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Navi Mumbai airport to get clearance by WednesdayThe Navi Mumbai airport is all set to get environment clearance with a ministry panel having expressed satisfaction over revised proposal submitted by City Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO). The airport, has been a bone of contention between environment minister Jairam Ramesh and civil The ministry’s Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC), which is meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday, will examine the revised proposal submitted by CIDCO, in which major concerns raised by the... Read more.. Date : Nov 9 Source: The Hindustan Times
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Lower expectations could secure climate pact - UKNegotiators at this month's climate talks in Mexican resort Cancun have a better chance of making progress if they keep expectations in check, the British climate minister said at the weekend. Last year's meeting in Copenhagen was "a rollercoaster of high expectations followed... Read more.. Date : Nov 9 Source: The star
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India-US Agreement for Setting up Joint Clean Energy Research and Development CentreAn agreement for setting up Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Centre was signed between Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India and U.S. Department of Energy during the US President’s visit to New Delhi. Dr. M.K.Bhan, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology and Mr. Timothy Roemer, US Ambassador to India signed the agreement. The agreement would facilitate establishment of India-U.S. Clean Energy Research and Development Centre to facilitate joint research and development and deployment for clean energy technologies.... Read more.. Date : Nov 9 Source: PIB
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Technology Ministerial Meeting on ‘Climate Change-Technology Mechanism’ begins todayThe New Delhi Technology Ministerial Meeting on ‘Climate Change-Technology Mechanism’ begins today. About fifty countries are participating in this two day meeting. They will carry forward discussions on operationalzing the mandate of Bali Action Plan which has been carried out under the Adhoc Working Group on Long Term Cooperative Action (AWG-LGA) of the UNFCCC. The Bali Action Plan has also provided mandates for enhanced action to support mitigation and adaptation activities. A draft text on technology development and transfer has been prepared which looks at the institutional... Read more.. Date : Nov 9 Source: My News
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Cashless bus travel project nears launchPune is set to be the first city in the country to experiment with a common mobility card to enable commuters to travel cashless in city buses. The Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) is making arrangements for an early launch, but whether the date will be November 14 as announced earlier, will be decided on Wednesday. The PMPML, in association with the Unit Trust of India (UTI) Bank, is rolling out the plan and a UTI team had recently visited Pune to see how things could be worked out. As reported in September, the PMPML had made it public that it will... Read more.. Date : Nov 9 Source: Indian Express
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India, U.S. to cooperate on clean energy, shale gasIndia and the United States have agreed to cooperate on energy projects, including shale gas and clean energy, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and U.S. President Barack Obama told a press conference on Monday. The two countries will set up a research and development centre for clean energy in India and will provide annual funding of $5 million each for five years, with matching investment from the private sector, they said in a joint statement. "We agreed to deepen our co-operation in pursuit of clean energy technologies, including the creation of a new clean energy... Read more.. Date : Nov 9 Source: YAHOO!
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UN calls for emission, transport taxesA top UN panel has called for increased taxes on carbon emissions and air and sea transport to raise $100 billion a year for poor nations to combat climate change. The group led by the prime ministers of Norway and Ethiopia also proposed a tax on international financial transactions for a UN fund aiming to be ready by 2020. The panel — which also included finance ministers and financier George Soros — was set up at last year's acrimonious Copenhagen climate summit and its proposals will get a first international airing at the UN climate conference in Cancun, Mexico starting... Read more.. Date : Nov 8 Source: The Times of India
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President talks about caring for the planet‘‘A tree a day will keep global warming away,’’ Barack Obama told the students of Holy Name High School , Colaba after viewing two of their projects on environmental issues. The projects were the first piece of business for the Obamas in Mumbai on Sunday. ‘Care for Creation,’ an exhibition organised by the school in August, had encouraged students to exhibit their thoughts on saving the environment. The two projects chosen were from ‘Care for Creation’. While Class VII students put up a miniature replica of a model village with rainwater harvesting, solar panels, hybrid food-... Read more.. Date : Nov 8 Source: The Times of India
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They don't waste their wasteGarbage dumping is a major problem in Gurgaon and the residents of Westend Heights in DLF phase 5 have taken it upon themselves to tide over the mess. The residents have been actively involved in segregated waste and converting them into compost. The compost is used in gardens and lawns all over the condominium. The residents have installed an organic composting machine to convert the kitchen and organic waste into compost. The initiative came as a result of the increasing problems of garbage dumping in the city. A core group of residents in the housing colony takes the... Read more.. Date : Nov 8 Source: The Times of India
