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Subsidy regime can jeopardise India’s energy securityThe government must resolve its dilemma over petroleum subsidy if India is to achieve its long-term energy security objective. Under the current subsidy regime, while domestic fuel consumers are insulated from the impact of high international crude oil prices, public sector oil companies are bleeding. This has caused an unbearable strain on finances of these companies. Private players are already wary of investing in the domestic petroleum retailing sector. Come to think of it: India’s energy security could be in jeopardy if public sector companies continue to go... Read more.. Date : Dec 28 Source: Financial Express
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Copenhagen Accord: ‘A small step forward in breaking the deadlock'In the run-up to the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change and subsequently, the issue of ushering in a low-carbon growth path without diluting developmental goals of developing economies has taken centre-stage. The Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Mr Jairam Ramesh, accompanied the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to Copenhagen, leading the negotiations with the US President, Mr Barack Obama. With the Accord and especially Mr Ramesh coming under fire from principal Opposition Party led by the leader of the Rajya Sabha, Mr Arun Jaitley, the Environment Minister found time... Read more.. Date : Dec 28 Source: Hindu Business Line
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Old King Coal will stay on the commodities throne for yearsThere are many dismissing coal as the unwanted black sheep of the fossil fuel family, blamed for 40pc of the world's carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global warming. But in defiance of environmental concerns, there has been little sign that any fall off in coal demand this year is due to anything other than the recession. Analysts from JP Morgan reckon that thermal coal, used in power stations, will rise from $70 to $85 per tonne next year, based on rebounding demand from China and India. While global inventories have been unusually high in the downturn, the bank... Read more.. Date : Dec 28 Source: Daily Telegraph
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Climate change solution must be mutually satisfactory: PMJust days after the Copenhagen Summit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said any solution to climate change should be "mutually satisfactory". "An optimal solution to the climatic change challenge is only possible if the world can find ways to reach a mutually satisfactory collective solution," Manmohan Singh said while addressing the 92nd annual conference of the Indian Economic Association in Bhubaneswar. Linking it to development, he said: "Issues arising out of climate change and its impact give rise to new concerns about a sustainable path of development." ... Read more..Date : Dec 27 Source: Hindustan Times
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India says to better cuts in gas emissions growthndia could improve upon its aims to slow the growth of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, the environment minister said on Tuesday after returning from climate change talks in Copenhagen. India said it was willing to rein in its "carbon intensity" -- the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted per unit of economic output -- by between 20 and 25 percent by 2020, from 2005 levels. "(It) is not only eminently feasible, but can also be improved upon to the benefit of our own people," Jairam Ramesh, the environment minister, said in parliament. India will prepare a roadmap... Read more.. Date : Dec 27 Source: Reuters
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Surya Launches World's best High Power Factor CFL LampsSurya Roshni, the second largest Lighting Company in India, has launched the World's best PH+ Technology High Power Factor CFL Lamps in India, which give Higher Energy Saving and Lumen Output. High power Factor has been made mandatory by the government to increase energy saving in India and also to minimize the energy loss. Mr. J.P. Agarwal, Chairman & Managing Director, Surya Roshni Limited said, These Surya CFLs are Eco Friendly Green Lamps made with Green Technology using one of its kind PDT and PH+ technology. Surya CFLs also have inbuilt Power stabilizer to control the... Read more.. Date : Dec 27 Source: Newsblaze.com
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Fiscal policy can help check carbon emissionsNow that the government has announced a voluntary reduction in our emission intensity, even if it is only by 2020, the next question is, how do we get there? Are there any policy tools available with the government to nudge the country in that direction? The good news is, yes, there are! They’re called green taxes! You’ve heard of killing two birds with one stone. But killing three, and with one stone, seems more than a bit ambitious. Not when it comes to green taxes! These penalise polluters, reduce harmful emissions and raise revenues. And, the proceeds could be used to... Read more.. Date : Dec 27 Source: Economic Times
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Pollution at critical level in 5 Maharashtra townsAmid rising concern about public health in industrial towns, the Centre has put on hold the expansion of 43 industrial clusters, including five in Maharashtra, that have reached alarming and critical levels of pollution One industrial area in the state -- Chandrapur -- falls among the top 10 worst polluted clusters in the country, with Ankleshwar and Vapi in Gujarat bagging the first two slots on the list. The Union environment and forest ministry, along with the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, narrowed down on 88 most-polluting industrial clusters across the country... Read more.. Date : Dec 25 Source: Daily News and Analysis
