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Think tank: Hit the City with a Robin Hood tax
sundaytimes Sunday, March 14, 2010 12:03:00 AM CET | info 
Trigger words: (Environment) emissions[1]; climate change[1];
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Entities: Robin Hood[3]; Richard Curtis[1];
Other categories: Monetary Issues EU; Financial Crisis; DG Taxation & Customs Union; Economic Crisis - Internal Market;
Nobody is going to win the election by promising to be nice to bankers, but it feels a wasted opportunity to react to the financial crisis in a vindictive way, simply asking for bankers to be punished....
Ed Miliband's adverts banned for overstating climate change
sundaytimes Sunday, March 14, 2010 12:03:00 AM CET | info
Trigger words: (Environment) emissions[1]; gas emissions[1]; Climate Change[2]; greenhouse[1]; Climate change[1]; greenhouse gas[1]; climate change[7]; environmental[1];
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Entities: Ed Miliband[1];
Other categories: Climate Change; Ecology;
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Ed Miliband said: “On the one issue where the ASA did not find in our favour, around one word in our print advertising, the science tells us that it is more than 90% likely that there will be more extreme weather events if we don’t act”
TWO government advertisements that use nursery rhymes to warn people of the dangers of climate change have been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for exaggerating the potential harm....
Al- Bashir affirms concern with provision of clean drinking water to the citizens of North Kordofan
suna-sd-en Saturday, March 13, 2010 11:59:00 PM CET | info
Trigger words: (Environment) drinking water[2];
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Entities: Musa Mohamed Ahmed[1]; Omar el-Bashir[7]; Mohamed Aly[1]; Ali Mansour[1];
Al-Obied, March 13 (SUNA)- The Candidate of the National Congress for the Presidency of the Republic, Omar Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir has affirmed his concern with the provision of clean drinking water in North Kordofan State. Addressing a mass rally in Al Obied town in North Kordofan State, President.......
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Vedanta found violating green norms: Ramesh
expressindia Saturday, March 13, 2010 11:12:00 PM CET | info
Trigger words: (Environment) Forest[1]; Environment[1]; environment[4]; Environmental[1]; forest[1]; forestry[1]; Environmental Protection[1]; environmental[3];
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Entities: Vedanta Resources[1]; Jairam Ramesh[1];
Other categories: Ecology;
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Jairam Ramesh said (about Vedanta Resources) : “I can say that they (Vedanta) violated the Forest Rights Act without taking consideration of tribal rights,”
Mining giant Vedanta Resources, under fire for handling of its environmental and human rights issues in Orissa, has received a fresh blow with environment minister Jairam Ramesh saying the company was found to have violated norms both on the tribal and forest regulations fronts at its Rs 50,000-crore project in Orissa....
New vehicle emission norms face bumps
expressindia Saturday, March 13, 2010 11:12:00 PM CET | info
Trigger words: (Environment) emission[4];
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Entities: Ravi Kant[1];
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Ravi Kant said: “The government seems to be unsure of the implementation of the new emission norms,”
The new emission norms for motor vehicles, scheduled to come into effect from April 1, could be delayed. Indicating there has been no official communication from the government on the new norms and status on the availability of cleaner fuel required for it......
Now, citizens' audit to come before watchdog's scrutiny
indiatimes Saturday, March 13, 2010 10:32:00 PM CET | info
Trigger words: (Environment) air quality[1]; groundwater[3]; pollutants[1]; surface water[1]; pollution[5]; forest[1]; contaminated[1]; environmental[4];
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Other categories: Economic Crisis - Internal Market;
To improve delivery mechanism and plug loopholes in public expenditure, the govt through its official auditor CAG has begun a unique initiative under which public opinion has been sought before taking an audit....
Articles published more than 2 hours ago
West has distorted IPCC reports: Ramesh
Hindu Saturday, March 13, 2010 10:24:00 PM CET | info
Trigger words: (Environment) Environment[3]; forests[1]; emissions[4]; Environmental[1]; Forests[1]; Environmental Protection[1]; coastal[1]; climate change[6]; environmental[3]; Forest[1]; environment[3]; Climate Change[1]; Co2[1];
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Entities: Jairam Ramesh[1];
Other categories: Ecology; Climate Change;
Staff Reporter Mumbai: Cautioning against “environmental propaganda” Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh told journalists here on Saturday that the West was using the science of climate change for political gains. Mr. Ramesh was on a visit to the Indian Institute of.......
