HONG KONG
A proposed power station on Lamma Island has met with opposition from environmentalists. Hong Kong Electric is planning to build two 600- mw generating units next to its existing 2,955- mw
A proposed power station on Lamma Island has met with opposition from environmentalists. Hong Kong Electric is planning to build two 600- mw generating units next to its existing 2,955- mw
At least 10 people died and several were injured in a clash between a joint military task force and militants in Bavelsa state of Nigeria. The clash followed a recent presidential directive ordering
tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa's decision to resuscitate the 14.85-megawatt Perungudi waste-to-energy (wte) plant has been greeted with dismay by environmentalists. On January 31, 2003
Timarpur waste management company in Delhi set to revive plant
The government of Australia's Victoria state has charged the country's federal government with discontinuing crucial research on cutting the emission of greenhouse gases (ghgs) merely on pecuniary
From ancient fish genes geneticists have reconstructed a stretch of DNA that can "hop' in and out of chromosomes. This gene could expedite the development of gene therapy to tackle diseases. Such
on april 18, 2007, the Kerala government gave
The US department of energy and the country's building industry has launched a 20-year plan to make homes more energy efficient for their occupants. Under the
The Bush administration unveils new energy policy with an intention to revive nuclear reactors and to build new plants. Joining hands with nuclear lobbyists the administration skips uncomfortable issues like nuclear power being costly, unsafe and environm
The US energy plan eulogises France as a safe nuclear success story, without understanding the French failure in managing nuclear waste
THE UNION minister of environment and forests was under fire at the last National Development Council (NDC) meeting both from a section of central ministers as well as chief ministers who
It wasn't just India and Pakistan's cricketing equations in the World Cup that remained unchanged during February-March (India maintained its winning run). The politics of gas pipelines also carried
a disaster in the making? This question is being raised about a proposal of Quebec's largest utility company, which plans to build 36 new dams on 24 rivers across the province. If implemented, the
India needs to rethink its power generation strategies for the sake of environment
April 23 marked the end of the 300-year-old coal mining industry in France. On that day, the last symbolic block of coal was extracted from the La Houve mine near the town of Creutzwald, abutting the
How plants survive during night
Trade unionists and environment experts from around the world have agreed that environmental rights such as access to clean water, health care and energy be made part of workers rights.<br><br> The decision was taken during a conference on labour and environment organised by the United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi from January 15-17, 2006.<br>
It is the turn of the Indian energy establishment to be engulfed in the fire lit by President George Bush on nuclear energy. Bush says it is the safest, cleanest, cheapest option. So prime minister
In this day of television grabs, policies are about slugfests. The logic of the grab is that any discussion must be heated, with sharply divided positions clear proponents and opponents. It is a
The C Rangarajan committee to review prices of petroleum products says that the government should increase the price of liquefied petroleum gas lpg