Reply affidavit on behalf of the Central Ground Water Board in the matter of Suo Moto case titled "Haryana 60.48% groundwater over exploited Kurukshetra worst Jhajjar best says" appearing in the Tribune, January 8, 2025. The CGWA report, May 3, 2025 addresses the issue of groundwater exploitation and violation of …
Handling auto waste is emerging as a big issue and the automotive industry should create a ‘disposal chain', similar to supply chain, so that vehicles that ultimately turn into scrap bundles can be effectively disposed of, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, R. Chidambaram, said on Monday. Delivering …
European Union industrial carbon emissions rose by up to 2.4 percent last year, analysts surveyed by Reuters estimated, below the market cap and keeping the 27-nation bloc on track to meet its 2020 climate target. The EU's emissions trading scheme (ETS) limits the emissions of over 12,000 installations, including power …
A senior European Union parliamentary committee backed a proposal on Tuesday to allow the EU Commission to cut the supply of carbon permits in the bloc's emissions trading scheme in a bid to prop up low prices. The industry committee of the EU Parliament passed an amendment to the Energy …
Bangladesh and United Kingdom on Sunday signed a five-year memorandum of understanding on collaboration in research and development in energy sector. According to the MoU signed at Biddyut Bhavan in the capital, Bangladesh’s Power Division will jointly work with UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change and Engineering and Physical …
New Delhi The government is devising a scheme where old ACs and refrigerators can be replaced with energy efficient equipment, at a lesser cost. The Bureau of Energy Efficiency ( BEE), under the aegis of the Power Ministry, has proposed that power distribution companies offer electrical equipment that consume less …
The energy audit of North Indian tea factories will begin shortly, according to Mr M.G.V.K. Bhanu, Chairman of the Tea Board of India. Talking to Business Line here on Wednesday, Mr Bhanu informed that the Tea Board has already completed the exercise for nearly 200 tea factories in South India. …
The country’s premier stock exchange BSE Ltd has launched ‘BSE-Greenex’, the first environmentally-friendly equity index, which will enable investors take more informed decisions in the green theme of India. The Corporate Affairs Minister, Mr Veerappa Moily, inaugurated the new initiative by striking the gong on the BSE here today. The …
BSE Ltd launched ‘BSE-Greenex’, the first environmentally-friendly equity index, which will enable investors take more informed decisions in the green theme of India. Inaugurated by the Corporate Affairs Minister, Mr Veerappa Moily on 22 Feb 2012. The BSE in association with gTrade (supported by GIZ promoted by Germany, Observer Research …
IN DELHI to participate in the Sustainable Development Summit, Carl Pope, a veteran environmentalist and chairman of Sierra Club, one of the world’s oldest environmental conservation organisations, tells Kunal Majumder why coal is no longer a viable option to meet India’s growing energy needs. You have been advocating that coal …
The European Parliament is poised to signal support for the option of withholding some carbon permits to bolster prices after political parties in the assembly reached a compromise tied to draft energy legislation. Carbon allowances surged as much as nine per cent to an eight-week high after parliament industry committee …
European parliamentarians have agreed to compromise wording ahead of a vote this month that is expected to increase pressure on the Commission to remove carbon allowances to prop up prices on the EU Emissions Trading Scheme which have plumbed record lows. The news helped carbon prices, with the benchmark contract …
Federal Minister for Water and Power, Syed Naveed Qamar has directed on Thursday to launch Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) (energy saver bulbs) distribution programme from April throughout the country, says a press release. He said while presiding over a meeting on distribution plan of CFLs. The Secretary Ministry of Water …
China’s painstaking development of a low-cost, efficient energy solution for its commuters holds a lesson for India. Disruptive technologies are game changers that herald a new era, toppling established market leaders within a short span. The battery-operated electric two-wheelers is one such technology. In a little over a decade, it …
Best efficiency of power plants could be achieved only through placing orders for spares with original equipment manufacturers, A.V.Krishnan, Executive Director, BHEL, Tiruchi, said. Speaking at a customer meet organised by the Spares and Services Business Groups of BHEL's New Delhi, Tiruchi, and Ranipet units at Chennai recently, he assured …
NEW DELHI: The EU wants countries meeting at a conference in June under the UN's Rio+20 mechanism to double their share of renewable energy by 2030 under an international obligation. It also wants countries like India to agree to double its energy efficiency levels under an international understanding. World leaders …
“As a developing country in the frontlines of climate vulnerability, India has a vital stake in the evolution of a successful, rule-based, equitable and multilateral response to climate change,” said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the inauguration of the 12th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) 2012 organised by The Energy …
More Than Half The Users Of Green Products Unhappy With Available Options: Survey Ahmedabad: Use of CFL and LED bulbs in households may generally be linked to increased awareness amongst citizens about environmentfriendly and energy-efficient (EE) products. But a recent study points towards the fact that such usage may be …
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu is already a leader in renewable energy in the country and will seek further increase in such power production over the next five years, said Sudeep Jain, Chairman and Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA), here on Wednesday. Speaking at the inauguration of a …
To protect the climate and overhaul our energy supply, we will need to do more than just expand renewables, we will need to do more than just expand renewables - we also have to start using energy more efficiently. But planned EU regulations are meeting with fierce resistance.
This report highlights promising examples of successful collaborations already under way, such as India’s National Solar Mission; Kenya’s efforts to design an investment-grade renewable energy strategy; the South Africa Water Partners Network; and the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania. These examples offer innovative financing mechanisms and new models for …
