Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
More than 100 mayors of us cities congregated at Seattle on November 1-2 as part of a climate protection campaign. They sought an 80 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions by 2050, but said that they cannot do it alone. "We are showing what is possible in light …
a bill seeking to expand renewable energy production was passed in the us on October 16. The resolution focuses on agriculture-based energy products, including ethanol and biodiesel, and aims to replace a fourth of the country's energy needs by renewable resources by 2025. Renewable energy sources provide about six per …
The un Special Rapporteur on the right to food recently has called for a five-year moratorium on biofuels, calling it a "crime against humanity' to convert food crops to fuel. Cereal prices have already soared in African countries putting pressure on them to import food, Jean Ziegler said. Designated a …
In 2006, Nicholas Stern former chief economist, World Bank and advisor to the UK government, wrote about the economic threat from climate change in the Stern Report. He veers round to an uneasy balance between consumerism and and climate imperatives in a conversation with Pradip Saha and Mario D Souza …
the growing demand for biofuels could lead to a shortage of food. Studies show biofuel plantations will eat up cropland, and trigger food and water crisis in many parts of the globe, especially in India and China. There is also evidence to show biofuels will not help in carbon emission …
The European Commission on October 15 approved a one-year extension of anti-dumping duties on imports of energy-saving light bulbs from China, despite protests from environmentalists, leading bulb manufacturers and several member nations. Many of these European bulb manufacturers, such as Italian lighting company Targetti and the Dutch-based Philips, have their …
reliance gas row: In an interim order, the Bombay High Court has ruled that Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) cannot be forced to sell gas from its eastern offshore KG-D6 fields to firms run by his brother Anil Ambani at "subsidized rates and incur loses.' Delivering its verdict on …
The latest upa-Left meeting on India-us nuclear deal on October 22 did not head anywhere. The deal continues to remain in limbo: being either termed "dead' or in "deep freeze'. Both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the upa chairperson Sonia Gandhi say that the pact is virtually off. But the …
This paper looks at the major problems faced by the wind industry in India. It then tries to address some of the reasons why the attitude of many people is either hostile or indifferent to this technology.
The Indo-us civilian nuclear energy cooperation agreement has created a serious rift between the United Progressive Alliance and its Left Front allies and threatens the stability of the government. The agreement seeks to enable India to access nuclear fuel, reactors and other technology for power generation. The us has similar …
In this paper, an attempt is made to prepare an energy management model for Lucknow city along with policy recommendations for optimal energy utilization and management. At the outset, the authors have reviewed the related literature on energy management in the urban system. The entire collected literature is divided into …
The uk will not be able to meet its carbon dioxide emissions reduction target of 20 per cent by 2010, says a recent report. The report, UK Energy and the Environment, by think-tank Cambridge Econometrics, says the uk will only be able to reduce emissions by 12.75 per cent by …
public anger over lack of regulations to improve fuel efficiency of vehicles has finally set off official action. The Petroleum Conservation and Research Association, an autonomous research body under the Union ministry of petroleum and natural gas, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Bureau of Energy Efficiency to …
the Udaipur administration recently announced its plans to go ahead with allotment of land for jatropha plantation. The move, made under the recently notified Rajasthan Land Revenue (Allotment of waste land for bio-fuel plantation and bio-fuel based Industrial and processing unit) Rules, 2007, has sparked several protests. Under the new …
diplomatic roadshow: Bangladesh and Myanmar recently signed a deal to construct the first major road between the two countries. The 25-km road is part of an Asian super highway to boost bilateral trade. It is hoped it will eventually connect India, Thailand and China. In another development, India plans to …
south Australia now has a law to tackle climate change. The Climate Change and Greenhouse Emissions Reduction Act 2007, legislates targets to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, as well as for production and consumption of renewable energy. According to the act, South Australia will reduce greenhouse gas emissions to an amount …
the Indian government has announced an ambitious plan to phase in a million hydrogen-fuelled vehicles by 2020. Seventy-five per cent of these vehicles will be two- and three-wheelers, according to the Union ministry of new and renewable energy (mnre). A hydrogen-based power-generating capacity of 1,000 mw and Rs 25,000 crore …
In keeping with its nationalisation drive, Bolivia recently took full control of two Petrobras oil refineries in the country. The Brazilian government-owned company Petrobras, the biggest foreign investor in Bolivia and leading natural gas producer, was bought for us $112 million. After Venezuela, Bolivia has South America's biggest natural gas …
yes to greenhouse gas emissions check and no to emissions caps', reads China's National Climate Change Programme issued on June 4. In what is being called as the first national climate change plan, China has said climate change is the fallout of massive co2 emissions from developed countries and has …
The European Union (eu) was recently criticised for its contradictory policies on climate change and trade by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (wwf). On June 28, it asked the eu to scrap anti-dumping duties on Chinese energy-saving light bulbs. eu's plan not to extend the duties for five more years …
