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Energy body tells India to focus on achieving efficiency - Hindu Business LineBy : sustainabilityo..., Jul 6, 2010
As India will exhibit strong electricity demand growth over the next 40 years to sustain economic development and meet increasing household electricity needs, huge additional capacities will be required. As a strategy to combat climate change, in the global attempt to... Read more.. |
Carbon Taxes May be Ineffective in Discouraging EmissionsBy : sustainabilityo..., Jul 6, 2010
Of the many ways considered by Western governments to fight climate change, perhaps the most troublesome is raising a tariff wall in the name of clean environment. One month after France and Italy called for implementation of a carbon tax at European borders, two U.S.... Read more.. |
Funds tap into GCC’s carbon marketBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 5, 2010
As news of some clean development mechanism projects initiated by the GCC governments begins to spread, funds managed by banks and financial institutions are descending on the region to tap CERs, or Certified Emission Reduction units, that can be traded on European climate... Read more.. Subject Tags: Politics , Technology |
India offers equity principle meet in run up to CancunBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 5, 2010
In the run up to the Cancun summit on climate change in December, India has offered to hold an international conference to deliberate the issue of principle of cumulative per capita emissions being embedded in the draft of the long-term deal. “India would be delighted... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
TERI meet to promote green buildingsBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 5, 2010
With an annual increase in the built-up area of residential and commercial buildings by 10 per cent, the projected annual increase in the energy demand is 5.4 billion kWh. The need of the hour is to design and construct ‘high performance buildings’ so that the use of... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy , Technology |
Solar firms rush for sunny sitesBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 5, 2010
Entrepreneurs are rushing to buy land at Guntur, Mahbubnagar and Nalgonda districts to set up solar projects that will get more than 80 per cent subsidy from the ministry for renewable energy (MNRE). The solar energy policy announced by the Centre has identified nine... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
Kohima to be made solar cityBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 5, 2010
Plans are afoot to turn the Nagaland capital Kohima into a solar city. Selected by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy for the solar city programme, the step is expected to reduce the power load of the capital town by 10 per cent within a period of five years. Subject Tags: Technology |
UNEP Promotes Environmental Protection at Shanghai ExpoBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 5, 2010
In the coming month, visitors to the Shanghai Expo will be able to visit an exhibition named "The Nature of Cities", which is aimed at promoting environmental protection and sustainable development of cities. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the... Read more.. |
Melting ice fields pose serious threat to water supply in AsiaBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 5, 2010
There are fears that in 25 years, 80 per cent of local glaciers will vanish as warming bites, writes CLIFFORD COONAN in Tibet LOCAL PEOPLE selling trinkets and prayer flags at the Karola Pass in Tibet are looking nervously at the glacier behind, which has melted... Read more.. |
Melting ice fields pose serious threat to water supply in AsiaBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Jul 5, 2010
There are fears that in 25 years, 80 per cent of local glaciers will vanish as warming bites, writes CLIFFORD COONAN in Tibet LOCAL PEOPLE selling trinkets and prayer flags at the Karola Pass in Tibet are looking nervously at the glacier behind, which has melted... Read more.. |