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Big push to green technology in automobile sector

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 1, 2011

Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's budget proposals for 2011-12 laid special focus on promoting green and clean technology for the fast-growing Indian automobile sector.

He not only announced tax sops to promote environment-friendly vehicles but also...

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Subject Tags: Business , Technology

Jairam Ramesh suggests ways to phase out HFCs

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 28, 2011

India is attempting a creative solution to the problem of phasing out the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFC). At odds with the US and European Union, who want to see the substance included under the Montreal Protocol, India has suggested focusing on practical ways to...

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China Used Less Energy Per Unit of GDP in 2010

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 28, 2011

China's efforts to reduce energy consumption per unit of economic output were less successful in 2010 with the reduction far less than achieved in the previous year.

The National Bureau of Statistics said Monday that energy intensity — energy use per unit of...

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Subject Tags: energy , Technology

Low Carbon 'Green Economy' Vital for Sustainable Development

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 26, 2011

A transition to a low-carbon "green economy" is crucial for sustainable development, environment ministers from across the world stressed today, concluding the gathering of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

The ministers,...

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International Conclave on Climate Change

By : Sandeep Roy, Feb 25, 2011

Centre for Climate Change, Engineering Staff College of India (ESCI) is organizing the International Conclave and Exhibition on Climate Change (ICCC-1) during 12-14 October 2011 at HITEX, Hyderabad, India and will discuss on the most crucial global challenge of the 21st...

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Subject Tags: Technology

Climate change creates longer ragweed season

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 22, 2011

 A changing climate means allergy-causing ragweed pollen has a longer season that extends further north than it did just 16 years ago, U.S. scientists reported on Monday.

In research that gibes with projections by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,...

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Subject Tags: Technology

Investing in greener economy could spur growth - UN

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 22, 2011

Channelling 2 percent, or $1.3 trillion, of global gross domestic product into greening sectors such as construction, energy and fishing could start a move toward a low-carbon world, a report launched on Monday said.

The investment would expand the global economy at...

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SBI become signatory to Carbon Disclosure Project

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 21, 2011

The country’s biggest lender, State Bank of India, has become a signatory investor to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a collaboration of over 550 institutional investors with assets under management of US $ 71 trillion.

State Bank has been undertaking several...

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Posco and LanzaTech to Collaborate on Renewable Energy

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 21, 2011

LanzaTech has signed a memorandum of understanding with Posco :  , one of the largest steel producers in the world, covering the implementation of its gas fermentation technology to convert the steel maker’s flue gases to ethanol and other value added products.

Posco...

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India, Russia exploring JV in solar photo-voltaic cells

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 21, 2011

Faced with burgeoning demand for silicon wafers, India is exploring possibilities of setting up a joint venture company in Russia to source the key component required for its fledgling solar energy initiatives.
This came up for discussion during the recent meetings top...

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Subject Tags: energy , Technology