Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has said that energy efficiency and renewable technologies would have to go hand-in-hand to overcome present power shortage. All persons concerned would like Delhi to emerge as the greenest city not only due to greenery of trees but also due to paradigm shift to green energy, the Chief Minister said this while delivering an inaugural address in a two-day national seminar on "Solar Energy Development
Industry is the first to be blamed for pollution. However, in Punjab, which has only a modest industrial base, a major part of the total pollution comes from agriculture. The Green Revolution, with its
Is pursuing floriculture in green house a commercial activity? The Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) would lead us to believe so. However, the national horticulture mission thinks otherwise.
This interim report has been prepared by the Monitoring Committee mainly focusing raison d’etre of Committee vide orders dated 30/7/2018 of the Hon’ble Tribunal in the matter of Original Application No.
Despite years of study and analysis, the world is unprepared for climate change and needs to rethink basic assumptions that govern things as varied as choosing cars and building bridges, the National Research Council reported Thursday. Current building, land use and planning practices assume a continuation of climate as it has been known in the past.
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is under pressure from his Cabinet colleagues not to put green hurdles before projects important for the progress of the country. Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh, who a couple of days ago exasperatedly urged Ramesh to be
Shimla: The ambitious project of the municipal corporation (MC) to rake funds by way of imposing green tax on vehicles from outside entering the state capital may have to wait. The National Highway Authority
N Ravikumar People of a village near the temple town of Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu have successfully began an afforestation programme without government support and cultivated trees in ten acres of land. The model green village, Poonaithangal, lies 15 km from Kanchipuram and the villagers have spent their own money and worked hard for the afforestation project.
PORTLAND, Oregon: Senator John McCain sought to distance himself from President George W. Bush this week as he called for a mandatory limit on greenhouse gas emissions in the United States to combat climate change. McCain, in a speech on Monday at a wind power company, also pledged to work with the European Union to diplomatically engage China and India, two of the world's biggest polluters, if the nations refuse to participate in an international agreement to slow global warming.
The Navi Mumbai airport project is likely to get the green light when Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel and Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh jointly address the media at the Maharashtra Sadan tomorrow, with newly appointed state Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan playing the host. In all likelihood, the meeting between the ministers will lead to the breaking of the deadlock over the project
Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh today rubbished criticism about him being "anti-Maharashtra" and against development. Talking to reporters here after giving a green signal to the Jaitapur Nuclear power plant, Ramesh said he was for sustainable development. The minister said he had given the environmental clearance to the Jaitapur plant in 80 days from the day the NPC
Rio de Janeiro: India today said it is disappointed with the "weak" political will in developed countries to provide developing nations enhanced means of implementation of objectives of Green Economy,
In two years since 2005, there has been no change in the status of the green cover in five districts of the national Capital while it has declined in east Delhi due to tree felling, says a government report. North-east and north Delhi districts added 0.39 sq km and 0.04 sq km, respectively, to the forest cover from 2005 to 2007 owing to plantations, the Forest Survey Report 2009 said.
Going green Bio-fuel bunk to come up in Hassan district in three months. A green fuel outlet, the first of its kind in the country, would be opened at Madenur in Hassan district of Karnataka in three months,
The state government will give cash rewards to encourage the eco-clubs to take up various environment-related activities. This was stated by principal secretary, science and technology, Harinder Hira, while inaugurating a three-day workshop for master trainers under the national green corps programme, which commenced here today. She said the top three eco-clubs, which excelled in various activities would be given Rs 5,000, Rs 3,000 and Rs 2,000, respectively, on the basis of annual performance. She lamented that despite the degradation of environment the people were largely indifferent to the situation and not much was being done to protect it. She said master trainers should make it a point to encourage children to interact with nature so that they get sensitised. Member secretary of the state council for science, technology and environment Nagin Nanda threw light on the national green corps programme and role of their children in influencing their families and society as a whole to help develop a positive attitude towards environment protection. Involving children in the programme would have a long-term impact. National coordinator of the programme P.S. Sodhi explained the concept of ecological footprints and handprints. He emphasised the need to undertake environment auditing at individual and institutional levels. In all 48 master trainers from 11 districts of the state along with non-government organisation are participating in the workshop.
The Delhi government's "go green go solar' campaign is fast catching up with educational institutions switching to renewable energy to meet their water needs in the power-starved national Capital. Around 50 schools and colleges including Miranda House, Sri Ram College of Commerce, St Stephans, Modern School, Delhi Public School at RK Puram and Air Force Bal Bharati school have installed solar water system at their hostels.
The Supreme Court today gave the green signal for a Rs 503-crore drinking water project meant for 930 villages and towns in Karauli and Sawai Madhopur districts of Rajasthan. The project, which will be implemented by the Public Health and Engineering department in about a year, involves laying of a 160-km pipeline to draw water from the Chambal river.
A three day State Level master trainer's training workshop (MTW) under the National Green Corps (NGC) programme of Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, was held at State Guest
A meeting of United Nations member states in Bangkok on Monday to discuss climate change is the first in a series this year at which the action plan adopted at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia, in December 2007, will be translated into concrete steps on the road to a new global climate change agreement. We, the president of Indonesia and the prime ministers of Poland and Denmark, have decided to join forces in a coordination group at the highest political level. Our goal is to facilitate an ambitious climate change agreement in Copenhagen in 2009.
The national Capital is in for a makeover. A green cover which will not only beautify the city of concrete but will also allow Delhiites to breathe easy is on the anvil. The government has announced
