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Environmental damage costing India nearly six per cent of GDP
Posted by BusinessGreen: None Given on July 18th, 2013
BusinessGreen: Environmental degradation is seriously restricting India's economic growth, costing it around Rs. 3.75tr ($80bn) or 5.7 per cent of GDP each year.
That is the stark conclusion of a major new report from the World Bank, entitled Diagnostic Assessment of Select Environmental Challenges in India and hailed as the first major report to look at the economic impact of environmental damage in one of the world's largest emerging economies.
The report concludes that a host of well-documented environmental...
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Minn. Commission Approves Enbridge Oil Pipeline Expansion Despite Protest
Posted by Duluth News Tribune: Don Davis on July 18th, 2013
Duluth News Tribune: A Minnesota state commission provided a key approval Wednesday to a northern Minnesota oil pipeline expansion as chants of “shame on you” rang out in the downtown St. Paul meeting room.
“We are the people you represent,” one of more than 100 protesters shouted as all five Public Utilities Commission members approved increasing the pipeline’s capacity after a brief discussion of the pipeline issue with no chance for public testimony.
Pipeline opponents, mostly environmentalists and American...
California Officials Wrestle with Handling Trade Secrets on Fracking
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 18th, 2013
LA Times: State officials have been flooded with more than 20,000 comments and suggestions regarding proposed regulations of a controversial oil and gas drilling technique known as fracking, officials said Wednesday.
Members of the California Water Commission voiced concerns of their own Wednesday about whether the state should treat the recipes for some fracking liquids as trade secrets, not to be disclosed to the public.
Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, involves the injection of water, sand and chemicals...
Making Cities More Resilient in the Face of Climate Change
Posted by Triple Pundit: Eric Justian on July 18th, 2013
Triple Pundit: Cities around the world, aided by long-sighted business leaders, are working to "future proof" themselves against disaster. Recently, the 4th annual Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation took place in Bonn, Germany where leaders from every corner of the earth came to learn how to prepare for the effects of climate change. he United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) issued an informational handbook to help mayors through the process of making a more resilient city, better...