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5 out of India's 20 worst pollution zones in NCRBeijing had to take some harsh steps to reduce pollution ahead of last year's Olympic Games in the city. As the countdown for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi begins, here's some bad news. Delhi and its surroundings have some of the worst polluting zones in the country, according to a list of India's severely polluted industrial clusters released by the environment ministry on Thursday. Ghaziabad takes the third rank in the list while the Najafgarh drain basin, which includes Okhla, Naraina, Anand Parvat and Wazirpur, comes in as the 11th worst. Noida (12) and Faridabad (18) are not... Read more.. Date : Dec 25 Source: IndiaTimes
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Dabur goes green in war on carbonConsumer goods major Dabur India has chalked out plans to emerge as a carbon-neutral enterprise. The company is setting up new boilers, gasifiers and biogas generators at its manufacturing units in India and Nepal to re-use wet herbal waste from the facility as fuel. The company also commissioned this month a new gasifier at its Nepal unit that would generate steam by using rice husk as fuel, thus saving on the energy costs. Set up with an investment of Rs 1.5 crore, this project involves modification of the existing boiler to permit dual fuel firing (furnace oil and gas). ... Read more.. Date : Dec 24 Source: Hindustan Times
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Change to avoid climate changeKarnataka is the second most vulnerable state in India, after Rajasthan to climate change. This was because of the aridity of the North Karnataka regions, which made the state, the second driest place in the country, Prof N H Ravindranath, Department of Sustainable Technologies, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), said here on Wednesday. He called upon the state authorities and citizens to gear up for a change in lifestyle in order to minimise global warming, thereby help reduce the effects of the same on Karnataka. “We have to take measures with or without climate change,”... Read more.. Date : Dec 24 Source: Deccan Herald
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India approves new policy to promote biofuelsIn a bid to promote cost-effective clean energy sources, India Thursday approved a new policy that calls for blending at least 20 percent biofuels in diesel and petrol by 2017, apart from extending incentives to encourage its production in wastelands. “The policy endeavours to facilitate and bring about optimal development and utilisation of indigenous biomass feedstock for production of biofuels,” an official statement said, after a meeting of the cabinet presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. “The Indian approach to biofuels is based solely on non-food feedstock to... Read more.. Date : Dec 24 Source: Thaindian.com
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India, China agree to cooperate on climate changeFresh from the solidarity displayed at the Copenhagen Summit on climate change, India and China on Tuesday agreed to continue cooperating on the issue in the coming months in order to safeguard the interests of developing countries. In a telephonic conversation, Foreign Ministers of both countries, S.M. Krishna and Yang Jiechi discussed India-China cooperation on climate change including possible follow-up measures flowing from the recent Copenhagen Summit, said an External Affairs Ministry statement. Mr. Krishna noted that India and China had worked closely and effectively... Read more.. Date : Dec 23 Source: Hindu
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India to draw road map for low-carbon growthGetting down to implement a comprehensive domestic agenda of adaptation and mitigation and seeking to reduce the emission intensity of gross domestic product by 20-25 per cent by 2020, Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday asked the Planning Commission to set up a group of experts to draw a road map for low-carbon growth. Addressing a press conference here, he said the terms of reference of the group would be finalised in a couple of days. It would be asked to submit its report in three or four months. “We must soon unveil a detailed road map for a low-carbon... Read more.. Date : Dec 23 Source: Hindu
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Climate Change and China's Global ResponsibilitiesThere should be little surprise that the Copenhagen Conference fared as badly as it did. For far too long, major governments refused to recognize the reality that achieving a global treaty at Copenhagen would not prove feasible. No later than early this past summer, the goal for the conference should have been changed to working out an agreement on the basic architecture of a final treaty and the processes that should be followed to put that architecture into place. That approach might have produced a conference that accelerated momentum toward a final agreement. But no... Read more.. Date : Dec 23 Source: Brookings Institution
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Clean Coal Technologies, Inc., (CCTI) Signs Technology Licensing Agreement for IndiaPresident & Chief Executive Officer, today announced today that Clean Coal Technologies, Inc. (Pink Sheets: CCTC) has signed a Technology Licensing Agreement with INK Global Consulting to build clean coal plants utilizing CCTI's patented technology in India. INK Global, headquartered in both Chicago and India, represents a group of prestigious India interests who will ultimately be responsible for the construction and operation of the clean coal facilities throughout India. In demonstrating its dedication to environmental reform, several key partners have come to agreement for... Read more.. Date : Dec 23 Source: Forbes
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India at Copenhagen - Hindustan TimesClimate change negotiations are in full swing at the UN summit at Copenhagen where India is actively participating along with other like-minded nations to press developed countries to take deeper emissions commitment, the government told the Lok Sabha. Date : Dec 23
