Mother Teresa said, if you keep judging the people, you will have no time to love them. The message from Mother Terre ( Earth ) for 2012 is, if you keep debating on the environmental challenges, you will have no time to address them. Let us not talk a deal. Let us walk the talk and act.   
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Chinese New Year 2012
Date : 23 Jan. 2012
The year of the Dragon starts today as the Chinese starts to celebrate the Chinese New Year 2012. For the next 15 days the Chinese will celebrate the year of the Dragon. TERRE Policy Centre congratulates china on this occasion particularly its achievements in renewable energy. China tripled its solar energy generating capacity in 2011 and notched up major increases in wind and hydropower, government figures showed this week. A feat that needs to be celebrated.
However, China faces a conundrum. China is still struggling to cap the growth in coal powered electricity generating plants which not only the biggest source of carbon dioxide emission in the world but also dragon-size problem of air pollution. The massive rise in the passenger vehicles is adding to pollution problem to make it bigger than dragon.
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TERRE is a non - profit, non - partisan and independent organization dedicated to the sustainable solutions to our developmental imperatives. Our principle is : "To think is good but to act is better"

TERRE in French means the Earth. The Earth is our only home in this vast universe. That itself is strong enough reason that we take care of it. TERRE also is the abbreviation for “Technology, Education, Research and Rehabilitation for the Environment. All of us have these means and tools to take care of our Earth. We would be making efforts to disseminate them to all the strata of the society, particularly young generation.

Mother TeresaNew Year Message
Mother Teresa said, if you keep judging the people, you will have no time to love them. The message from Mother Terre ( Earth ) for 2012 is, if you keep debating on the environmental challenges, you will have no time to address them. Let us not talk a deal. Let us walk the talk and act.   
Mahatma GandhiEarth provides enough to satisfy the every, man’s need but not every man’s greed.
Mahatma Gandhi
( 1869-1948)		 Jamshedji TataMoney is like manure. It stinks when you pile it. It grows when you spread it.
Jamshetji Tata
( 1839-1904)

China Refuses to pay Carbon Tax imposed by European Union :
China Air Transport Association representing Air China, China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines and Hainan Airlines, has informed that Chinese airlines will not pay a new European Union tax aimed at cutting carbon emissions. On 1 January, the EU brought airlines under its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), which levies a charge on flights based on their carbon emissions. However, the EU said it would not back down on the issue. Airlines which do not comply with the new EU tax can be fined and even prohibited from flying into the region.
The scheme of taxoing is part of EU's measures to reduce carbon emissions and reduce global warming. The EU estimates the costs of air fares will rise by between 2 and 12 euros per passenger to pay for the tax. The scheme is being implemented on a gradual basis, with 85% of carbon allowances handed out to airlines for free this year. China has warned that it may implement retaliatory measures against the levy, if EU takes action. Interestingly the tax has been criticised by China, India, the US and Canada."

Earth closest to the Sun today: The only "source of all sources" of energy that our mother is relinat on-" The Sun"-was closest to our planet , today on 5th January 2012. 5:53 am today, (Perihelion Day), the Earth was at its nearest point from the Sun. The distance at that time is 147 million km.Every January, the Earth is at perihelion, the closest from the Sun for the year and in July it is at aphelion, the farthest to the Sun for the year. The word perihelion comes from the Greek words "peri" (meaning "near") and "helios" (meaning "sun"). All planets, comets and asteroids in our solar system have elliptical orbits. Thus, they all have a closest and a farthest point from the Sun - a perihelion and an aphelion, he said. The questions comes to the mind, why the temperature does not rise on Perihelion Day even when the sunlight is more, The reason lies in the tilt of the Earth's axis. Our seasons are determined by the tilt of the Earth and not by how close the Earth is to the Sun.
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