Tag: India
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Tiger Poachers Can Now Be Shot on Sight in Indian State of Maharashtra
But it's really the 5 million rupees in payments to informers that are hoped to bring results in slowing tiger deaths.
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GM Cotton Fails to Raise Yields in India, Despite Large Increase in Planting
Though cotton yields initially doubled when GM cotton began being planted a decade ago, in the past six years yields have failed to increase even though planting has markedly increased.
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Plastic Bags a Bigger Threat to India's Future Than Nuclear Weapons: Supreme Court Justices
Unless India comes to terms with its plastic pollution problem, its rise on the global stage may be stunted.
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Alphonso Mango Shortage Blamed on Climate Change
They are so good that Ben & Jerry named an ice cream after them.
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5 Indian Farmers Commit Suicide in Past Two Days Over Debts & That's Just in One District of One State
This comes as a new report warns that genetically modified eggplant, currently banned for cultivation but pushed for by agribusiness, could be an environmental threat.
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Amazing Brickwork Acts As Solar Screen On Indian Building
This is the kind of workmanship you don't see anymore.
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India Starts Up Asia's Largest Solar Power Plant
The 214 MW solar power plant in state of Gujarat is planned to expand to 600 MW.
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China & India Welcome Unregulated Asbestos: Russia & Other Nations Glad to Send It
Asbestos exposure in China and India is spiraling out of control.
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Indian Census Reveals Population has More Cellphones than Toilets
The results of India's most recent census show incredible disparities in access to amenities: 50% still have no toilet, but 63% have a phone.
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Foreign Companies Eye Sacred Mountains in Montana and India for New Mines
They're on opposite sides of the world, but two mountains sacred to the tribal communities that live near them are up against a similar threat: mining.
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Tata Introduces The Perfect Nano For Urban America
It's electric, it's armored, bulletproof and grenade resistant, and it can even climb stairs.
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Bengal, Assam Tea Production Slashed By Worst Drought in 15 Years
Another effect of weather weirding: Higher tea prices coming? Northeast India tea production expected to drop 60% in 2012 this year.
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Indian Man Single-Handedly Plants a 1,360 Acre Forest
As a teenager, Jadav Payeng began planting trees on a barren sandbar in India. 30 years later, it's home to a sprawling forest.
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Energy News: India's Wind Power Potential At Least 20x Greater Than Thought; Germany May Have To Ban New Solar PV
A mix bag today, highlighting the importance of electricity grids in expanding renewable energy, the global expansion of fracking, a wolf in sheep's clothing CCS project, and some massively good news for Indian wind power.
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Best of Green Readers' Choice: Energy
Who are the best ambassadors for clean energy, energy industry innovators, activists, and more? Vote here.
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Solar-Powered Micro Grids Change Lives of Indian Villagers
Entrepreneurs build solar micro grids in India to power lights and charge mobile phones, changing the face of energy in rural areas.
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Architect Uses Ancient Techniques To Cool Modern Building in India
Architect Manit Rastogi uses stepwells and screens, technologies that are thousands of years old
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Entire Village in India Relocates to Make Room For Tigers
It's no secret that most human-animal conflicts don't end well for wildlife -- but in a rare show of interspecies hospitality, an entire community in India has decided to relocate in order to make room for big cats in need of some extra space.
