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Now, Rio+20 India to teach students sustainable development

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 24, 2012

The recently concluded Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil has led to the inception of the Rio+20 India programme.

The Indian Astrobiology Research Centre (IARC) is spearheading the Rio+20 India programme in Mumbai. It will spread the...

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India voices concern over Green Economy

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 22, 2012

India today expressed its disappointment with the “weak” political will of the developed countries to provide the developing nations with enhanced means to implement objectives of Green Economy, which it said will also be a “green-wash” if the process is not democratised....

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U.K. to Require Public Companies to Report CO2 Emissions

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 22, 2012

The U.K. will make publicly listed companies report their greenhouse-gas output, the first country to do so as it calls on big business to clean up its act.

All companies listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange will have to include emissions data in...

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Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Mission's houses for poor not viable, says report

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 21, 2012

The Centre is aggressively promoting the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Mission (JNNURM) to address problems of urbanization, but the Working Group on Human Rights in India and the United Nations (WGHR) seems clearly unimpressed with the way the housing scheme for urban poor...

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Green buildings gain momentum in India

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 21, 2012

Noida near Delhi is one of the nodes of the green building movement. The builder 3C was an early mover. 3C built what was the country's largest green apartment complex. Called Lotus Boulevard, this was planned as a 500-unit complex, but all of it was immediately sold out and...

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Subject Tags: energy , Technology

Power Finance of India Says Lending Rising on Renewables Growth

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 20, 2012

Power Finance Corp. (POWF), India’s largest state lender to electricity utilities, said a renewable-energy boom will support growth in loans as the country seeks to double clean-power capacity by 2017.

Loan disbursal at Power Finance increased 31 percent in the year...

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Rio summit to make fresh bid to tackle environment woes

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 20, 2012

A crucial summit on global development kicks off here Wednesady with nearly 20 heads of state and government, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in attendance in a fresh bid to rally the world behind a common environmental blueprint amid economic woes and discord.

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Welspun Energy in talks to sell stake, hopes to raise $150-200 million

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 20, 2012

Welspun Energy is in talks with renewable energy funds to sell a small stake in the company and raise $150-200 million for investments in wind energy farms. The associate company of the $3.5-billion Welspun Group has mandated investment banking firm Macquarie to advice on the...

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India, China Agree to Jointly Explore Energy Assets Overseas

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 19, 2012

ndia and China's largest oil companies have agreed to jointly explore for oil and gas worldwide, in an attempt to put aside long-standing rivalry and better use their combined financial muscle and expertise to secure energy supplies for their fast-growing economies.

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Mumbai scientist leads Indian chapter of Rio+20 conference

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 19, 2012

Mumbai-based scientist Pushkar Vaidya will lead the Rio+20 India Programme, a part of the three-day conference that begins in Brazil Wednesday. The India edition will consist of a certification programme for schools in India and a workshop for corporate houses.

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Subject Tags: Technology