Environment Politics
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G-8, G-5 agree to agree
Shubhrangshu Roy
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India lodges complaint as climate text favours rich
New Delhi: Taking a privately expressed grouse to the formal level, the Indian climate team on Tuesday officially complained on the first day of the negotiations at Bonn that the negotiating text included elements that would alter the character and content of the international compact
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The humanity of global environmental ethics
Over the past decade, scholars have begun to develop the discipline of global environmental ethics. In doing so, they have encountered two obstacles. First, much environmentalism cloaks itself in the discourse of prudence and security, and thus, ethical concerns are difficult to identify.
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Lets make the best out of an imperfect plan
By Paul Krugman In a way, it was easy to take stands during the Bush years: the Bushies and their allies in Congress were so determined to move the nation in the wrong direction that one could, with a clear conscience, oppose all the administration
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Eco-friendly manifesto
The Seeds Bill should be dropped Govt. urged to withdraw from WTO SALEM: Tamil Nadu Environment Council (TNEC) has urged that no development work that is detrimental to the environment should be encouraged.
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India's electioneers make bold pledges on science
Science features prominently in the manifestos of the main political parties contesting India's month-long general election, which began on 16 April.
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Obama slow to act on climate change
WASHINGTON
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The world will exceed the 2C warming target, climate change experts aver
Global warming may strike faster than thought By David Adam, The Guardian The poll of those who follow global warming most closely exposes a widening gulf between political rhetoric and scientific opinions on climate change.