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NEW DELHI: Although no major impact has been observed on wheat production due to global warming in India in the recent past, the government has taken preventive steps to safeguard the principal crop from rising temperature. Data show there has been increasing trend since 2007-8 in wheat production, which alone contributes over 71 per cent of total foodgrain production of the country. Wheat production increased from 78.51 million tonnes in 2007-8 to 80.71 million tonnes in 2009-10 (as per 4th advance estimates,2010), Minister of State for Agriculture K V Thomas…

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Japan’s statement on Monday that it would not inscribe new targets under a second commitment phase of the Kyoto Protocol has provoked sharp reactions from NGOs at the Cancun United Nations climate change conference here. “Illegal” The ‘Friends of the Earth,’ at a press briefing, attacked Japan for its “illegal” refusal to consider a second commitment period, sparking off alarm that this move could well mean the end of the Kyoto Protocol when the first commitment period ends in 2012. Mohamed Adow of ‘Christian Aid’ said Japan’s statement imperilled the…

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Written by Siddharth Srivastava Thursday, 02 December 2010 Given the government’s big aims, India’s solar sector is attracting corporate interest. Investments and tie-ups are being put in place. As the cost of building solar capacity falls, a significant solar scale-up is expected across the world, including India, which boasts one of the world’s highest solar intensities. Already, India ranks fourth in the world after Germany in the latest Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices prepared by Ernst & Young for 2010. China ranks first, followed by the United States. India is…

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PTI India has signed an agreement with Iceland to tap geothermal energy in the country, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah has said.“We are going deep under the earth”s surface to tap geothermal energy. The potential of it has been identified in Ladakh region, Gujarat and Chatisgarh”, Abdullah said, without giving further details about the agreement.The minister, who was speaking yesterday at the launch of 2MW variable speed turbine at the Wind Turbine Research Station (WTRS) in Kayathar, said geothermal Energy(GE) would be an important source of…

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