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“In bureaucratic system obedience to power and self-goals have pushed self-consciousness and uprightness into darkness.”

These words, written by a forest department official in his retirement letter were in response to the mining controversy that has brought the state of Haryana under scrutiny for indiscriminate mining policies. Following a stern report by the Central Empowered Committee of the Supreme Court, the state of Haryana (which neighbours Punjab), has finally stepped up ... Read More...]]> http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/mining-in-india-development-versus-the-environment/feed/ 0 http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/the-game-continues-australias-climate-change-plan/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/the-game-continues-australias-climate-change-plan/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:26:18 +0000 Simon Billett http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=1318

Last week, from the midst of COP-14 in Poland, I reported that the major developed countries were engaged in something of a waiting game on emissions targets, each waiting to see what others would do before announcing their own.  

As you may remember, on Wednesday of last week Canada, Australia and Japan pulled the text on 2020 emissions targets from one of the conference texts.  The absence of the targets (25-40%) left states waiting to ... Read More...]]> http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/the-game-continues-australias-climate-change-plan/feed/ 2