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Business and Climate Summit gets under way
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 1 (ANI): The third Business and Climate Summit (BCS) was organized on Thursday in the national capital to showcase the voice and engagement of Indian industry in the global cause of climate change.
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Ozone recovery may be delayed by rise of paint stripper chemicals
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 28 (ANI): The restoration of the globe's protective ozone shield may be delayed by three decades if fast-rising emissions of a chemical used in paint strippers and pharmaceuticals is not restricted, warns a study.
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Planting trees cannot replace cutting CO2 emissions!
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [INDIA], May 18 (ANI): According to a new study, growing plants and then storing CO2, taken up from the atmosphere, is no viable option to counteract unmitigated emissions from fossil fuel burning.
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Ban diesel vehicles for their emission: Centre to NGT
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi/Jammu [India] Apr 27 (ANI): The Centre on Thursday urged the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that ban on diesel vehicles should be based on their emissions and not age.
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Emissions scandal: Volkswagen pleads guilty to all criminal charges
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Mar. 11 (ANI): Automobile giant Volkswagen pleaded guilty on Friday to conspiracy and obstruction of justice charges in order to dodge pollution rules on nearly 600,000 diesel vehicles, by usage of software to suppress emissions of nitrogen oxide during car tests.
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Myth busted: Study shows storing solar power increases emissions
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C., Jan.31 (ANI): In a myth-busting revelation, a study has found out that storing solar energy for night time use actually increases both energy consumption and emissions compared with sending excess solar energy directly to the utility grid.
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Rise in methane emissions may hamper efforts to slow climate change
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Dec.12 (ANI): A recent research published in the journal Environmental Research Letters highlights that global concentrations of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas and cause of climate change, are now growing faster in the atmosphere than at any other time in the past tw
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Wind farms limit carbon emission: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Dec.12 (ANI): A recent study published in Energy Policy journal shows wind farms have made a significant impact in limiting carbon emissions from other sources of power generation in Great Britain.
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Vaping causes lesser lungs damage than traditional cigs, feel most under-3
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov2 (ANI): Surveys have already stated that electronic cigarettes may not be that safe after all as emissions from e-cigarette can actually damage lung cells.
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Toxicant level in e-cig emissions 95 percent less than regular cigarette s
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
WashingtonD.C. (USA), Oct. 5 (ANI): In a comprehensive chemical comparison between smoke and e-cigarette emissions, researchers have found that toxicant level in e-cigarette vapour was 95% less than in conventional cigarette smoke.
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India to ratify Paris accord at the earliest: Arvind Panagariya
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hangzhou [China], Sept. 5(ANI): Arvind Panagariya, head of the Niti Ayog, and India's Sherpa to the G20 summit, on Monday said that New Delhi plans to ratify the Paris accord to cut climate warming emissions as soon as possible adding, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are very much
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Early-onset of springs indicate `nightmare` for agriculture
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept. 3 (ANI): A recent study has revealed that warm springs in the Great Lakes and Northeast regions which create havoc for agriculture may start earlier by mid-century if greenhouse gas emissions are not reduced.
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