UN climate change claims on rainforests were wrong, study suggests
telegraph Saturday, March 13, 2010 10:09:00 PM CET | info
Trigger words: (Environment) forests[5]; satellite[1]; Environmental[1]; forest[1]; climate change[5]; environmental[1];
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Entities: Simon Lewis[1]; Rajendra Pachauri[1]; Keith Allott[1];
Other categories: Food Security & Aid; Ecology; Climate Change; Natural Disasters;
The United Nations' climate change panel is facing fresh criticism after new research contradicted the organisation's claims about the devastating effect climate change could have on the Amazon rainforest....
‘New airport not on fast track’
HindustanTimes Saturday, March 13, 2010 9:36:00 PM CET | info
Trigger words: (Environment) Environment[1]; waste[2]; plastic[1]; Environmental[1]; Coastal[1]; pollution[1]; Forests[1]; Plastic[1]; coastal[1]; climate change[1]; environmental[2]; environment[1]; polluted[1];
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Entities: Ashok Chavan[1]; Navi Mumbai[2]; Jairam Ramesh[1];
At the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay for a conference on climate change, Ramesh talks about the city’s development and environment in an exclusive interview to Hindustan Times ....
HindustanTimes Saturday, March 13, 2010 9:36:00 PM CET | info
Trigger words: (Environment) Forest[1]; Environment[2]; environmentally[1]; Coastal[1]; pollution[2]; coastal[1]; environmentalists[1];
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Entities: Ratan Tata[1]; Jairam Ramesh[1]; Mukesh Ambani[1];
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Jairam Ramesh said: “That’s not a valid argument,”
The Centre will not allow private helipads atop residential buildings in Mumbai, Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Saturday, reports Sayli Udas Mankikar ....
HindustanTimes Saturday, March 13, 2010 9:36:00 PM CET | info
Trigger words: (Environment) Forest[1]; Environment[1]; forest[1]; environmental[1];
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Entities: Marine Drive[2]; Salim Ali[2];
The legendary city-based ornithologist Salim Ali might have foreseen the House Sparrow’s bleak future when he chose Fall of the Sparrow as the title for his autobiography in the late 1980s....
Articles published more than 3 hours ago
Pakistan's Chaos: Role of US & Regional Players
islamonline-en Saturday, March 13, 2010 8:54:00 PM CET | info
Trigger words: (Environment) sustainable[1]; climate change[1];
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Impact of Afghan Strategy Washington, while is in hurry to have an honorable exit from Afghanistan, appears unclear as to how it can really achieve all of its objectives, the immediate and long–term ones. Knowing that the allies in Afghanistan are also not willing to stay for long, it has been.......
Indo-German technology centre in Delhi soon
Hindu Saturday, March 13, 2010 8:53:00 PM CET | info
Trigger words: (Environment) sustainable development[1]; sustainable[1];
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Entities: Pratibha Patil[1]; Horst Köhler[1]; Angela Merkel[1]; Thomas Rachel[1];
Other categories: Alternative Energy;
New Delhi: An Indo-German Science and Technology Centre (IGSTC) will be established in about two months here. This was stated by T. Ramasami, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology (DST), and Thomas Rachel, Parliamentary Secretary of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research,.......
World Energy Research to speak at the Andean Energy Summit
7thspace Saturday, March 13, 2010 8:52:00 PM CET | info
Trigger words: (Environment) environment[1]; biomass[1]; renewable energy[3]; environmental[1];
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Entities: Energy Holding[1];
Other categories: Alternative Energy;
World Energy Research (WER) has been exclusively selected to present at the Andean Energy Summit July 14-16, 2010 in Bogota, Columbia. The energy Summit is the sole conference held yearly in Latin America. Here, a distinguished group of 40 C-level ......
7thspace Saturday, March 13, 2010 8:52:00 PM CET | info
Trigger words: (Environment) sustainable[4]; climate change[1]; environmental[1];
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Other categories: Alternative Energy;
The International Code Council (ICC), the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), and the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) today announce the ......
$10,000,000.00 USD sale to South American firm first major step for providing clean electricity
7thspace Saturday, March 13, 2010 8:52:00 PM CET | info
Trigger words: (Environment) waste[3]; environmentally[1]; emissions[1]; hydrogen[1]; chemical[1]; Hydrogen[1]; renewable energy[1];
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Other categories: EU2020; Alternative Energy;
Under the terms of the contract, Nueva Esperanza will acquire 49% of Refill's wholly owned subsidiary Green N-ergy, which holds Exclusive Worldwide License and marketing rights to Refill Energy's Gasification and Reactor technologies. The flagship ......
nationittefaq Saturday, March 13, 2010 8:39:00 PM CET | info
Trigger words: (Environment) Climate Change[1]; emission[1];
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Entities: Sheikh Hasina[1];
BSS, Dhaka The 16th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) will be held in Bhutan on April 28-29 this year. Leaders of the eight-nation group will focus on climate issues at the summit, an apparent regional follow-up of the United Nations (UN) Climate Change.......
