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'Values of our society lead to disaster'
In 1972, Dennis Meadows had co authored the well known report, Limits to Growth, along with Donella Meadows and Jorgen Randers. Recently, the same team came out with a sequel, Beyond the Limits. In this interview, Meadows talks about the new insights that
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Rocked!
On July 4, 1997, planet Mars will see robots crawling about, seeking more evidence of life there, egged on by the extraordinary find of life in a Martian meteorite below which had landed on Earth 13,000 years ago. But for the moment, that find itsel
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Encounter Jovis Pater
A solar system within a solar system? Seems like a riddle, but if one planet can hold 1,000 earths, is 318 times as massive and 1,400 times more voluminous, what do you call it? Jupiter, with its 16 moons.... Jupiter, the father, the god who ruled
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<h3>What's inside</h3> News, Feature articles, Opinions, Books, Reports & documents, Directories of government institutions, Audio-video files, Photos & much more... <h3>In-depth</h3> Make sense of the complex environment-development debate. Each week, a topic in focus... <h3>Topic tree</h3> Browse content using a comprehensive thesaurus of environmental keywords <h3>Search</h3>
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Site Guide
<h3>What's inside</h3><p>News, Feature articles, Opinions, Books, Reports & documents, Directories of government institutions, Audio-video files, Photos & much more...</p><h3>In-depth</h3><p>Make sense of the complex<br /> environment-development debate. Each week, a topic in focus...</p><h3>Topic tree</h3><p>Browse content using a comprehensive thesaurus of environmental keywords</p>
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Global gaps in clean energy research, development, and demonstration
This paper, prepared in support of the Major Economies Forum (MEF) Global Partnership by the International Energy Agency, seeks to inform decision making and prioritisation of RD&D investments and other policies to accelerate low-carbon energy technologies in the MEF and IEA member countries and others by providing three primary sets of information: estimated current levels of public RD&D spendin
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sterilising produce: A new method to sterilise fruits and vegetables has been developed, which literally sucks life out of germs. It could replace ozone-depleting chemicals, like methyl bromide,
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Renewing energy practices
Ontario, Canada's most populous province and home to one third of its population, is poised to take a lead in renewable energy utilisation in North America. Though several American states have set
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Surge of money in energy sector
THE Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (ireda), the financing arm of the Union ministry of nonconventional energy sources, is finalising a US$ 100 million assistance package from the
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Low-carbon energy: a roadmap
The world is now in the early stages of an energy revolution that over the next few decades could be as momentous as the emergence of oil-and electricity-based economies a century ago. Double-digit market growth, annual capital flows of more than $100 billion, sharp declines in technology costs, and rapid progress in government policies all herald a promising new energy era.
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Renewable energy technologies for rural development
This paper provides an overview of some of the issues surrounding the use of renewable energy technologies (RETs) to increase access to modern energy services in rural areas.
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Green Implications
GREEN IMPLICATIONS Though a few proposals in the 1991 budget may be termed eco-friendly, the overall trend remains hostile towards the environment
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Unmasking aerosols
Forget health impacts, tiny particles floating in the air are altering regional climates and affecting monsoon patterns and agricultural yield. These particles could be emanating from diesel and industrial emissions, biomass burning for cooking, forest fi
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Jump in culling
despite protests from animal rights groups, Australia's annual cull of kangaroos shot up by more than a quarter this year. Citing substantial population increase, environment minister David Kemp
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New material
Polymer or a semiconductor
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IN SHORT
thrown out: Tamil actress Radhika has been expelled from the primary membership of AIADMK, the main opposition party in Tamil Nadu "for acting against the interests of the party'. She appeared in a
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Chidambaram takes care of tigers
The declining tiger population in the country figured in the budget proposals for 2008-09 with the government announcing a special package for the conservation of the big cats. "The tiger is under grave threat,' Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said, while presenting the budget estimates in Parliament on Friday. Mr. Chidambaram said that in order to redouble the government's effort to protect the tiger, there was a special allocation of Rs.50 crore for the National Tiger Conservation Authority. The bulk of the grant would be used to raise a special armed Tiger Protection Force. In the last budget the Minister announced an expert committee to study the impact of climate change on India and identify the measures that would be taken in the future to deal with climate change. "Even while adhering to the principle of common but differentiated responsibility, we can and we must do a number of things in our self-interest,' he said, while advocating the need for promoting clean technology, reviewing fuel emission and efficiency regulations. He said India could replace wood with solar energy as the fuel of common use, and encourage the use of gas which is the most benign hydrocarbon.
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Delhi Science Forum
Delhi Science Forum (DSF) was constituted in the year 1978 as a Public Interest Organisation registered under Societies. The primary aim of the forum was to work on the science and society interface including
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Rural Electrification Board
The Rural Electrification Board of Bangladesh has been providing service to rural member consumers for over 30 years. Continued support from the Government of Bangladesh, the donor community, consulting