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Posted by IANS-CT in Environment on 03 10th, 2010 | No Comments

Sheila Dikshit appeals Delhiites to turn off lights to observe Earth Hour

New Delhi, March 10 (Calcutta Tube) The national capital will observe the Earth Hour once again this year and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Wednesday appealed to residents to turn off lights for an hour on March 27. The chief minister quipped that Delhiites would be ‘willing to have a candle...
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Posted by IANS-CT in Environment on 01 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

India and China won’t sign Copenhagen Accord

The Indian and Chinese governments have had a rethink on signing the Copenhagen Accord, officials said Saturday, and the UN has also indefinitely postponed its Jan 31 deadline for countries to accede to the document. An Indian official said that though the government had been thinking of signing the...
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Posted by IANS-CT in Environment on 01 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

Heavy fog in Delhi disrupts air, rail traffic; to continue till month-end

Heavy fog again engulfed the national capital late Friday and continued till the early hours of Saturday, disrupting flight and train schedules. The conditions are likely to continue till January-end, weather officials said. "The general visibility was zero for many hours early in the morning....
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Posted by IANS-CT in Environment on 01 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

Rajendra Pachauri: IPCC to focus on humanitarian issues

Rajendra Pachauri, head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Saturday said the UN body’s fifth assessment report scheduled in 2013 will focus on "socio-economic factors and humanitarian" issues. "So far emphasis has been on physical, biological and geological...
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Posted by IANS-CT in Environment on 01 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

Taiwan civic groups protest sale of shark-fin soup

Taiwan environmentalist groups Saturday protested against chain stores selling shark-fin soup as killing sharks for their fins can lead to their extinction. The protest was made by 23 civic groups against four chains which are accepting orders for pre-cooked and ready-to-cook meals for the Chinese New...
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Posted by IANS-CT in Environment on 01 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

Rajendra Pachauri: BASIC countries should involve other countries over Copenhagen accord

Rajendra Pachauri, head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Saturday said that environment ministers of BASIC countries should come up with a clear plan to involve other countries in agreeing to the Copenhagen Accord. Environment ministers of Brazil, South Africa, India and China...
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Posted by IANS-CT in Environment on 01 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

Copenhagen deadline extended to January 31st as India rethink before signing up

The Indian government has had a rethink on signing the Copenhagen Accord, senior officials said Saturday, forcing the UN to indefinitely postpone its Jan 31 deadline for countries to accede to the document. An official said that though the government had been thinking of signing the accord because it...
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Posted by IANS-CT in Environment on 01 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

Rajendra Pachauri accepts mistake about Himalayan Glacier meltdown by 2035

Ruling out his resignation as chief of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) after its goof-up on melting of Himalayan glaciers, Rajendra Pachauri Saturday said that the UN body will exercise more surveillance to ensure such a mistake does not occur in future. While admitting the mistake...
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Posted by IANS-CT in Environment on 01 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

Clear sky, sunshine greets Chandigarh, India

After braving foggy weather and bone-chilling cold for the last five days, residents of Chandigarh got some relief as sun shone brightly Saturday. "Though we also had fog today (Saturday) during early hours but it was almost cleared in Chandigarh and its neighbouring towns by 7 a.m. that was followed...
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Posted by IANS-CT in Environment on 01 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

Cloudy sky warms up the high Himalayas

The mercury rose marginally in the upper slopes of the Himalayas Saturday due to cloudy skies, the weatherman said here. There was fresh snowfall too. "Temperatures increased in the state due to fresh snowfall in the high hills of Lahaul and Spiti, Kinnaur, Kullu and Chamba in the past 24 hours,"...
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