Saturday, May 26, 2012, was yet another summer weekend and passed off uneventfully. However, unnoticed by most, an interesting media report, Germany’s record 40% solar weekend, highlighted that against
Access to clean, affordable and reliable energy has been a cornerstone of the world’s increasing prosperity and economic growth since the beginning of the industrial revolution. Our use of energy in
Global warming threatens polar bears
There has been enough discussion on the quantum of power the country needs. While estimates would largely be a function of assumptions, the fact remains that we need as much power as is possible, at least for now Arun Srivastava
Discom BSES has tied up with a Gurgaon-based firm for 50MW of solar power that will be available for the capital by March 2013. The MoU for 25 years between BSES and ACME Tele Power Ltd was signed on Tuesday. The agency is establishing solar power plants at various locations in Rajasthan with a total capacity of 150MW.
Cosmos governs Earth s climate, claim studies
new York City is set to go green. Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently announced his ambitious "planyc-2030' for a "greener and greater' New York. The following are the highpoints of the plan
India and Bangladesh are poised to take bilateral ties to a new level of trust. Tarun Das, former chief mentor of CII, outlines an agenda for cementing ties. India has already allowed duty-free imports from Least Developed Countries into India, including Bangladesh
<p>Against a backdrop of global economic uncertainty, this issue of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture highlights the major role and challenges facing fisheries and aquaculture worldwide.
Global human population has been expanding exponentially, from 2.5 billion in 1950 to ~6 billion in 2000, and is likely to reach 10 billion by 2050, and thus the demand for natural resources is significantly increasing. It has resulted in rapid, extensive and persistent changes in earth ecosystems, more in the past 50 years than at any time in human history.
WHILE the installation of towers earmarked under phase I of the Universal Service Organisation (USO) rural infrastructure scheme is moving toward completion, the quality of connectivity and uptake of services through these towers have so far been poor.
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is vital to reduce CO2 emissions to the atmosphere, potentially providing 20% of the needed reductions in global emissions. Research and demonstration projects are important
The concept of an interannually varying Indian summer monsoon season is introduced here, considering that the duration of the primary driving of the Indian monsoon - the large-scale meridional gradient of the deep tropospheric heat source - may vary from one year to another. Onset (withdrawal) is defined as the day when the tropospheric heat source shifts from south to north (north to south).
The Union cabinet meets tomorrow to decide on legally classifying water as "food' but only packaged water will come under its scrutiny. The Centre's decision to amend the Prevention of Food
Govt Wants Projects To Use Energy-Efficient Technology Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI THE government is likely to make the energy efficient supercritical technology mandatory for all future power projects as part of its efforts to contribute significantly towards global efforts to contain emission of greenhouse gases.
Arabian Sea cyclones increasing in number, intensity the Arabian Sea, which has warmed by 0.5o C over the past nine decades, is experiencing a shift in its climate. So much so that intense cyclones with wind speed of more than 100 km per hour have become frequent, said a team of marine scientists led by the National Institute of Oceanography (nio), Goa. The scientists analyzed 37
The 2010 Environmental Performance Index by Yale and Columbia University has ranked 163 nations based on their performance in addressing pollution control and managing their natural resources. India & China have been ranked 123rd and 121st respectively.
It is an accepted fact that the fast and skewed urbanization process that is presently taking place in the WHO South-East Asia (SEA) Region is becoming a powerful agent of change and is accompanied with economic opportunities, environmental threats and health challenges.
• The plant will not discharge any effluent outside the factory premises directly or indirectly and shall not cause pollution of the wells in the nearby area • It would
The 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks 163 countries on 25 performance indicators tracked across ten well-established policy categories covering both environmental public health and ecosystem vitality. These indicators provide a gauge at a national government scale of how close countries are to established environmental policy goals. This proximityto-
