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The time to consider environmental issues about Tehri is over
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Floating park is drowning
Development threatens the world s largest floating park situated in Manipur
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India: Aim, Hope High
Starting before industrialised Germany and the UK, India has perhaps promoted renewables the longest though a dedicated establishment. The country's Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources (MNES) is one of its kind in the world. India has the fifth largest installed wind capacity in the world at 2400 MW. In 2003 alone, India added 615 MW of wind energy. By March 2003, it had 484 MW of installed biomass power/zcogeneration, 53 MW from biomass gasifiers and 2.5 MW of solar PVs. Installed capacity for all renewables by March 2004 was more than 4,600 MW.
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Rs 331.70 cr to be generated from Dul Hasti, Baglihar projects: Taj
Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Taj Mohi-ud-Din today said that two hydro-electro projects namely Dul Hasti and Baglihar under the implementation of Water Regulatory Authority Act will generate Rs. 331.70 crore. He was replying to the question by Khalid Najib Suharwardy in Legislative Council during Question Hour today. Mr Taj said bills for an amount of Rs.
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Catchment Area Treatment Plan funds badly spent in Himachal
THE Himachal Pradesh government's attitude towards implementing the Catchment Area Treatment (cat) plan has been described as sluggish by environmentalists. The state government has also been accused
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Solar power is the only viable alternative
K R DATYE has been associated for years with grassroots organisations such as the Pani Panchayat and the Mukti Sangharsh, which has spearheaded struggles for equal water distribution and peasant-built small dams in Maharashtra"s Sangli district. An engine
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Nepal State of Environment Report: The Monthly Overview, November, 2014
<p><strong>As many as 7.95 million Nepalis still defecate in the open such as bushes and field, according to a study conducted by the Department of Water, Supply and Sanitation. Read more in November 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Nepal.</strong></p>
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The four pillars of non conventional energy
After initial success in deriving energy from water, sun, wind and biomass, India is poised for a great leap in making these the energy sources of the future.
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Ministries clash over project clearances
Despite an acute power shortage in the country, the ministries of power and environment find each other the main obstacles in achieveing their respective goals
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'Water planners ignore social issues'
Nepal is slated to be a major hydropower supplier in South Asia with the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Australian government for a US$ 590-million 360-megawatt project on the Karnali river. But Nepal"s big projects, like t
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Water current
Hydroelectricity can now be generated without the need of costly civil works and installation of complex machinery
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The big farce
The World Bank has once again come out defending its big dam centered policies
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Renewable Energy
<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Renewable Energy</strong></span></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/country/nepal/biogas_hl.jpg" style="border-width: 2px; border-style: solid;" /></p> <p>The major energy resource base in Nepal consists of biomass, hydroelectricity, petroleum products, natural gas, and coal reserves. Among the entire energy resource base, it is evident that biomass is the dominant resource base of the country with respect to its utilization. Biomass provided 86% of the total energy consumption, petroleum 9%, which is mainly consumed by urban areas, electricity only 2% and renewable 1% of the total energy consumption.</p>
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Renewable Energy Newsletter
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Moneymakers
LENDING A SUPPORT: For nearly 1.5 million South Africans infected with HIV virus and their dependents, life is going to be less of a burden. The Metropolitan Life, an insurance group,
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Too close to the sun
The internationally funded programme to promote solar photovoltaic systems remains a nonstarter
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The floating islands
A hydro electric project threatens Keibul Latnjao, the world's only floating sanctuary
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Servicing The Corporate Underbelly
The murky dealings of the world s largest public relations agency
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Takeover threat
STATE OF THE WORLD 2002 (US $15.95), VITAL SIGNS 2002 (US $14.95); ECO-ECONOMY: BUILDING AN ECONOMY FOR THE EARTH, 2001 (US $14.95) . Lester R Brown; THE EARTH POLICY READER . Lester R. Brown, Janet
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Tehri: is it curtains?
The beginning of submergence of Tehri also marked the drowning of anti dam sentiments. Any strong protest was conspicuous by its absence. Does this signal the end of the three decade old movement?