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Where in the World? Brazilians and Indians are the greenest, says survey		08 May 2008	News
Posted at 12:29 PM on 08 May 2008 Brazilians and Indians are the most eco-friendly folks in the world, and Canadians and Americans are the least, according to a new survey done by the National Geographic Society. Consumers in 14 countries, representing more than half of the world's population and about three-quarters of its energy use, were ranked on their sustainability in the areas of housing, transportation, food, and co ...
Topics: Brazil, Canada, China, consumerism, green living, India, news, United States (all these topics)

Better Ungulate Than Never Indian camels celebrate high oil prices		06 May 2008	News
Posted at 10:22 AM on 06 May 2008 Rising oil prices have many Homo sapiens in a tizzy, but at least one species is celebrating high fuel costs: the camel. Finding it spendy to fuel their tractors, farmers in India are turning to ungulate power. "It's excellent for the camel population if the price of oil continues to go up because demand for camels will also go up," says Ilse Köhler-Rollefson of the League for Pastoral ...
Topics: agriculture, India, news, oil, wildlife (all these topics)

House of Cads Bhopal activists detained after protest at Prime Minister's house		06 May 2008	News
Posted at 7:57 AM on 06 May 2008 Activists and victims of the world's worst industrial accident in Bhopal, India, in 1984 were detained by police this week after protesting in front of the Indian Prime Minister's house. The Bhopal protesters, including many children, have been in Delhi for over a month waiting for an audience with the PM after walking there from Bhopal, 500 miles away. "Today, the Bhopal gas vi ...
Topics: India, news, politics, toxics (all these topics)

Getting Hard to Carrion Wild Asian vultures going the way of the dodo		30 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 1:24 PM on 30 Apr 2008 Wild Asian vultures are likely going to the way of the dodo, a new study says. The white-backed vulture population has plunged by nearly 99.9 percent in India since 1992, and two other vulture species have seen a drop of 97 percent, say researchers publishing in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Researchers blame diclofenac, a drug given to livestock and ingested by the birds ...
Topics: endangered species, health, India, news, scientific research, toxics, wildlife (all these topics)

Notable quotable	JMG	17 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: biofuels, energy, food, India, quotables (all these topics)

Having naan of it India's 4,000 MW coal plant is a bad answer to electricity woes	Nathan Wyeth	10 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: business, coal, economy, energy, India (all these topics)

Is the World Bank coal-fused? Coal still has no place in clean development	Joseph Romm	08 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: climate, coal, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, India, insanity, politics, World Bank (all these topics)

Question	David Roberts	08 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: coal, energy, India, World Bank (all these topics)

World's dumbest project: Tata Ultra Mega How a twisted definition is setting up a monumental folly in India	Ted Nace	20 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: World Bank, energy, coal, India (all these topics)

One hell of a company Monsanto uses child labor in its Indian cottonseed fields	Tom Philpott	29 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, business, health, India, toxics (all these topics)

Our Kind of Guy Engineer plans to sell compressed-air car in India within a year		13 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 4:44 PM on 13 Feb 2008 Could folks in India be driving a car that runs on compressed air within a year? French engineer Guy Negre says it will be so. Tata Motors has backed his invention: a five-seater called the OneCAT, which would produce no emissions and cost around $5,000. "The first buyers [of the car] will be people who care about the environment," says Negre, who hopes that investors arou ...
Topics: business, cars, India, news, placemaking (all these topics)

On the Ball: Delhi legs Outlook not good for air quality at Delhi-hosted games	Sarah K. Burkhalter	11 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: air pollution, China, health, India, sports (all these topics)

Cross pollination Israel trades irrigation technology for access to India's ag-gene bank	Tia Ghose	08 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, India, Israel (all these topics)

Tiny Tata Tata Motors unveils world's cheapest car in India		10 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 10:16 AM on 10 Jan 2008 Photo: TaTa Motors The world's cheapest car was unveiled in India today by Tata Motors, which hopes that its new $2,500 subcompact will help make car ownership a reality for tens of millions of people. The Tata Nano gets respectable gas mileage, up to 58.8 miles per gallon, and meets India's emissions standards, but its introduction was met by protests from greens fearful that more-accessible autos will ...
Topics: business, cars, India, news, placemaking (all these topics)

