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India companies change U.S. strategyBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 6, 2010
As Atlanta continues to make strides in courting companies in India, companies in India are changing strategies when it comes to landing in the U.S. “More and more of these companies are in acquisition mode,” said Jorge Fernandez, vice president of global commerce for the... Read more.. |
Methane seen as growing climate riskBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 5, 2010
Methane, a potent global warming gas, is bubbling out of the frozen Arctic faster than had been expected. Methane had become trapped in the permafrost over time and a warming climate is now resulting in its release, researchers report in Friday's edition of the... Read more.. Subject Tags: Entertainment , Technology |
Cow-belch politicsBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 4, 2010
While finance minister Pranab Mukherjee may make light of his daughter’s plea — via a recent open letter to him in a newspaper — to give tax concessions to those who adopt stray dogs, he would do well to take note of a suggestion by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation... Read more.. Subject Tags: Disaster , Technology |
N-fuel must to alleviate climate change threatBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 3, 2010
World scientific community has acknowledged that nuclear energy is a mitigating one in the context of climate change threat, but to make it sustainable, completing the nuclear fuel cycle is a must, a top scientist has said. “By closing the nuclear fuel cycle with... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy , Technology |
New European solar feed-in-tariff developmentsBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 3, 2010
Latest tariff mechanisms are likely to have a big impact on scaling cleantech this decade, muses Cleantech Group's Stephen Marcus. According to a recent Deutsche Bank research report, investors want transparency, longevity and certainty—i.e. “TLC”—in policy regimes to... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
Green fuels cause more harm than fossil fuels, according to reportBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 1, 2010
Using fossil fuel in vehicles is better for the environment than so-called green fuels made from crops, according to a government study seen by The Times. The findings show that the Department for Transport’s target for raising the level of biofuel in all fuel sold in... Read more.. Subject Tags: Environment , Technology |
India to Start National Clean Energy Fund By Taxing Coal UseBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 27, 2010
India, the world’s fourth-largest polluter, plans to levy a tax on coal and use the money to start a national fund to back renewable energy projects. “Harnessing renewable energy sources to reduce dependence on fossil fuels is now recognized as a credible strategy for... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy , Technology |
Pachauri-led UN climate panel to face inquiry on reportBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 26, 2010
Indian scientist R K Pachauri-led UN panel on climate change will face an independent international review after a series of allegations of errors in its report on global warming hit its credibility. Environment and Climate ministers, who held a closed door meeting in... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology , United Nations |
India eyes millions in green funds from coal taxBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 26, 2010
India proposed on Friday a small tax on production of coal to raise millions of dollars for a National Clean Energy Fund that could help the world's fourth biggest polluter to shift to a low-carbon economy. India's growing economy has huge potential to shift to a low-... Read more.. |
Wal-Mart to cut greehouse gas emissionBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 26, 2010
Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Thursday it will cut 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from its global supply chain by the end of 2015 -- an effort the retailer said is equivalent to taking more than 3.8 million cars off the road for a year. CEO Mike Duke... Read more.. |