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Jairam Ramesh: India's crusading green minister

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MSN India
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http://news.in.msn.com/business/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4300383

Jairam Ramesh, India's green minister, has found new power in saying no to big industrialists and multi-million dollar projects if he thinks ecological balance is at stake.

Saying no to London-based industrialist Anil Agarwal's Vedanta group's bauxite mining project in Orissa is the latest of his headline-hogging decisions that has firmed up his reputation as a no-nonsense minister-cum-crusader.

In barely 14 months as environment minister, the suave 56-year-old technocrat-turned-politician has pitchforked a low-key ministry into front-page headlines.

Author: Anonymous

First Tokyo carbon credits trade for $142/tonne

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Reuters
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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67N3M520100824

The first carbon credits in Tokyo's new cap-and-trade scheme traded on Monday for 12,000 yen ($142.2) per tonne, well above market rates for units of the climate-warming gas, Point Carbon News reported.

Twenty-two tonnes of carbon dioxide were bought by energy brokers Ginga Energy Japan Co. over an online marketplace operated by CoalinQ, a subsidiary of trading house Sojitz Corp., and Smart Energy Co., Sojitz said.

The carbon credits traded were generated from an energy saving project operated by Daiwa House Industry and Taisei Rotec.

Author: Anonymous

Environmentalists Claim UN Board Supporting Scam

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Redorbit.com
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http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1907116/environmentalists_claim_un_board_supporting_scam/index.html

A U.N. board that oversees a $2.7 billion market intended to cut heat-trapping gases has agreed to take steps that could lead to reining in what European and U.S. environmentalists call a gigantic scam.

The executive board of the U.N.'s Clean Development Mechanism said that five chemical plants in China do not qualify for funding.

The "CDM" credits have been widely used in the carbon trading markets of the European Union (EU), Japan and other nations that signed the 1997 Kyoto Protocol that requires mandatory cuts in greenhouse gases.

Author: Anonymous

Tiny sea creatures called salps efficiently remove carbon

Source Name: 
USA Today
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http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/08/tiny-sea-creatures-called-salps-efficiently-remove-carbon/1?csp=34tech

Imagine a car that powered itself by the very air it moved through – and removed carbon as it did. Replace 'air' with 'water' and you've just imagined a surprisingly useful and very real jellyfish-like creature called a salp.

These super-efficient, barrel-shaped organisms, between half an inch and five inches long, push themselves through the water and as they do, they remove carbon dioxide from it in their fecal pellets, which fall to the ocean floor where they can stay for centuries.

Author: Anonymous

'India's problem is carbon unawareness'

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New Kerala
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http://www.newkerala.com/news2/fullnews-15992.html

"But the good thing is this can be fixed by spreading the awareness and not repeating the mistakes we have made in Europe and America," said Pag, who came to the MCKV Institute of Engineering (MCKVIE) in Liluah to 'talk to the students'.

Pag is not the stereotype activist who goes around 'spreading awareness'; in his own words, he is just "attempting to drive around the world emitting less than 2 tonnes of CO2, and discovering how other people are cutting their footprint."

Author: Anonymous

PCMC mayor seeks governor's help over traffic on BRTS route.

Source Name: 
Times of India
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6253878.cms?prtpage=1

Pimpri-Chinchwad mayor Yogesh Behl has sought help from governor K Sankaranarayan to urge the defence minister to allow traffic on the bus rapid transit system (BRTS) corridors in Pimpri Chinchwad.

For more than a year now, the PCMC has been unable to open the BRTS road on the stretch from Mega Mart in Phugewadi to the College of Military Engineering (CME) in Dapodi because of objections by the defence authorities.

Author: Anonymous

WB support for sustainable development of Sundarbans

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Daily Star
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http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=149095

The World Bank (WB) is helping Bangladesh carry out a series of studies to develop a holistic programme for sustainable development of the Sundarbans, the world's single largest mangrove forest.

A comprehensive plan based on these studies would be developed to integrate prioritised interventions to address the region's main conservation and development challenges. The studies will be drawn upon the main challenges of poverty reduction, climate change adaptation, and biodiversity conservation in the Sundarbans, according to a WB release issued yesterday.

Author: Anonymous

OC starts low-carbon campaign for Green Games

Source Name: 
Times of India
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/events-tournaments/commonwealth-games/top-stories/OC-starts-low-carbon-campaign-for-Green-Games/articleshow/6234791.cms

From green concerts to kiosks to calculating the carbon footprints that you leave behind in your everyday life - the organising committee is going all out to ensure that common citizens become a part of its Green Games campaign.

On Thursday, the OC flagged off the Low Carbon Campaign for the Commonwealth Games 2010 in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Helping the OC put together the initiative was Global Environment Facility, an international organisation.

Author: Anonymous

Indian Ministry makes new grid connected solar projects guidline report public

Source Name: 
Thin Film Today
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http://social.thinfilmtoday.com/weekly-brief/indian-ministry-makes-new-grid-connected-solar-projects-guidline-report-public

The much awaited guidelines from the Indian New and Renewable Energy Ministry for new grid connected solar projects under Phase 1 of the JNNSM have been made public. Please find a summary, but please request a formal guideline report from the Indian authorities.

Please find a summary of the guidelines:

Size: Minimum 5 MW  Maximum 100 MW

NVVN
NVVN will invite project developers to participate Request for Selection (RFS) will be floated

Developers will submit applications for RFS in 30 days

Author: Preeti Aggarwal

11 buildings in Tamilnadu get energy-efficient rating from central agency

Source Name: 
Times of India
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6203011.cms?prtpage=1

The city's buildings are high on energy efficiency, according to an ongoing national-level rating exercise.

Eight office buildings in the city were rated energy-efficient by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), the energy conservation body of the power ministry. Three more in Tamil Nadu also received this rating.

Author: Anonymous

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