Masses Marketing Indian car company to sell world's cheapest car		02 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 7:58 AM on 02 Jan 2008 India-based Tata Motors plans to launch what it's billing as the world's cheapest car later this year, a five-seater selling for about $2,500. The roughly 58-miles-per-gallon "People's Car" hopes to lure less affluent folks in India and other developing countries who often rely on ultra-cheap two-wheeled motorbikes and scooters for transport. The car will be unveiled later this month at a ...
Topics: business, cars, India, news (all these topics)

Sari, No Can Do Energy efficiency a tough sell to small businesses in India		27 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 4:07 PM on 27 Dec 2007 India's 4.5 million small or medium businesses produce 70 percent of the country's industrial pollution, according to a World Bank study. But most of those small-scale entrepreneurs can't afford the upfront cost of energy-efficient equipment -- or aren't persuaded of its usefulness -- creating a barrier to India's attempts to curb emissions from its fast-growing economy. Many areas of th ...
Topics: business, climate, energy, energy efficiency, India, news (all these topics)

Elephants in the room Greenpeace India points out the obvious	Tom Athanasiou	12 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Bali 07, China, climate, India, international politics, politics (all these topics)

Response to Jeremy Carl, part three The question for China and India is not whether to make the transition away from coal, but how soon	David Roberts	30 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: China, climate, coal, energy, India (all these topics)

Response to Jeremy Carl, part one Developing nations will not remain immune to the need for sustainable development	David Roberts	26 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: China, coal, energy, India (all these topics)

Consider Sidr Sidr, a massive tropical cyclone, is going to hit Bangladesh-Indian border within 24 hrs	James Dailey	15 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Bangladesh, climate, India, severe weather (all these topics)

Brash Monkey Thousands of monkeys uprooted by sprawl move into New Delhi		14 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 3:17 PM on 14 Nov 2007 Last month, the deputy mayor of New Delhi fell from a terrace to his death while trying to fend off a gang of wild monkeys. This weekend, rampaging monkeys attacked up to 25 people in the Indian capital. While the scenes are tragic, it would be a stretch to call them unexpected: In the center of New Delhi, monkeys scamper through buildings, bathe in fountains, and frolic in parks and on gro ...
Topics: India, news, placemaking, sprawl, wildlife (all these topics)

Clinton Global Initiative: Clinton on efficiency Bill Clinton calls for countries to follow Japan's lead	Brian Beutler	27 Sep 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Bill Clinton, China, climate, India, international politics, Japan, politics, United States (all these topics)

Suffer the little children -- from carbon offsets? A clean tech firm accuses a carbon credit nonprofit of forcing kids to do fieldwork	Elsa Mary	25 Sep 2007	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, carbon offsets, climate, energy, India (all these topics)

If Not Dow, When? Dow Chemical evades legal responsibility for chemical spill in India		10 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 10:09 AM on 10 Sep 2007 In 1984, thousands of people in Bhopal, India, were killed by the effects of a cyanide leak from a U.S.-owned pesticide plant. The plant owner, Union Carbide Corp., was bought by Dow Chemical in 2001; since then, Dow has evaded responsibility for cleaning up the more than 9,000 tons of chemicals still affecting soil and water near the site. The company has now offered to pay p ...
Topics: India, jackassery, news, toxics (all these topics)

Man, the Arctic is Hot Russia plants flag under North Pole, India launches its first Arctic expedition		03 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Man, the Arctic is Hot Russia plants flag under North Pole, India launches its first Arctic expedition Earlier this week, we reported that Russia was planning to stake a claim on the North Pole. Or, rather, the seabed deep underneath. Yesterday, two mini-submarines planted a titanium national flag on the sea floor, causing celebration in Moscow and consternation in Canada, which a ...
Topics: Arctic, Canada, India, news, Russia, scientific research, United States (all these topics)

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