Called from the suburbs to a Haitian mountaintop
newschannel5 Saturday, March 13, 2010 8:29:00 PM CET | info
Trigger words: (Environment) forest fire[1]; paper[2]; forest[1];
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Entities: Kevin Rudd[4]; Adam Geller[2]; Marc Zimmermann[2];
Other categories: Natural Disasters; UN Bodies;
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Marc Zimmermann says: "We were called to the suburbs,"
Marc Zimmermann says: "It was the scariest thing I'd ever done in my life,"
Marc Zimmermann says: "That was the day that everything changed,"
By ADAM GELLER AP National Writer More>> KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Odette. Benita. Valancia. Atanie. Each Sunday morning, members of White Stone Church spread photos of the girls' grinning, impish faces across a folding table before 10 a.m. worship, then prayed for the day the children might join them....
Articles published more than 4 hours ago
Plea to parents over grass fires
bbc Saturday, March 13, 2010 8:19:00 PM CET | info
Trigger words: (Environment) forest fire[1]; forest[1];
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Entities: Leighton Andrews[2];
Fire officers are appealing to parents to help prevent children from starting grass fires following hundreds of calls to incidents....
Cholera: The new curse in Turkana
eastandard Saturday, March 13, 2010 7:45:00 PM CET | info
Trigger words: (Environment) waste[2]; drinking water[2]; contaminated[1];
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Other categories: Public Health (general); Communicable Diseases;
Six people have died of cholera in Turkana District in the past two weeks. Last year, the disease claimed 47 lives, including a family of four....
Tough job to bloom in the shadow of Sir Stuart Rose
telegraph Saturday, March 13, 2010 7:24:00 PM CET | info
Trigger words: (Environment) biomass[1]; paper[1]; glass[1]; sustainable[4]; climate change[1]; environmental[1];
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Entities: Stuart Rose[1]; David Cameron[1]; Mark Bolland[1]; Peter Mandelson[1];
Other categories: European Enterprise News; Economic Crisis - Internal Market; Alternative Energy;
It is not absolutely clear what is going to happen to the rubber chicken that hangs up in his office, but Sir Stuart Rose, the executive chairman of Marks and Spencer, is about to fire the starting gun to find his replacement....
Delegates gather in Qatar to save endangered wildlife - Summary
earthtimes Saturday, March 13, 2010 6:50:00 PM CET | info
Trigger words: (Environment) Environment[1]; biodiversity[1]; sustainable development[1]; sustainable[1]; sustainably[1];
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Entities: Willem Wijnstekers[1]; Achim Steiner[1];
Other categories: Ecology; Trade;
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Achim Steiner said: "2010 is a key year for biological diversity,"
Achim Steiner said: "By ensuring that the international trade in wildlife is properly regulated, CITES can assist in conserving the planet's wild fauna and flora from over-exploitation and thus contribute to the improved management of these key natural assets for sustainable development,"
Doha, Qatar- Some 1,500 delegates on Saturday gathered for a conference in Qatar to draft tougher new measures to protect the planet's endangered plant and animal life. The two-week conference on the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Sp......
Articles published more than 6 hours ago
Experts argue the toss over the future of oil
thenational Saturday, March 13, 2010 6:05:00 PM CET | info
Trigger words: (Environment) emissions[3]; sustainability[1]; climate change[1];
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Entities: James Baker[1]; Amy Myers Jaffe[1];
Other categories: Economic Forecasting-EU; EU2020;
Chris Stanton Last Updated: March 13. 2010 8:43PM UAE / March 13. 2010 4:43PM GMT Two years ago in Rome, oil producing and importing countries met to reach a ceasefire on an escalating war of words over rocketing oil prices. With crude months away from its eventual all-time record of US$147 a.......
Switzerland stands strong against GE
dominicantoday Saturday, March 13, 2010 5:29:00 PM CET | info
Trigger words: (Environment) environmentally[1]; environment[1]; socio-economic[1]; climate change[2]; environmental[1];
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Other categories: Biotechnology; Climate Change; EC News; José Manuel Barroso;
Zurich, Switzerland.– The Swiss Parliament has just extended its ban on the cultivation of genetically engineered (GE) plants for three more years. Originally enacted in 2005, Switzerland will stay GE-free until at least 2013. The original moratorium was backed by Swiss voters in a referendum 5 years ago....
