero emission environment friendly battery.
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Reduce noise near Delhi airport: Delhi High Court
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The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to take 'immediate measures' to check noise pollution near the airport that is affecting people at a hospital and a residential area nearby.
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Tripura governor concerns over GHG emission
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Tripura governor Dr D Y Patil expressed concern over increasing incidences of Green House Gas(GHG) emission across the globe and claimed that the state gvernment had been advocating and practicing sustainable use of natural resources.
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Eco-clubs discuss ways to boost Nat’l Green Corps prog
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Aaranyak, CEE North-East, Institution of Engineers, Assam State Centre, and Regional Centre of Expertise, Guwahati Centre, jointly organised a district-level programme for the eco-clubs of Kamrup (Metro) district recently.
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West Bengal committee to address solid waste management
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The West Bengal government has formed an expert committee to address municipal solid waste management and recycling in various urban areas across the state, a minister said Wednesday.
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Bengaluru loses green shade
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Bengalureans, who have always enjoyed a stroll in the shady avenues of the city, are now being discouraged from going on their customary walks as its large, shade-giving trees are fast disappearing from the roadsides in many localities, says a new study.
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Kerala to ask Centre to permanently ban endosulfan
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Kerala government would put pressure on the Centre to announce a permanent ban on the use of endosulfan insecticide in cashew plantations in Kasaragod district, Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan told the assembly Monday.
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Efforts on for clean and green Arunachal
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With an objective to create awareness on 'clean and green Arunachal' among the masses, Arunachal Bullet Club (ABC) yesterday launched a six day motorbike rally.
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Japan to aid state’s first green industrial estate
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State will have its first eco-friendly industrial estate in Shendra near Aurangabad, some 400 km from Mumbai.
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Call to exchange solid waste for ginger, garlic
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Environment activist group ‘Environ’ has reiterated its appeal to the people of Guwahati not to dump their waste plastic and glass in public places or in the drains.
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UN chief: Reject skeptics, climate danger is real
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged environment ministers Wednesday to reject attempts by skeptics to undermine efforts to forge a climate change deal, stressing that global warming poses 'a clear and present danger.'
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BMC to send plastic waste to ACC Cements for recycling
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The Berhampur Municipal Corporation has decided to take measures so that the large amount of polythene waste generated in the city could be segregated and recycled.
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Farooq advocates green energy for Northeast
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During a visit to Arunachal Pradesh, Union New and Renewable Energy Minister Dr. Farooq Abdullah has called for greater use of renewable energy for ensuring a greener and pollution free Northeast.
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We will change when we have to: Climate Scientist
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Climate scientist Paul Rose has described the next thirty years to be crucial in effecting an 'attitudinal change' towards the problem of global warming.
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Green group seeks cancellation of clearance to Vedanta refinery
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A green NGO Friday urged the central government to cancel the clearance granted to the Vedanta group for its alumina refinery in Orissa.
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Pleas 'ignored' in clearance to Arunachal dam
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Assam legislators and local populace is questioning the union government's environmental clearance to the 1759 MW Demwe Lower hydroelectric project in Arunachal Pradesh.
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Thousands run to create awareness on global warming
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Over 6,000 people took part in the Tirupur Marathon-2010 held on the theme of ‘global warming,’, here on Sunday
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