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Electric Cars Linked to Increased Carbon EmissionsBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 16, 2009
An environmental group has warned that electric cars could increase carbon emissions in the atmosphere. The Environmental Transport Association has called for the new generation of vehicles to carry meters to calculate how much electricity they are using. The... Read more.. Subject Tags: electricity , Environment |
Unspoken side of Indian energy infrastructure: inefficient biomass and social unrest By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 15, 2009
The paucity of energy throughout India has been a big restraint in the development of its industries. The government understands the seriousness of this gap and the need to address it so that the country can maintain its 6-8% GDP growth rate. What is often talked about... Read more.. |
Power for India, Jobs for the U.S.By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 14, 2009
Ed. note: You can always keep up with Secretary Chu through his Facebook page. Before joining President Obama in China on Monday, I am visiting India, another crucial partner for the United... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , energy , Entertainment , Environment , Health , India , Politics , United States |
India defends its climate-change strategyBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 14, 2009
India remains flexible and its national climate-change plans are not the window dressing some critics charge, the nation's lead negotiator said Friday. But... Read more.. Subject Tags: Environment , India |
Black Carbon: An Overlooked Factor in WarmingBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 13, 2009
You can see it as you're flying into New Delhi — or rather, you can't see a thing. As the plane descends to the Indian capital on an ordinary November day, it is immersed in air so polluted as to be opaque, a brownish sludge that scatters any sunlight. The air clears a bit... Read more.. Subject Tags: Environment , Technology |
Methane - A Greenhouse Gas Becomes Star of the MarketBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 13, 2009
Capturing methane, one of the gases that contributes to global warming, is fast becoming an attractive environmental deal for industrialised countries - and for Latin America. But the trend is causing tensions between social and environmental activists. Brazil has... Read more.. |
Obama in 11th-hour climate bid with China, IndiaBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 12, 2009
With the clock ticking on the high-stakes Copenhagen climate summit, US President Barack Obama will try to salvage fading hopes for a deal as he meets this month with the leaders of China and India. Obama on Sunday starts his closely watched debut trip to China. A week... Read more.. |
'Temperature Rise Guaranteed, Thanks to Brown Clouds'By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 10, 2009
Regardless of success at the upcoming climate talks at Copenhagen this December, there will still be a 2.5 degree rise in temperatures. Dr Veerabhadra Ramanathan, director of the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences of the Scripps Institute of... Read more.. Subject Tags: Environment , Technology |
India’s booming solar industry reinforces Linde as frontrunner in PV industryBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 9, 2009
Reinforcing its position as India’s leading gas technology supplier to the photovoltaic (PV) industry, BOC India (BOCI), a member of The Linde Group, has won four new long-term gas supply deals with large PV manufacturers, Moser Baer, Euro Multivision, Solar Semiconductor and... Read more.. Subject Tags: BOC India , Business , Environment , India , manufacturing , Social Issues , Technology |
Why India Is Playing Hard to Get on Climate ChangeBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 8, 2009
If U.S. diplomats consider India to be a major obstacle to global climate-change negotiations — and they do — it might be because of Sunita Narain. The director of the influential Centre for Science and Environment, Narain can be as caustic as she is intelligent, and never... Read more.. |