Cabs go green in NYC at the rate of 300 new hybrid cars very month. Mayor Micheal Bloomberg has got into an agreement with car-makers to supply only fuel-light cabs. The results are good. Firstly, the drivers are able to save about 6,500 dollars every year and the city stays green.
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Charity begins at home, or should we say the kitchen. The Energy and Resources Institute of India (TERI) has come up with a first of its kind cookbook offering an environment-friendly diet. Called ‘The Original Organic Cookbook: Recipes for the Healthy Living’ has been authored by chef Kuntal Kumar, who calls the shots at the kitchen of the Hilton hotel at Shillim near Mumbai.  

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When the whole of America was perturbed about the oil crisis, a tiny prairie town in Minnesota decided to do something about it. You can well imagine what the town must be like when the local radio carry news updates like the price of cattle and feed, but they were wise enough to embrace renewable energy long before gas prices reached 4 dollars a gallon.

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The Chinese government has left no stone unturned to control pollution in their capital city in the wake of the Olympic Games. The skyline is accentuated by a hazy smog that just refuses to lift as more and more foreign journalists pour into the 2008 Olympic city. In fact, the government is so worried about the whole thing that measures which should be invoked only in ‘extremely unfavourable weather conditions’ were posted on the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection Website on Thursday. And this crusade against pollution was started on 1st July with a ban on 300,000 high polluting vehicles. Soon driving and traffic restrictions were imposed removing almost two million vehicles in the city.

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Ganesh Chaturthi is a festival which many Indians look forward to as in today’s workaholic life, it sums up ten days of spirituality, fun, faith and socializing around. But what many people fail to admit (although, they know it very well) that the after festival picture is filthy with vast amounts of pollution on the beach and inside water where the Elephant God rests post Visarjan. Such people happily befool themselves giving excuses like, “God will take care of the fishes and the beaches.” But now, thanks to Goa government, this year at least in Goa the marine life will not have to ask God’s help for its survival for the much needed human awakening is already set into motion.

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The brunt of global warming as seen in form of climate change is getting harsher below the Earth’s mighty oceans. Coral reefs of Pacific are facing survival threat in manners more than one. The rise in temperature above the ocean surface owing to massive CO2 emissions is resulting in a change in the pH levels of water bodies. Primarily basic in nature, oceans are now becoming acidic by the day. The increasing acidity could be disastrous eventually, as it is hindering the formation of Corals which have an intricate calcium carbonate skeleton. Moreover, the results of new research indicate that the glue which holds coral reefs together and tethers it to the ocean floor may not form with the increase in oceanic acidity levels. A higher acidic level means a lower pH-at lower levels of pH the process which results in formation of cementing binder gets substantially affected! The formation of coral is a slow process. The calcium carbonate precipitated out of ocean water forms the binder. This binder rushes through the pores of coral’s skeleton.

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(Ilya Katz, Israel,Photograph: Ilya Katz)
What does cartoonists & cartoons have to do with issues like global warming, climate change, floods, deforestation, carbon emissions, air pollution, salting of lakes etc.? (The list is quite long actually!). Most of us might dismiss the idea of laughing over grave issues mentioned above which are rapidly taking human lives around the globe. But the fact is cartoons can do something which huge texts and sermons (read lectures) on global warming or climate change can’t do! That’s “Awareness” in a bitter-sweet manner, a sarcasm which will force you to smile but think upon the situation as well. The work of around 150 artists from more than 50 countries makes it all clear and concrete at the competition organized by The Ken Sprague Fund.

(First prize: Coat Star, by Mikhail Zlatovsky, Russia,Photograph: Mikhail Zlatovsky)

Here’s what John Green, secretary of the fund has to say over cartoons on climate change: “Cartoons can reach parts that other arguments can’t. We have been inundated with doom-laden predictions and scientific facts on the inevitability of global warming, but here we can exorcise our fears. Powerful, uncompromising and uncomfortable images bring home to us what it will really mean - not a Costa del Sol on the Welsh coast and palm trees in the garden, but desertification, hunger and poverty.”

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Major dilemma of being in metropolitans is enormous population and intensifying pollution level. On the road to deal with these tribulations Daniel Bailey comes out with an attention grabbing thought of BRB Cars. Surrounded by loads of concept cars one and all would apparently imagine this to be a superfluous car model but trust me this is practically exceptional object of expediency and pragmatism.
Enclosing hydrogen filled fuel chamber, this electric driven car is incorporated with outstanding green aspects. One more worth mentioning facet is that the car size is cease able up to half of its projected dimensions, implying its foldable capability.

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Our world is facing many major problems today. Most important of them is the pollution. Pollution are mainly of three types – air pollution, water pollution and sound pollution. Mixing of harmful gases in the earth’s atmosphere is known as air pollution. This is a big issue and all the nation of the world must think seriously about it. Pollution is caused by ejection of harmful gases from transports, factories, burning etc. We must use much of public transports instead of our personal transports. We must walk small distances. Chimneys of the factories must be opened high above atmosphere region. Another one is water pollution. Water of seas, ocean, lakes and rivers are polluted at a very rapid rate. Wastage of factories and houses are left in the seas, oceans, lakes, rivers etc. These wastes must be converted into some decomposable form so that it does not disturb the environment. Sound pollution is another form of pollution. Loudspeakers, traffic horns, machineries etc cause sound pollution. These types of pollution cause many types of diseases to humans. Not only humans other living beings are also suffering due to this. Many fishes die because they take many harmful substances due to water pollution. No of birds are also decreasing due to air pollution. Human’s ears are addicted to hear loud due to sound pollution. This is big threat and we must overcome it as soon as possible.

A second loss of water containing uranium was announced dall’ASN, (Autorité de sureté nucleaire) to 10 days from similar losses of Nuclear Power Tricastin.

This time the material has leaked from a plant for producing nuclear fuel in south-east of France Romans sur Isere and reported in Le Monde Evangelia Petit spokesman ASN:

The first analysis shows that there is no environmental impact, since the amount of uranium leak is very low, around a few hundred grams.