Rs 130 cr for Punjab irrigation, drainage projects
The Centre on Sunday approved an assistance of Rs 130 crore for irrigation and drainage projects in
The Centre on Sunday approved an assistance of Rs 130 crore for irrigation and drainage projects in
The Renewable Energy (RE) potential in India is 8,89,508 Mega Watt. The Government of India, in pursuit of energy security and for minimizing impact on environment, has been prioritizing the development
Scientists planning the next phase of the human genome project are being forced to confront a treacherous issue: the genetic differences between human races. With the decoding of the human genome
Global warming increases vegetation cover in the Northern Hemisphere
People s perception of local climate change
State vehicle emission testing programs have had little impact on getting the worst polluting vehicles off the road, according to a report by the US National Research Council of the National
Researchers have cracked the mystery behind parental aloofness among egrets as their elder offspring bloodily snuff the life out of their youngest
Seven in ten companies have commitments to address deforestation yet few are translating these into meaningful actions, reveals new analysis from CDP, the global non-profit which gathers environmental
<p> We describe volumetric changes in three benchmark glaciers in the Nepal Himalayas on which observations have been made since the 1970s. Compared with the global mean of glacier mass balance, the
The authors analyzed the dynamics of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from household fuel use in sub-Saharan Africa from 2000 to 2050. The scenarios included a business-as-usual (BAU) scenario, in which fuel consumption and tree-harvesting practices change little except through population growth and urbanization, and large-scale shifts to charcoal- and petroleum-based fossil fuels.
This article explores historic carbon dioxide (CO2) emission trends from road and air transportation of the United States and 26 developing and industrializing nations. It is argued that environmental trends in the newest industrializing countries do not follow the more sequential and long-term shifts experienced by the United States.
The objective of this article is to study the implications of changes in land use induced by economic growth, economy-wide policies, and governance on deforestation and forest-induced atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions. Economic growth, democracy, and trade policy explain an important share of the variation in two key determinants of deforestation: agricultural expansion and road building.
<p>Government policies that improve energy efficiency, waste management and public transport could increase global economic output by more than $1.8 trillion per year says this new report released by World Bank & ClimateWorks Foundation in advance of the U.N. Secretary General's Climate Summit in September 2014.</p>
New Delhi: The Delhi budget will be presented by finance minister AK Walia in the Delhi assembly on March 22. The cabinet led by chief minister Sheila Dikshit has recommended to Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna to summon the budget session of the Delhi assembly from March 15 to 31. The session will commence with the LG Address on March 15.
Children living near reservoirs in Saurashtra will soon have a very safe place to play with sources of water supply drying up fast. Some have already started utilising the dry reservoir beds as
It may now become complicated to determine the link between climate change and carbon cycle. Thanks to a new study of a deciduous forest in Canada which shows that warm springs can cause trees to
<p>2010 was a year of contrasts. Many countries bounced back from recession while several others faced difficult economic and fiscal adjustments, which in some cases are still ongoing.
Experiments show that genes used in cloning often fail to work properly, causing serious abnormalities in mice, a finding that confirms the belief of many researchers that the method used to clone
Much of West Bengal's urban water supply depends on its falling levels of groundwater. Plus, there is the problem of arsenic contamination, both in urban and rural areas. It is reported that 79 of
LEHMAN IMPACT Chitra Unnithan & Vinay Umarji / Ahmedabad September 16, 2008, 4:40 IST With companies willing to accommodate environmental strategies into business plans, courses on carbon markets are increasingly being taught in Indian business schools. Management institutes like the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), IIM Lucknow (IIM-L) and the Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA) have introduced or are keen on launching a course on carbon credit and financing.