{"id":25663,"date":"2007-01-04T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-04T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:34:22","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:34:22","slug":"663-singh-calls-west-environmentally-wasteful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/663-singh-calls-west-environmentally-wasteful\/","title":{"rendered":"Singh calls west &#8220;environmentally wasteful&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&quot;We, in the developing world, cannot afford to ape the west in terms of its environmentally wasteful lifestyle,&quot; Singh said on Wednesday at a science conference in Chidambaram, in Tamil Nadu state. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;Equally,&quot; he added, &quot;developed industrial economies must realise that they, too, must alter their consumption patterns so that few do not draw upon so much of the earth&#8217;s resources.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>see <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.planetark.com\/dailynewsstory.cfm\/newsid\/39685\/story.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"400\" width=\"300\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/UserFiles\/Image\/shopping_street.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">photo by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/saladbar\/199346106\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">salad bar<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Criticising the west for its &quot;environmentally wasteful lifestyle&quot;, Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh called for industrialised nations to look at alternative energy sources to help save the 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