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Govt. mulls common transport card for pan-India travelBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Nov 4, 2010
If everything goes fine, soon we will be able to travel across the country carrying just a swipe card that can be used for all modes of transport. The Union Urban Development Ministry is planning to introduce the common transport card, or 'Common Mobility Card'/'India... Read more.. Subject Tags: Politics , Technology |
China vows efforts with UN for fruitful climate summitBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Nov 3, 2010
China's top legislator Wu Bangguo said Tuesday that China will join efforts with the United Nations and countries around the world to push for a fruitful year-end climate change summit in Cancun, Mexico. Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People... Read more.. |
India calls for global energy huntBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Nov 2, 2010
Premier Manmohan Singh told India's energy firms on Monday to scour the globe for fuel supplies as he warned the country's demand for fossil fuels was set to soar 40 percent over the next decade. The country of more than 1.1 billion people already imports nearly 80... Read more.. |
Adarsh society violated green norms: Jairam RameshBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 1, 2010
The Adarsh housing society has violated green norms and action will be taken against it once the Maharashtra government submits its final report, environment minister Jairam Ramesh said on Monday. The minister suggested that some of the floors of the 31-storey building... Read more.. |
India predicts 40% leap in demand for fossil fuelsBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 31, 2010
Premier Manmohan Singh told India's energy firms on Monday to scour the globe for fuel supplies as he warned the country's demand for fossil fuels is set to soar 40 percent over the next decade. The country of more than 1.1 billion people already imports nearly 80... Read more.. |
Eggshells could help combat climate change, say Indian scientistsBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Oct 27, 2010
Basab Chaudhuri of the University of Calcutta and colleagues have shown that the membrane that lines an eggshell can absorb almost seven times its own weight of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The carbon dioxide thus trapped could be stored in... Read more.. Subject Tags: Politics , Technology |
Green Bank in works to power renewable energy projectsBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 25, 2010
The government is planning to set up a green bank by leveraging the Rs 5,000-crore national clean energy fund expected annually through a cess on domestic and imported coal. The proposed bank will fund projects to generate electricity from wind, solar, tidal and... Read more.. |
160 noise monitoring stations in India by next yearBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 25, 2010
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) member secretary J.S. Kamyotra told IANS there are just five such stations till date and efforts are on to put the number at 35 by the first week of next month as the government body "ambitiously" wants to tackle the problem of noise... Read more.. Subject Tags: Politics , Technology |
A low-carbon economy would be a tough ask for IndiaBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Oct 23, 2010
With India looking at a $1-trillion investment in the infrastructure sector during the Twelfth Plan period, the challenge of a low-carbon economy would become tougher, since the sector contributes 58 per cent to the country’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Technology... Read more.. Subject Tags: Environment , Politics |
India creates new court to try environmental casesBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 19, 2010
Polluters beware: India has created a tribunal to punish those who sully the forests or rivers or otherwise break its environmental laws — in the hopes of clearing a backlog of some 5,000 such cases languishing in a sluggish court system. India's judicial system is... Read more.. |