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Climate Change Blamed As Thousands Die In Indian Heat

For the wealthy of India, the annual heatwave before the monsoon is inconvenient, especially when water stored in black tanks on the roof becomes too hot to use for a showe...

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Environment

India's Deadly Heat Wave Could Be A Glimpse Of Things To Come

Indians are suffering from temperatures topping 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 Celsius) and nearing 122 F (50 C) in some states where amenities like air conditioning are rare. ...

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Sustainable Development

India, A Victim Of E-Waste Crime

Much of the 40 million tonnes of electronic waste produced around the world — old smartphones, TVs, laptops and obsolete kitchen appliances — finds its way ille...

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Environment

Most Glaciers In Mount Everest Area Will Disappear With Climate Change – Study

Most of the glaciers in the Mount Everest region will disappear or drastically retreat as temperatures increase with climate change over the next century, according to a gr...

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Environment

Global Finance And Global Warming

NEW DELHI/LONDON ? Since 2008, when the global financial crisis nearly brought down the world economy, financial reform has been among the top items on policymakers? agenda...

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Sustainable Development

Microbeads Kill Animals And Destroy The Environment — So California May Ban Them

The many cosmetic and personal hygiene products that contain tiny plastic pellets in their creams and gels appear to be on the verge of being banned in California, after th...

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Environment

Here's Why Dolphins Continue to Die in the Gulf of Mexico

Researchers say they've now firmly connected the high rates of dolphin deaths seen in the northern Gulf of Mexico to the 5-year-old Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which damag...

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Environment

Climate Change Might Mean Fewer Hurricanes — But They’ll Probably Be Stronger

VICE News is closely tracking global environmental change. Check out the Tipping Point blog here. Hollywood producers and pulp fiction scribes have depicted a variety of wa...

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Environment

Part Of Antarctica Suddenly Started Melting At A Rate Of 14 Trillion Gal. A Year

Sometime in 2009, a long-stable, glacier-filled region in Antarctica suddenly began to melt. Fast. A team of scientists with the University of Bristol made the alarming obs...

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Environment

Climate Change: India Asks Developed Nations To Finalise Pre-2020 Action Plan

Ahead of the Climate change talks in Paris, Environment minister Prakash Javdekar today called on developed nations to formulate their pre-2020 action and roadmaps. Speakin...

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