Heat we emit could warm the Earth
Even if we succeed in curbing emissions, the heat our energy use releases into the environment might begin warming the planet.
Even if we succeed in curbing emissions, the heat our energy use releases into the environment might begin warming the planet.
Against the backdrop of the current weak macro situation, believe that responding to climate change presents long-term growth opportunities for investors in India. India has strong potential as a low carbon economy, but it is also highly vulnerable to the projected impacts of climate change.
The Vatican was set to go green on Wednesday with the activation of a new solar energy system to power several key buildings and a commitment to use renewable energy for 20 percent of its needs by 2020.
By DANIEL WOOLLS MADRID
Millions of rural Indians have never experienced how electricity can change their lives. So, their life grinds to a halt as soon as the sun sets. But providing power to the villages would mean more coal-burning by power plants that already emit more than 50 per cent of India
In the context of growing emission of carbon dioxide in coal-based power stations, solar energy promises to be a viable alternative and a clean energy source. Yet, the market for solar energy remains small and uneconomic, confined as the system is to households in remote villages and delinked from the network of electricity grids.
Nike Inc, Starbucks Corp and investor coalition Ceres are among the founding members of a new coalition calling for strong US climate and energy legislation in early 2009.
This report assesses the key drivers, environmental pressures and some impacts from the production and consumption of energy, taking into account the main objectives of the European policy on energy and environment including: security of supply, competitiveness, increased energy efficiency and renewable energy, and environmental sustainability.
President-elect Obama showed his enthusiasm for the Poznan Conference and promised to mark a new chapter in American leadership on climate change, while addressing the opening sessions of the Global Climate Summit in Los Angeles.
California committed to getting a third of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020 in a Monday executive order by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
By Dhanya Sri As India has got a great potential to tap solar, wind and biomass, hydro power and sea wave power, we should look at these areas to help rural areas.
The Environmental Protection Agency Monday increased the amount of renewable motor fuels, mostly ethanol, required to be sold in the United States next year. The higher standard is required by a law that boosts the use of renewable fuels steadily each year to 36 billion gallons by 2022 to help make gasoline burn cleaner, stretch available US motor fuel supplies and reduce petroleum imports.
We need to move towards a form of sustainable development that is economically sound, socially equitable and environmentally responsible. Solar energy is clearly the way forward, says K Subramanya.
ANALYSTS have long maintained that US and China are the two main actors that must come together in order for a global deal in climate change to be reached. With US in recession, and China growing slower than expected, India may arguably emerge as the third required stakeholder in the talks.
Solar panels installed on the roof of a hotel The West Bengal Green Energy Development Corporation is dangling an extra-income option and tax sops before companies to make them generate solar power. For a month from November 15, business establishments with roofs larger than 50,000 sq ft can seek permission from the corporation to produce solar power there.
Waterworld!
Greenery may create jobs
Mumbai's civic body has come up with a plan to generate nearly 4 MW of power from a closed garbage dump, even while the open surface is turned into a nine-hole golf course. Apart from doing its bit to improve Mumbai's power supply, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will also earn more than Rs 60 crore over ten years by way of carbon credits, according to civic officials.
The head of oil giant Chevron Corp on Wednesday called on President-elect Barack Obama to create a national energy policy that promotes efficiency, opens up new areas for oil production and sets a clear policy on carbon dioxide emissions.