| Priceless wisdom | 24-NOV-09 |
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| While addressing a conference hosted by The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri), its director general RK Pachauri said that Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh would give Teri Rs 1 crore for a campaign to spread awareness about protecting the environment. He then said, “I now request Mr Ramesh to share his wisdom with all of us.” To which , Ramesh replied, “I can only share my wisdom but cannot give you Rs 1 crore.” Before Ramesh could say anything further, Pachauri remarked, “This means now we’ll get Rs 2 crore from the minister. |
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| Fuel-efficiency norms for auto by 2011: Ramesh | 23-NOV-09 |
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| The Government is in the final stage of notifying the fuel efficiency standards for automobile sector in the country which will be enforced from 2011, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said today. |
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| Jyoti Parikh & Kirit Parikh: Deal-making at Copenhagen | 22-NOV-09 |
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| Minister for Environment Jairam Ramesh wants India to be a deal maker at the Copenhagen Climate Conference. We propose here a deal that India can offer that addresses the objectives of the ‘deal makers’ and the concerns of those who oppose any deal inconsistent with India’s past stand. Our proposal is consistent with it and the principles of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) accepted at Rio. |
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| Govt to push Bill for setting up green body in current session | 21-NOV-09 |
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| The government will try to pass the National Green Tribunal Bill, 2009, in the current Parliament session. The Bill aims at establishing an autonomous tribunal, independent of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), for environmental clearance of development projects and providing relief and compensation to people affected by natural calamities. |
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| 'Don't expect much from Copenhagen summit' | 20-NOV-09 |
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| Asking Indians not to expect much from the climate change conference in Copenhagen, environment minister Jairam Ramesh today said the government would follow a “twin track” approach of not binding itself to any global agreement but, at the same time, putting in place “ruthless” measures to cut emissions on the domestic front. |
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| Climate of confusion | 20-NOV-09 |
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| When authoritative spokespersons of the government speak in different voices on an issue, what ensues is utter confusion. This is, indeed, the state of affairs regarding the government’s (read India’s) stand on climate change less than a month prior to the crucial global summit on this subject in Copenhagen. The divergent utterances by environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh and Prime Minister’s special envoy on climate change Shyam Saran have created a good deal of ambiguity within and outside the country over the government’s strategy for these talks. Worse still, this confusion has been confounded by the release of a document by Ramesh on Himalayan glaciers which, inter alia, disputes the claim that these glaciers are shrinking fast and that this phenomenon was linked to global warming. |
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| 'We should not expect much from Copenhagen summit' | 19-NOV-09 |
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| Asking Indians not to expect much from the climate change conference in Copenhagen, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today said the government would follow a "twin track" approach of not binding itself to any global agreement but at the same time putting in place "ruthless" measures to cut emissions on the domestic front. |
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| Cooperate on climate change, PM tells Saran, Ramesh | 17-NOV-09 |
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| Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has instructed Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh and the PM's special envoy on climate change Shyam Saran to sit together and formulate a "joint statement" on India's approach to the Copenhagen Climate Summit scheduled for December 7 to 18.
Alarmed by the confusion created by the public expression of divergent opinions by his key advisors on climate change, the prime minister summoned Saran and Ramesh and asked them to put their |
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| Ramesh to visit Copenhagen | 16-NOV-09 |
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| With the Copenhagen summit less than a month away, Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh is flying to Copenhagen for pre-Conferences of the Parties (COP), talks similar to those in Barcelona and Bangkok. |
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| Quote misquote | 16-NOV-09 |
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| Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh caused a huge flutter when a note he wrote to the prime minister was leaked to the press — the note spoke of how India needed to take on some internal targets for emission reduction in the run up to Copenhagen. At a public forum with Lord Nicholas Stern talking about global warming, most expected Ramesh to hold forth on the topic. |
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| Letters: Just Jairam | 16-NOV-09 |
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| No one doubts the Himalayan glaciers are melting at an abnormally fast pace. Till now it was assumed this was the impact of global warming. Environment minister Jairam Ramesh, however, has a completely different spin on it. While releasing a report on the issue, he is quoted as having said the government would focus on “studying the glaciers from the scientific point of view rather than looking at the issue from political angle”. |
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| One-line battles | 13-NOV-09 |
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| After the contents of his note to the prime minister were made public, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh called up the AIADMK leader in the Rajya Sabha, D Maitreyan, to see if his ideas could get some support across the political spectrum. |
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| India can show the way on climate change, says Jairam | 10-NOV-09 |
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| India can play a leadership role in crafting the solution to climate change and will have a “constructive and pragmatic view” in the climate change discussions in Copenhagen to be held in December this year, says Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh. |
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