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India Digest: India, America Join Hands to Harness Solar PowerIndia and USA teamed up on a space-based energy initiative aimed at turning both countries into net energy exporters, 48 hours before US President Barack Obama landed in India. The project is led by former president of India A P J Abdul Kalam, who was once a staunch critic of the US, and National Space Society (NSS), a non-profit US-based space organization with chapters all over the world including India. The initiative was announced on Thursday at Washington's National Press Club where Kalam and Isro Satellite Centre director T K Alex were present. Known as the Kalam-National... Read more.. Date : Nov 8 Source: The Times of India
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Petrotech first carbon-neutral meet, ONGC to write off emission
The event, being organised by ONGC under the aegis of the oil ministry, has been mapped for carbon emission by Deloitte and will be... Read more.. Date : Nov 7 Source: Times of India
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China drafting law on dealing with climate changeA senior Chinese legislator on Saturday said China is drafting a law to act to combat climate change, a move that signals the country's proactive role in honoring its commitment to curtailing emissions, among other measures, in tackling climate change. "The responsibility of lawmakers is to urge the government to take concrete steps to meet its promises," Chen Zhili, vice chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), told experts attending a two-day forum on climate change legislation being held in Tianjin beginning Saturday. Chen said despite... Read more.. Date : Nov 7 Source: English People Daily
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Annual $100 bn funding for climate change possibleA UN advisory group headed by leaders of Norway and Ethiopia said Friday that it would be possible to raise as much as $100 billion a year to fight climate change by 2020. Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and his counterpart from Ethiopia Meles Zenawi said in a study that the goal set by industrialised nations to raise the amount could be a challenge, but it is feasible. The prime ministers, who led an advisory group on climate change financing, gave the study to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the UN headquarters in New York as part of UN preparations for a new round... Read more.. Date : Nov 7 Source: Zee News
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Energy to Drive GE’s $10 Billion India Goal, CEO SaysGeneral Electric Co., whose equipment generates about one-third of the world’s power, expects energy and health care to drive revenue in India to a $10 billion goal in five years, Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt said. GE India is expanding at 30 percent annually, Immelt said in an interview in Mumbai today. “The country has a massive energy deficit,” he said. “They’re going to invest in a whole range of different technologies and GE is going to be able to participate in most of them.” Immelt is among chief executives who met with President Barack Obama in India today... Read more.. Date : Nov 7 Source: Business Week
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Rich nations urged to develop climate aid plan for CancúnGovernments in the industrialised world must have a clear climate aid plan for developing countries if they want to avoid a fiasco at the Cancún climate conference this month, Brazil's environment minister, Izabella Teixeira, has warned. In an interview with the Guardian before this week's preparatory ministers' meetings in Cancún, Teixeira said negotiators needed to show they can produce concrete agreements to restore faith in the international talks for a global climate deal. A key element was pinning down an agreement on climate finance, she said. "You need to adopt... Read more.. Date : Nov 7 Source: The Guardian
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UN advisory group on climate change submits reportThree weeks ahead of the Cancun Climate Change Conference, a high-level UN advisory group has presented a report with suggestions to come up with $100 billion a year by 2020, including tax on international flights, for poor countries to combat global warming. The 21-member advisory group is co-chaired by Prime Ministers Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia and Jens Stoltenberg of Norway. The group was set up in February and includes Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia, philanthropist George Soros and British academic Nicholas Stern. "The Advisory Group has... Read more.. Date : Nov 6 Source: Hindustan Times
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Energy security essential for India's double digit growth: PranabUnion Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee gave a call to make structural reforms in the energy sector to attract investments, adding for this purpose the government has taken a series of initiatives to move towards an energy rich world. He said energy security is essential for India's double digit growth and it should be the focus of discussions of energy leaders in all multilateral and bilateral foray. Mr Mukherjee said that energy security is essential for India's double digit growth and called for making an all out effort to ensure sustainable growth and development. ... Read more.. Date : Nov 6 Source: Steel Guru
