Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
The United States is still working toward an agreement with G20 partners to phase out subsidies for fossil fuels, a top White House adviser said ahead of this week's G20 summit. Michael Froman, deputy national security adviser and top G20 aide to President Barack Obama, said the United States was …
Like most large international conferences, the United Nations climate summit meeting in New York this week generated a hefty dose of greenhouse gas emissions. Hundreds of presidents, prime ministers and officials from across the globe this week took airplanes to the United Nations meeting, some accompanied by dozens of people. …
Recession has set the stage for the sharpest fall in world greenhouse gas emissions in 40 years, an estimate Monday showed, as world leaders gathered in New York to seek a way forward on a new climate change treaty. The International Energy Agency said global output of carbon dioxide, the …
London: Greenhouse gas emissions have fallen thanks to the global downturn, handing the world a chance to move away from high-carbon growth, a report said on Monday, citing an International Energy Agency study. The unpublished IEA study found carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels had dropped significantly this year
Canada's wind power companies are getting a lift from rising oil prices, a healthier economy and energy-friendly government policies, even as tight capital markets continue to curb the recovery of the fledgling sector. A C$654 million ($611 million) takeover bid by TransAlta Corp for Canadian Hydro Developers, the country's biggest …
Best engineer award given to NIT-T Director Chidambaram WELL DONE: Director, NIT, Tiruchi, M. Chidambaram, left, receiving the Best Engineer Award from R. Kumar, right, Chairman, Institution of Engineers (India ), Tiruchi Local Centre at SASTRA University in Thanjavur. THANJAVUR: Mankind
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending $780 million to Pakistan through a multi-tranche financing facility for priority energy efficiency projects that will secure the country's growing energy needs and reduce its reliance on costly, polluting fossil fuels, said Bayanjargal Byambasaikhan, energy specialist with ADB's Central and West Asia Department. …
Energy conscientious Germans taking power production into their own hands may give a wake-up call to established utility firms, as innovators roll out new competition on the clean energy front to grab market share. A daring plan by alternative power firm LichtBlick and carmaker Volkswagen to put mini power stations …
A U.N. climate deal to in Copenhagen in December will also be vital to guide trade and development policies, Denmark's Prime Minister said on Thursday. Lars Lokke Rasmussen told Reuters he hoped that a summit of world leaders at U.N. headquarters on September 22 would be a "tipping point" to …
The United Nations Secretary General (UNSG) in his message to commemorate the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, on Wednesday, has urged for implementation of agreed environmental goals, targets and objectives for protection of the "Earth's Protective Shield." "Without action on climate change, the world faces profound …
Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, renewed his call for a European carbon tax on imports to the bloc on Thursday as he unveiled details of a new charge on fossil fuel products in France. Nicolas Sarkozy tours a factory in eastern France: he told workers his proposal was
A top Obama Administration official said the U.S. oil and gas industry will survive a proposed repeal of billions of dollars tax preferences and there will be an insignificant impact on worldwide prices. Current tax breaks for oil and gas production distort the market, leading to over-investment in domestic fossil …
Britain's first clean coal plant will miss a government deadline and its first new nuclear plant will not come on line before 2020, reflecting global climate policy uncertainty, a utility chief said on Thursday. Investments in many pricey, carbon-cutting technologies from wind to nuclear power depend on government support or …
New Zealand needs a sweeping emissions trading scheme to cover all sectors and greenhouse gases besides balancing economic and environmental concerns, Climate Change Minister Nick Smith said on Thursday. The minority National-led government is looking to broker a deal for an emissions trading scheme, or ETS, that will play a …
Prospects for a new U.N. climate pact in Copenhagen have brightened but negotiations must speed up to meet a December deadline, the head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat said on Tuesday. Yvo de Boer said moves by countries including Japan, China and India to curb greenhouse gases had helped …
The Maldives archipelago, threatened by rising sea levels blamed on climate change, said on Monday it would introduce a new environment tax on all tourists who use its resorts and provide its economic lifeline. Famed mostly for high-end luxury resorts and white-sand atolls, the Maldives has made a name for …
India hopes to set up by December next year energy efficiency targets for more than 700 industrial units, which account for 40 percent of India's fossil fuel use, the country's head of energy efficiency said on Monday. Ajay Mathur, director-general of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, said India's energy efficiency …
