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ExxonMobil Agrees to Report Carbon Stranded Asset Risk

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 31, 2014

In response to a shareholder resolution, ExxonMobil, the largest U.S. energy company, for the first time has agreed to publish a Carbon Asset Risk report on the company website. The report will show investors how ExxonMobil plans for a future where...

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UN author says draft climate report alarmist, pulls out of team

By : Anonymous, Mar 28, 2014

One of the 70 authors of a draft U.N. report on climate change said he had pulled out of the writing team because it was "alarmist" about the threat.

Richard Tol told Reuters he disagreed with some findings of the summary to be issued in Japan on March 31.

"The...

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Subject Tags: Technology

UK and India jointly fund renewable energy R&D projects

By : Anonymous, Mar 28, 2014

Researchers from the University of Surrey, UK, have been awarded funding “of the order of hundreds of thousands of pounds” by the UK and Indian governments to support two photonics-based R&D projects which will explore how nanotechnology can benefit the future of...

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Subject Tags: energy , India , Technology

Hydrocarbon produced by trees could power rockets in near future

By : Anonymous, Mar 27, 2014

 Researchers have engineered a bacterium to synthesize pinene, a hydrocarbon produced by trees that could potentially replace high-energy fuels, such as JP-10, in missiles and other aerospace applications.

With improvements in process efficiency, the biofuel could...

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Subject Tags: Technology

Panasonic to give 4000 solar lantens to off-grid communities in India this year

By : Anonymous, Mar 27, 2014

In a bid to provide 100,000 solar lanterns to off-grid communities, Panasonic India has announced that it will provide 4000 solar lanterns to people based in areas with no power access. This is in addition to 5000 lanterns company had granted in 2013.

For this...

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Subject Tags: Panasonic , Technology

'Nuclear Energy Key to Sustainable Growth'

By : Anonymous, Mar 26, 2014
A two-day workshop to explore the role of nuclear energy for sustainable future development was inaugurated by Nikolay Listopadov, Consul General Russian Federation in Southern India, at the Jeppiaar Institute of Technology on Tuesday.
 
Addressing the...
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National Green Tribunal reserves forest clearance given to Parsa East and Kante-Basan coal blocks

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 25, 2014

 The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has set aside the forest clearance (FC) to captive coal blocks in Parsa East and Kante- Basan in Chattisgarh given by former environment minister, Jairam Ramesh in 2011. 

The final approval for the coal blocks were issued in 2012 for...

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Subject Tags: Technology

Scientists meet in Japan after grim climate forecast

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 25, 2014

 International scientists gathered near Tokyo on Tuesday for a week-long meeting centred on a grim climate change report that warned of floods and drought that could stoke conflicts and wreak havoc on the global economy. 

 

A draft of their document, seen by AFP...

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Growth in Green / Smart Buildings is Driving India Building Automation and Control Systems Market

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 20, 2014

 The automation & control systems in buildings provide various benefits such as lower operating cost, conserve energy resources and lower CO2 emissions. Further, the systems facilitate in continuous energy monitoring and energy optimization of a building. India is one of...

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Discovery could yield more efficient plants for biofuels

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 19, 2014

 Genetically modifying a key protein complex in plants could lead to improved crops for the production of cellulosic biofuels, a Purdue Univ. study says.

Clint Chapple, distinguished prof. of biochemistry, and fellow researchers generated a mutant Arabidopsis plant...

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Subject Tags: Biofuels , Technology