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UNDP grants Rs 40 lakh for green energy action planBy : Sustainability ..., Feb 3, 2014
The Ashden India Collective, a team comprising Ashden awardees from India headed by solar power expert S P Gon Chaudhuri, has received a grant of Rs 40 lakh from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to prepare an action plan for commercial use... Read more.. |
National Green Tribunal seeks UP govt response on water bodies' encroachmentBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 30, 2014
NOIDA: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed UP government to initiate within four weeks a process to remove encroachments from water bodies across the state. The government has also been directed to stop all construction activities that are at present being carried... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
Maruti, Tata adopt sustainable plus label to show performanceBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 30, 2014
Leading companies like ITC, Tata Power, Siemens and Maruti have adopted Sustainable Plus label as a brand identity tool to reflect their sustainable performance to consumers and investors. Sustainable plus -- an initiative to provide a brand identity tool for... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
India to Prepare Offshore Wind Plan Trade Group SaysBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 28, 2014
India is seeking advice from the European Union on how to develop its potential for generating electricity from offshore wind turbines. The four-year project will focus on the states of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, according to the Global Wind Energy Council, which is... Read more.. Subject Tags: India , Technology |
India agrees to discuss 850MW Rattle project on ChenabBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 28, 2014
In a major development, India has agreed to discuss the design of 850MW Rattle Power Project on Chenab river and to this effect, a delegation from New Delhi, headed by its water commissioner, will soon visit Lahore. Both the countries have held talks on the subject in... Read more.. Subject Tags: India , Technology |
Climate Parliament recommends policy integration for renewable energy development to PMBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 28, 2014
BANGALORE: The Centre aims to achieve 'electricity for all' by 2027 while 75 million households still don't have access to electricity and only two percent of renewable energy into the grid by 2021. The gap doesn't seem to occur to the planning commission at all. The... Read more.. |
Supreme Court stays environment ministry's move to allow mining without green nodBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 28, 2014
NEW DELHI: In what could halt many mining activities, the Supreme Court on Monday stayed a ministry of environment and forests notification permitting mining in forest areas for two years without clearances under Forest Conservation Act and Environment Protection Act. ... Read more.. |
Attero looks to set up e-waste recycling, dismantling plantsBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 28, 2014
Attero, an electronic assets management and recycling company, would look to set up e-waste recycling and dismantling plants at multiple locations. It now has a recycling plant at Roorkee and a dismantling plant at Bangalore that is getting ready, according to Rohan Gupta,... Read more.. |
India Membrane Separation TechnologyBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 28, 2014
Bharat Book Bureau presents the new report, on "India Membrane Separation Technology". Its positive growth right through 2018 when domestic market value is anticipated to reach more than US$ 2.8 billion by 2018. Tech Archival is pleased to announce the addition of its... Read more.. |
Black carbon in air a worry, say scientistsBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 26, 2014
PUNE: The amount of black carbon or soot, a potential cancer-causing substance, has been gradually increasing over Pune city since 2005, shows a study conducted by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM).
Soot is a human carcinogenic... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |