NASA helps "hot" cities cool down
Environmental planning for the 2002 Olympic games, strategies to reduce ozone levels, focussed on tree-planting programs and identification of cool roofs are early spinoffs from a NASA urban study
Environmental planning for the 2002 Olympic games, strategies to reduce ozone levels, focussed on tree-planting programs and identification of cool roofs are early spinoffs from a NASA urban study
Israel's control of Arab water is becoming as controversial as its occupation of Arab land. And water is forcing its own agenda - due to the simple fact that within 10 years there will not be enough
Water companies have been ordered by the industry regulator to cut leaks by 16 per cent by March 2000, enough to meet the daily needs of 4m people. Thames Water, which supplies water and sewerage
Engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed an enviornmental monitoring system that can analyse contaminants on the spot. The system, called E-Smart, consists of sensors capable
The Koel-Karo Hydroelectric Project, which was conceived 25 years ago, is likely to see the light of day by 2004-05. The project envisages utlisation of the water from South Koel and North Karo
Myth eventually could save the day for the people of arid Rajasthan, who are faced with a dry future. If a multi-million rupee project beginning next month, is successful, the desert areas of
Stretching the vision of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope farther across space and further back into time than ever before, astronomers have peered into a previously unseen realm of the universe. A
NVVN recovers Rs 28 crore from erring firms. Acting tough on companies that did not commission solar power projects on time, NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam (NVVN) Limited has encashed a part of bank guarantee
Spurt in freshwater flowing into the Arctic can affect climate
www.offsetters.com Naive operators Hadi Dowlatabadi, one of the founders of this site under review calls himself a reformed carbon emitter. The Canada-based scientist used to travel more than
Global health has in recent years drawn increasing scientific, political and popular attention not only due to global epidemics themselves,but also because of the social activities and environmental conditions that shape health threats and influence those who are affected.
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), has taken up with the Power ministry the suggestion to include fulfillment of RPOs (Renewable Purchase Obligation) by the states as a mandatory condition for their support under the financial restructuring scheme of State Discoms. Read this Press Release for more.
The Swiss Coalition of Development Organisations has launched a North-South Campaign to inform Swiss citizens about North-South issues and partnerships. The campaign aims at urging voters and the
We estimate and map the impacts that alternative national and subnational economic incentive structures for reducing emissions from deforestation (REDD+) in Indonesia would have had on greenhouse gas emissions
But the EU may still fall short of its Kyoto Protocol target
The rating parameters give a complete picture of the automobile sector s environmental performance
Vibha Sharma In the endevour to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and cut carbon emissions to achieve a clean environment, humble algae appears to be taking a lead over the more-talked-about biodiesel source jatropha. Experts say that algae farming in less than 1 per cent of India's total land can make the country self-sufficient in liquid fuel. Algae yield from one acre of wasteland can be 10 times more than jatropha and by a conservative estimate over 10,000 litres of oil can be produced from one acre of waste/degraded land, they add.
The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) and Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) have begun working on a feasibility study for the construction of waste water treatment plants on the Ravi river at two sites at an amount of Rs 486 million. Read more in this October 2013 edition of the Monthly Pakistan State of the Environment Report published by the South Asia Environment Portal. Read and Share.
The Rs 479.21 crore Pagladiya dam project in lower Assam of the Brahmaputra Board is awaiting investment clearance from the Planning Commission. The project received techno-economic approval of the
This report describes an evaluation framework for identifying optimal (best overall, taking into account all benefits and costs) transportation emission reduction strategies. Current