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This summer, bishops in Iowa, Illinois, and Ohio have held news conferences on the encyclical, urging political leaders to take up the pope’s call for bold leadership and pledging to reduce carbon emissions or water and power usage in their own dioceses. John Gehring,...

Abu Dhabi, August 15 Excited over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s forthcoming visit to the UAE, hundreds of revellers infused energy into India’s Independence Day celebrations here, an official said on Saturday. “We can rid the country of corruption, we have to...

India celebrated its 69th Independence Day Saturday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the nation from the iconic Red Fort in the capital New Delhi. “It can be done”.

“I assure you that in one year, Team India with its renewed confidence has committed itself to fulfill all dreams”.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that his visit to United Arab Emirates, UAE will boost ties and will enhance economic as well as trade relations.

“EPA seeks to save the [final rule for the CAA] by adopting an interpretation of the phrase ‘regulated under [Section 112]’ that the agency never suggested before litigation in this court this year”, the attorneys general said. This common-sense plan will...

“So, that’ll have some real health benefits to New Yorkers, as well”, says Enck.

Some are embracing the new regulations as a chance for Kentucky to improve public health and the environment by moving away from coal and the pollution it causes during mining and burning.

Before this plan, there were no limits to the amount of carbon pollution that coal power plants (we have seven in North Dakota) dumped into our atmosphere wreaking havoc on our health and climate.

When Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was introducing the GST Bill yesterday, he was rebuked by Congress parliamentarians who shouted “nahi chalegi”, meaning “this won’t do” in Hindi.

Later, soon after the bill was moved, the Congress started its protest, demanding the resignation of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

President Obama recently unveiled a new rule to combat climate change by forcing state’s like Virginia to cut their carbon pollution. New York is a proud member of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), which is a cap-and-trade effort of Northeastern states to...

“There is tremendous potential for energy savings performance contracting and distributed generation to support the Clean Power Plan, and we will continue to advocate for states to maximize those opportunities”, said Sakellaris.

The Clean Power Plan establishes a Clean Energy Incentive Program, which will be proposed today and allows for renewable energy and low-income energy efficiency to earn additional credits, as an incentive for states to include these measures in their compliance plans. While the...

Thirty-one states’ targets were loosened, but the tougher goals for the others make the overall plan more ambitious than the original proposal.