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B'desh seeks 15 pc of $ 30 billion climate adaptation fundAs a vulnerable country to global warming Bangladesh will seek 15 per cent of 30 billion dollar fund, agreed at the Copenhagen Climate Conference to tackle the adverse impact of climate change. ''This money is not enough to enhance our adaptation capability ...We expect bilateral assistance too to finance our mitigation and adaptation plans,'' State Minister for Environment Dr Hasan Mahmud told mediapersons today after returning from Copenhagen. According to the Copenhagen Accord, the developed countries are to provide new and additional resources including forestry and... Read more.. Date : Dec 23 Source: Webindia 123
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'India does not require international aid for climate change'India "does not require" international aid to fight climate change and is capable of standing "on our feet", Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said Tuesday in the Rajya Sabha. Countering Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley's charge that India was not on the radar of the USD 100 billion a year fund that would be mobilised by 2020 to assist developing countries bring down their emission levels, the minister said categorically: "We don't want international aid. We can stand on our feet." "Ten years from now, we could be selling green technology. Many Indian companies... Read more.. Date : Dec 22 Source: New Kerala
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Intelligent grids important for energy efficiency: AbdullahNew and Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah today said India needs to build a modern intelligent grid to save energy and improve efficiency of electrical gadgets. New and Renewable Energy Minister Farooq AbdullahAlong with augmentation of power through solar, wind and nuclear methods, the country needs to upgrade its grids too, he said, adding that there were huge opportunities for building the "smart grid". Smart Grid is a system that allows electricity supplier to monitor usage of home appliances using a two-way digital technology, thus, increasing energy efficiency. ... Read more..Date : Dec 22 Source: Deccan Herald
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Copenhagen climate summit fails green investorsWhen most of the exhausted delegates at Copenhagen's Bella Centre finally witnessed a deal, it predictably called for huge investment in clean energy technologies to stop climate change. But the text didn't specify exactly how that money would be raised - and some at the talks say it did little new to encourage private investment. The biggest step Copenhagen could have taken to stimulate the green economy would have been to send a strong signal that the price of carbon dioxide pollution will rise. But the deal that emerged in the early hours of Saturday included no... Read more.. Date : Dec 22 Source: BBC Business
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Govt says to rein in carbon intensityThe government could improve upon its aims to slow the growth of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, the environment minister said on Tuesday after returning from climate change talks in Copenhagen. India said it was willing to rein in its "carbon intensity" -- the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted per unit of economic output -- by between 20 and 25 percent by 2020, from 2005 levels. "(It) is not only eminently feasible, but can also be improved upon to the benefit of our own people," Jairam Ramesh, the environment minister, said in parliament. India will prepare a... Read more.. Date : Dec 22 Source: Reuters India
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Indians vie to be a part of world's first Solar-powered aircraftIndian engineers are showing a keen interest in becoming a part of the solar-powered aircraft that is expected to fly around the world both during the day and at night without fuel and without polluting the environment. In Zurich, the Solar Impulse project involves an aircraft that weighs 1,600 kg, but with a wing-span of an Airbus A-340 to minimize induced drag and build a super-light plane, reports the Business Line. The upper wing surface of the aircraft is covered with a skin of encapsulated solar cells, while the wing under-sides is coated with a high resistance flexible film.... Read more.. Date : Dec 22 Source: Silicon India
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Europe feels left out in cold on climate dealIt's a climate deal that has Europe feeling left out in the cold.The continent that used to take the lead in advocating climate action is now taking the lead in climate complaining. And it's not just upset with the results, but the process itself. Europe's goals were generally not met, and Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen, host of the U.N.-sponsored climate talks in Copenhagen, was shoved aside as president of the conference in favor of Philip Weech of the Bahamas. When a deal was reached, those in the room were heads of state from Africa, North and South America... Read more.. Date : Dec 22 Source: Seattle Times
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India, Bhutan to sign four MoUs for hydel power projectsJigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck arrived here on his first state visit to a country after his formal coronation as the fifth King of Bhutan last year. India and Bhutan intend cementing their ties further by signing a dozen pacts including four memoranda of understanding for hydel projects. The two sides will also ink a pact on setting up a super-specialty hospital on the lines of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. However, an agreement on laying of a rail line that would have provided Bhutan a more enduring and economical trade link with countries in the region... Read more.. Date : Dec 22 Source: Hindu
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