Grand National's forest spruce-up
bbc Saturday, March 13, 2010 5:18:00 PM CET | info
Trigger words: (Environment) Forest[2]; waste[1]; forest[1]; Forestry[1];
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Spruce branches from Cumbria's Grizedale Forest are transported to Aintree to dress the Grand National's fences....
Creating a South Asian Social Charter
eldis Saturday, March 13, 2010 5:11:00 PM CET | info
Trigger words: (Environment) paper[6]; sustainable development[1]; sustainable[2]; socio-economic[1];
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Other categories: European Enterprise News;
This paper examines how a South Asian Social Charter could give coherent expression and commitment to poverty alleviation in the sub-continent. It also ......
South asian perspective on the Convention on Biological Diversity
eldis Saturday, March 13, 2010 5:11:00 PM CET | info
Trigger words: (Environment) biodiversity[3]; Sustainable Development[1]; paper[2]; Sustainable[1]; sustainable[2];
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Other categories: Ecology;
This paper provides a south Asian perspective on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). It is argues that the CBD, whose formulation brought together ......
Latest News : Scientists take another run at climate change
tehrantimes Saturday, March 13, 2010 5:02:00 PM CET | info
Trigger words: (Environment) air quality[1]; emissions[3]; paper[1]; climate change[6];
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Entities: John Kerry[1];
Other categories: Ecology; Climate Change; Public Health (general); EU2020;
Scientists take another run at climate change Eight Nobel-prize winning economists and scientists have joined more than 2,000 others in signing a letter today that urges the Senate to take swift action on climate change. “The longer we wait, the harder and more costly it will be to limit climate.......
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Ed Miliband said: “On the one issue where the ASA did not find in our favour, around one word in our print advertising, the science tells us that it is more than 90% likely that there will be more extreme weather events if we don’t act”
sundaytimes Sunday, March 14, 2010 12:03:00 AM CET
Jairam Ramesh said (about Vedanta Resources): “I can say that they (Vedanta) violated the Forest Rights Act without taking consideration of tribal rights,”
expressindia Saturday, March 13, 2010 11:12:00 PM CET
Ravi Kant said: “The government seems to be unsure of the implementation of the new emission norms,”
expressindia Saturday, March 13, 2010 11:12:00 PM CET
Jairam Ramesh said: “That’s not a valid argument,”
HindustanTimes Saturday, March 13, 2010 9:36:00 PM CET
Marc Zimmermann says: "We were called to the suburbs,"
newschannel5 Saturday, March 13, 2010 8:29:00 PM CET
Marc Zimmermann says: "It was the scariest thing I'd ever done in my life,"
newschannel5 Saturday, March 13, 2010 8:29:00 PM CET
Marc Zimmermann says: "That was the day that everything changed,"
newschannel5 Saturday, March 13, 2010 8:29:00 PM CET
Achim Steiner said: "2010 is a key year for biological diversity,"
earthtimes Saturday, March 13, 2010 6:50:00 PM CET
Achim Steiner said: "By ensuring that the international trade in wildlife is properly regulated, CITES can assist in conserving the planet's wild fauna and flora from over-exploitation and thus contribute to the improved management of these key natural assets for sustainable development,"
earthtimes Saturday, March 13, 2010 6:50:00 PM CET
Willem Wijnstekers said: "I don't think anyone has an argument against the listing of Atlantic bluefin tuna,"
AP Saturday, March 13, 2010 4:39:00 PM CET
Achim Steiner said: "By ensuring that the international trade in wildlife is properly regulated, CITES can assist in conserving the planet's wild fauna and flora from overexploitation and contribute to the sustainable development,"
AP Saturday, March 13, 2010 4:39:00 PM CET
Achim Steiner said: "By ensuring that the international trade in wildlife is properly regulated, CITES can assist in conserving the planet's wild fauna and flora from overexploitation and thus contribute to the improved management of these key natural assets for sustainable development,"
earthtimes Saturday, March 13, 2010 3:47:00 PM CET
Achim Steiner said: "2010 is a key year for biological diversity,"
earthtimes Saturday, March 13, 2010 3:47:00 PM CET
Achim Steiner said: "By ensuring that the international trade in wildlife is properly regulated, CITES can assist in conserving the planet's wild fauna and flora from over-exploitation and thus contribute to the improved management of these key natural assets for sustainable development,"
earthtimes Saturday, March 13, 2010 3:47:00 PM CET
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