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Plan panel note on growth and greeneryBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 27, 2010
The Planning Commission will prepare a Cabinet note on how developmental projects can be undertaken without discounting environmental concerns , as it looks to end squabbles between the environment ministry and the power ministry over delays in environmental clearances to... Read more.. Subject Tags: retail , Technology |
$55 bn to flow into renewable energy in 5 yrsBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 27, 2010
India expects investments of up to $55 billion in the next five years in the renewable energy sector, which would generate 35,000 MW of power, a top official said. India, one of the leading producers of wind power, is encouraging investment in renewable energy to curb... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy , Technology |
Moratorium extended on critically polluted industrial clustersBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 27, 2010
The environment ministry Tuesday announced that it will extend the moratorium on developmental projects in critically polluted industrial clusters till March next year. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has identified 43 industrial clusters in various states... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
ISRO's help sought for preparing environmental databaseBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Oct 27, 2010
The Central Pollution Control "We will ask ISRO to help us in preparing... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
India, Japan to work together for success at UNFCCC conference in MexicoBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Oct 26, 2010
While discussing the importance of a positive result during the current climate change negotiations at the forthcoming conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Mexico, Prime Ministers of India and Japan here today reaffirmed their... Read more.. |
Maharashtra colleges and university campuses asked to go greenBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 26, 2010
University and colleges in the state have been asked to replicate the ‘Green Campus’ project started by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai that aims to reduce the environmental impact of large residential campuses. On Monday, university vice chancellors and college... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
New UN report warns of risks of biological production of renewable energyBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 26, 2010
Sources of energy derived from biological sources may reduce global dependence on fossil fuels that emit harmful gases, but they entail the use of large volumes of water and pose the risk of introducing undesirable crops into ecosystems, the United Nations Environment... Read more.. Subject Tags: Disaster , Environment , Technology , United Nations , United Nations Environment Programme |
Nordic countries least vulnerable to climate changeBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 25, 2010
Norway and Finland are the countries that will be least affected by climate change, while Bangladesh and India are most at risk, according to an index released yesterday (20 October). The 170-country Index, compiled by British consultancy Maplecroft, ranks the Nordic... Read more.. |
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 |