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Moser Baer India rolling out Rs 34,000 cr power planThe father-son duo of Deepak Puri and Ratul Puri know a thing or two about reinvention. For a good part of the last 15 years, Moser Baer India, their flagship, has soared and sunk with businesses that can be best characterised as here today, gone tomorrow. They started in 1984 with floppy disks, which made way for CDs, which made way for DVDs, which is now making way for Blu-Ray discs and pen drives, which will probably make way for, well, something. Much as they want to know what that might be, they also want to look beyond the fleeting nature of technology. The business... Read more.. Date : Nov 6 Source: Economic Times
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Cities Are World’s Biggest Source of Carbon EmissionsCities are the world’s biggest source of carbon emissions and must embrace technology to clean the air and counter global warming, Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang said. “Cities must unlock the full potential of low carbon technologies,” Tsang said at the opening of a two-day climate- change forum that includes the mayors of Toronto, New York City and Johannesburg. A woman unfurled a Greenpeace banner with an anti-nuclear slogan during Tsang’s speech and was led away without struggle by security. Hong Kong wants to cut emissions by as much as 33 percent by 2020 from... Read more.. Date : Nov 6 Source: BusinessWeek
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UN Advisory Group on Climate Finance Report Falls FlatA new report on climate change financing options released today by a U.N. Advisory Group unwisely emphasizes carbon markets and other private finance options, while irresponsibly advocating an increased role for multilateral development banks (MDBs). Despite concluding that public sources of climate finance are available and promising, the report’s findings downplay the role that public finance can and must play in helping developing countries deal with climate change. The U.N. Secretary General’s High-level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing (AGF) issued its report today... Read more.. Date : Nov 5 Source: Common Dreams
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Obama to launch clean energy initiative in IndiaUS President Barack Obama and India are expected to launch a joint initiative on clean energy, eyeing economic opportunities in an area that has long divided the two countries. Obama arrives Saturday on his first presidential visit to India, where many analysts say that relations with the United States have lost momentum after warming rapidly over the past decade. The United States and India will announce during Obama's trip the creation of a center for joint cooperation on developing clean energy, including solar power and biofuels, according to two people familiar with the... Read more.. Date : Nov 5 Source: AFP
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Survey planned to plug water leakage in BangaloreThe Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has joined forces with the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) to address the problem of acute water shortage in the city. Having failed to plug the wastage of water, the agencies have now decided to conduct a door-to-door survey in order to identify the source of the problem. The survey will focus on the problems of water supply, sewerage and solid waste management. It is slated to begin in January. 2011. Officials of the two agencies will visit every house in the city and collect details on water and... Read more.. Date : Nov 5 Source: Daily News and Analysis
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UN panel sees sources for billions for climateA high-level U.N. panel on Friday outlined potential sources, including levies on international flights, to raise up to $100 billion a year in new money for poorer countries to cope with climate change and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The greatest contributions would come from private investment and from "carbon pricing," either a direct tax broadly on emissions of carbon dioxide or a cap on emissions coupled with trading in emissions allowances, the advisory group of global political and financial leaders said in a report to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The... Read more.. Date : Nov 5 Source: San Jose Mercury News
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UN want higher taxes to fund climate warning fightUNITED NATIONS (AFP) – A top UN panel on Friday called for increased taxes on carbon emissions and air and sea transport to raise 100 billion dollars a year to combat climate change. The group led by the prime ministers of Norway and Ethiopia also proposed a tax on international financial transactions for a fund to help poorer nations counter the impact of the warming planet. The radical proposals will be sent to all governments and get a first international airing at the next UN climate conference in Cancun, Mexico starting at the end of the month. The report "... Read more.. Date : Nov 5 Source: YAHOO!
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ADB may step up funding for clean development projectsThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) expects to step up its clean development mechanism (CDM) financing to Indian projects in areas such as renewable energy and solid waste management. CDM financing is part of ADB's carbon market initiative and the bank helps its clients with the CDM registration process and buys upfront a portion of carbon credits likely to be generated by the projects over a period of time. Two carbon funds The multilateral financing institution has two carbon funds. The $150-million Asia Pacific Carbon Fund launched in 2006 buys carbon credits up... Read more.. Date : Nov 4 Source: Hindu Business Line
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PM Manmohan Singh will on Monday inaugurate Petrotech 2010, India's biennial jamboree for the global oil industry, being billed as the first carbon-neutral event in the country that will bring together over 4,000 professionals from related sectors on a single platform for finding global equilibrium and greening of an industry often seen as a major contributor to pollution.