Mumbai: Gutka packets on average contain seven per cent magnesium carbonate, which is a chemical used in fire extinguishers, according to The Food And Drug Administration. The news is alarming as 206 million Indians use some form of smokeless tobacco. The World Health Organisation estimates that 26 per cent of adults in India, use some form of smokeless tobacco and 40 per cent of them die because of this habit....
10:42 AM, Apr 20, 2012
New Delhi: India is poised to ask airlines not to take part in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), a senior official said, in the latest escalation of a row over an EU law requiring all flights in and out of Europe to pay for their carbon emissions. China in February said its airlines were barred from participating in the European scheme unless they get government approval to do...
03:46 AM, Mar 20, 2012
The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) had the right intentions. As incandescent bulbs use too much energy, it decided to replace them with compact fluorescent lamps (CFL). CFLs consume only a fifth of the energy used by the tungsten worms. Kerala had already shown the way by saving 300 MW of power in two years after replacing incandescent bulbs in households with 20 million CFLs. "So much so that there...
12:01 PM, Mar 14, 2012
Durban: After two weeks of chaos, infighting and mistrust, it's finally happened. All 196 countries cleared the text for a landmark deal at the Climate Summit in Durban. The breakthrough capped 13 days of hectic negotiations that saw high tension and drama between the developed and the developing nations. The existing regime Kyoto Protocol puts the onus only on the developed nations to curb emissions. Management of a climate fund...
09:52 PM, Dec 11, 2011
Durban: A major setback for developing countries like India at the UN Climate meet in Durban. India gave in on its tough position at the climate change conference in Durban, agreed with China to a treaty on emission cuts at a future date. The deal, which was sealed after a 36-hour delay puts all countries under a legal agreement to control greenhouse gases- something India and China had been opposing....
07:48 PM, Dec 11, 2011
Durban: A UN climate conference reached a hard-fought agreement on Sunday on a complex and far-reaching programme meant to set a new course for the global fight against climate change for the coming decades. The 194-party conference agreed to start negotiations on a new accord that would put all countries under the same legal regime enforcing commitments to control greenhouse gases. It would take effect by 2020 at the latest....
10:34 AM, Dec 11, 2011
Durban: Amid pressure on India to agree to a legally binding commitment to cut green house gas emission, New Delhi on Wednesday defended its policy, saying it had "a very small carbon footprint" and was implementing ambitious energy efficiency programmes. Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan, who is leading the Indian delegation at the 12-day talks under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban, on Wednesday attempted to convince gathered...
11:22 PM, Dec 07, 2011
Washington: Some alien planets in the Earth's galaxy could be made of diamonds, a new study has suggested. These potential giant terrestrial planets, whose insides could be up to 50 per cent diamond, are dubbed "carbon super-Earths" by scientists, according to the Space.com. A diamond planet would very likely be devoid of life and incapable of supporting living beings like us, scientists said. "We think a diamond planet must be...
08:32 PM, Dec 06, 2011
New Delhi: Diwali has become synonymous with noisy crackers, glitzy gift boxes and excess of lights - in short - a nightmare for the environment. However, there are individuals and children who are doing their bit to reduce their carbon footprint. "Instead of individual celebrations we prefer community celebrations, where many families together burn less crackers," said a child. The students of Salwan Public School are on their green mission....
05:39 PM, Oct 26, 2011
Washington: Man-made lifeforms are already in the works. Now, scientists have claimed these synthetic organisms engineered to use carbon dioxide as a raw material could help humans settle Mars one day. Craig Venter, an American biologist who made headlines last year by creating the world's first synthetic organism, claimed that his team is now trying to design cells that can use atmospheric carbon dioxide to make food, fuel, plastics and...
08:00 PM, Aug 22, 2011
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11:08 AM, Jul 17, 2011
New Delhi: Finding itself admist a raging controversy over comments against it in a draft CAG report, the Oil Ministry has said it will never allow Reliance Industries or any other operator to overbill the government and cause loss to the exchequer. The ministry is in the process of preparing a response to the draft report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), which slammed the oil ministry...
10:59 AM, Jun 19, 2011
London: Genghis Khan, who established the world's largest contiguous empire between the 13th and 14th centuries, has been branded the 'greenest invader' in history as his murderous invasion actually helped scrub about 700 million tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere. According to a new research, the ruthless Mongol warrior killed so many people during his bloody invasions that huge swathes of cultivated land depopulated and returned to forest. Nearly 40...
06:24 PM, Jan 25, 2011
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