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Solar As Cheap As Fossil Fuel Power in India, Italy – Report
Recently released Deutsche Bank analyses conclude that the global solar market will become sustainable by the end of 2014, not needing subsidies, reports Jeff Spross at Climate Progress. India, already has solar suppliers competitive with standard electric power providers. This … Continue reading
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India Tries To Help Farmers Adapt to Climate Change
A number of new initiatives in India are testing ways to help farmers cope with changing weather as concerns about climate change bring fresh urgency – and funding – to longstanding challenges in sustainable agriculture, reports Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar at the … Continue reading
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Adapting to Climate Change Will Be Challenging – India Drought
India is in the midst of its second drought in four years, with rainfall roughly 20 percent below average nationwide, and 70% below average in Punjab, its food basket region, reports Robert Eshelman at ClimateWire. Agriculture employs close to a … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, climate change, crops, droughts, environment, extreme weather, global warming, India, water
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Clean Solar Energy Shines Through Indian Blackout
While much of India, Asia’s third largest economy, recently plunged into blackout darkness, the lights of a small rural village continued to shine due to the arrival of solar power last year, reports Jo Winterbottom of Reuters News. On a … Continue reading
Land Reform Key to Saving Forests, Fighting Climate Change – Study
Ensuring that forest dwellers have rights over their land is vital for slowing deforestation that may be causing up to a fifth of the world’s emissions of greenhouse gases, says a new report by the nonprofit organization Rights and Resources … Continue reading
Asia To Become Lead Global Solar Power by 2016
The world’s solar power generating capacity will grow by between 200 and 400 percent over the next five years, with Asia and other emerging markets overtaking leadership from Europe, a European industry association said recently, reports Svetlana Kovalyova at Reuters … Continue reading
For Climate Change, Exporting US Coal Is Like Burning It
The US can cut coal burning all it wants, but if that means it will simply export more to be burned elsewhere, then it doesn’t matter in terms of climate change, reports Brian Walsh at Time magazine. Oregon, a leading … Continue reading
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Tagged carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, carbon footprint, China, climate change, environment, global warming, India
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India Tests Fleet of New Hydrogen-Powered Vehicles
Hydrogen, so far used on land in some avant-garde customized cars and experimental bus fleets, will run 15 auto rickshaws developed as part of an India Institute of Technology and New Delhi project, reports Jayshree Nandi at the Times of … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, climate change solutions, fuel efficiency, global warming, hydrogen cars, India
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In India, Plummeting Panel Prices Could Spark Solar Revolution
In India, electricity from solar panels is now cheaper than that from diesel generators. The news – which will boost India’s “Solar Mission” to install 20,000 megawatts of solar power by 2022 – could have implications for other developing nations … Continue reading
Hi-Protein Rice in India Fights Global Warming
Researchers from the department of genetics and plant breeding at the University of Agricultural Sciences in Bangalore are developing a variety of high protein rice, reports C. B. Shilpa at the Mumbai Daily News and Analysis in India. The hybrid … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, droughts, environment, global warming, India, methane, rice, water
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