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Chhattisgarh insists on solar street lights in developing coloniesBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 15, 2009
Raipur: Chhattisgarh government has made it mandatory to make arrangements of solar street lights in the colonies being developed in more than 200 hectares of area. ... Read more.. |
Scotland and India Sign MOU To Drive Innovation In Renewable EnergyBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 14, 2009
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed today between the Governments of India and Scotland to drive innovation in renewable energy and support both governments' goals to increase supplies of wind energy, solar power and biofuels.The agreement was... Read more.. |
World Bank Looks to Help Developing Nations With Carbon Capture and ...By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 14, 2009
Norway and the World Bank are in discussions over setting up a new trust fund to help developing countries create and deploy carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. The fund is still in the planning stages, and World Bank officials declined to discuss it beyond... Read more.. |
UN needs a global agency to promote sustainable lifestyle as fashionable By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 14, 2009
The IEA report introduced in the midst of last week’s Bangkok discussions was overly optimistic in its forecast atleast as far as India is concerned. Fashion holds the key in making the... Read more.. |
UP's rural banks to provide loans to spur use of solar lightingBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 14, 2009
Rural banks will provide a loan of Rs10,000 to every home using solar lighting system at an interest rate of five per cent, which will be payable in instalments of Rs250 each over a period of five years, a spokesman of Non-Conventional Energy Development Authority said here.... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
India And UK To Co-Operate On Solar ResearchBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 14, 2009
The Indian government along with its UK counterpart, through Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and British Universities respectively, will jointly research on solar energy, the Times of India reported. Both the governments will fund the project. A two-day conference was... Read more.. |
Ahmedabad has lowest carbon emission: StudyBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 14, 2009
AHMEDABAD: Here is some news to rejoice. The city's carbon dioxide and green house emissions that lead to global warming are way below the national Subject Tags: Technology |
Manmohan for integrated approach by Indian ministries to climate changeBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 14, 2009
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday cautioned against compartmentalised thinking among various ministries concerned with climate change and suggested an integrated approach to capacity building in this sector. Chairing a meeting of the National Council... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
World needs big drive for carbon capture: IEABy : Editor, Oct 13, 2009
LONDON (Reuters) - The world needs to build 100 major projects for capturing and burying greenhouse gases by 2020 and thousands more by 2050 to help combat climate change, the head of the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday. Nobuo Tanaka said the drive, mostly... Read more.. Subject Tags: Social Issues , Technology |
Govt says aims for green GDP alternative by 2015By : Editor, Oct 13, 2009
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India aims to factor the use of natural resources in its economic growth estimates by 2015, the environment minister said on Tuesday, as New Delhi seeks to underscore the actions it is taking to fight global warming. The stand is likely to... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |