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Island claimed by India and Bangladesh sinks below sea levelBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 25, 2010
For nearly 30 years, India and Bangladesh have argued over control of a tiny rock island in the Bay of Bengal. Now rising sea levels have resolved the dispute for them: the island has gone. New Moore island in the Sunderbans has been completely submerged, said... Read more.. |
Electric Cars- An Upcoming Revolution By : Akhil Choudhary, Mar 25, 2010
The electric vehicle is about saving real lives long before being about energy independence or slowing down global warming. The clean electric drive revolution has now reached the point of no return. Ever since motorization began, vehicles driven by an internal... Read more.. |
Solar Power Cell Towers in India to Cut Emissions, Save $1.4 Billion AnnuallyBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 25, 2010
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of the Indian government is likely to come out with a mandate that would require telecom operators to transform their cellphone towers from being powered by diesel generators to solar panels. The ministry had earlier invited... Read more.. Subject Tags: Environment , Technology |
Scientist: Don't blame cows for climate changeBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 25, 2010
A scientist in the United States has questioned the impact meat and diary production has on climate change, and accused the United Nations of exaggerating the link. In 2006, a report published by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) titled "Livestock's Long... Read more.. |
100% Renewable Energy for Cities Is PossibleBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 25, 2010
Climate change is to a large degree caused by the fossil fuel consumption by cities and is a huge threat to urban areas at the same time. It is alarming that neither industrialised nor developing countries have coherent strategies for efficient, renewable energy supply for... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy , Technology |
Australian scientists team up with ISRO to study oceansBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 23, 2010
Scientists from India and Australia have joined hands to carry out research on climate change and its effects on the oceans. A team of researchers from eight Australian institutions and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) are using data from remote sensing... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
Opinion: Renewable Energy- A Requisite for India By : Bulu Imam, Mar 23, 2010
Bulu Imam, a prominent environmental activist writes about the futility of coal based power generation and the need and scope of renewable energy as a clean source of power in India. Dirty power pays. It is lucrative. But it is destroying the future of the planet... Read more.. |
How India's Commodity Appetite Can Reap a Carbon DividendBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 23, 2010
An interesting element of U.S. President Barack Obama's stimulus plan has been its focus on low-carbon technologies. But it could be India and China that hold the key to a solution to the problems of climate change. Both India and China have massive appetites for... Read more.. |
Azure Power gets $10 m from IFC for solar projectsBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 23, 2010
The World Bank's private sector lending arm International Finance Corporation (IFC) will invest $10 million (around Rs 46 crore) in renewable power company Azure Power. The funds will be used to set up solar plants to generate electricity in villages. This is the first solar... Read more.. |
India gears up for investments in bio-fuel sectorBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 22, 2010
At a time, when global community is looking at the development of sound renewable energy sources to meet the ever-increasing energy requirements, India seems to be gearing up with a strong roadmap of bio-fuel sector, thereby creating opportunity for the domestic as well as... Read more.. Subject Tags: India , Technology |