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 …
JAIDEEP MISHRA FOR everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else, noted the poet and essayist who had two feet firmly on the ground, a realist. That was then, in more simplistic times when win-win outcomes and group-dynamic strategies were …
Faced with concerns of the presence of mercury in the CFL bulbs, Delhi government is now making attempts for environment-friendly and energy-efficient light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs in the city. Environment activists have been raising concerns on the mode of disposal of compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) bulbs containing toxic mercury. Chief …
Ameria will not pass a cap-and-trade law in time for the global climate-change summit in Copenhagen next month. To understand why, it helps to ask a farmer. Take Bruce Wright, for example, who grows wheat and other crops on a couple of thousand acres near Bozeman, Montana. His family has …
As 300 million people move to urban centres in the next 40 years, the challenge is to redesign transport systems and land-use patterns that will help optimise energy use, says Mukul Sanwal WE DO need a new approach to climate change. However, to safeguard our national interest, we must maintain …
In conjunction with the Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate at the University of San Diego, CB Richard Ellis has released the largest study of its kind on the benefits of green office space for occupants located in a significant portfolio of CBRE managed office buildings. The study found occupants reported …
Delhi has become the first city in the country to unveil a green agenda. Under 6 broad environment categories, govt to implement 65 projects In 2002 when Delhi had earned the dubious distinction of being one of the most polluted cities in the world, the humbled city resorted to the …
The Swedish Prime Minister, representing the EU presidency, visits Delhi on 5th and 6th of Nov. 2009. The visit comes just three days after he visited Washington, and two days after he wrote an op-ed that says:
It is hard to implement a policy which is good for both environment and economy. But Delhi has achieved just that. In a review of the best environmental and economic policies in the world
At a time when the Indian power sector is facing a funding shortage of over Rs 5 lakh crore, the government has said that saving of power through the energy-efficiency route could save investments of up to Rs 1.2 lakh crore in the sector.
Most climate change policy attention has been addressed to long-term options, such as inducing new, low-carbon energy technologies and creating cap-and-trade regimes for emissions. We use a behavioral approach to examine the reasonably achievable potential for near-term reductions by altered adoption and use of available technologies in US homes and …
The new industrial policy of Delhi would be technology driven, permitting hi-tech, sophisticated IT-enabled services to boost revenues and deter polluting industries, a government official said on Sunday. Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC) managing director Chetan Sanghi said that first time an industrial policy is being framed …
The 2009 edition of the World Energy Outlook (WEO) provides updated projections that take into account the implications of the global credit crisis, the economic slowdown and the recent slump in the prices of oil and other forms of energy. It also presents in-depth analysis of three special topics: Financing …
In order to negotiate effectively on an international regime for climate change, US policymakers must have an accurate understanding of the constraints and considerations that determine the negotiating positions of key countries. India plays a pivotal role in these efforts. In the run up to the December 2009 negotiations in …
This guidance note has been prepared in response to the growing demand for guidelines to support the work of human development report teams and partners in integrating human development analysis and advocacy into more equitable, sustainable and climateresilient development planning and policy debates. The note explores each stage of report …
Climate neutrality means living in a way which produces no net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This should be achieved by reducing your own GHG emissions as much as possible and using carbon offsets to neutralize the remaining emissions.
A survey has been carried out in a cluster of four villages in Amaniganj Block of Faizabad District of Eastern Uttar Pradesh in India. The survey is based on primary and secondary data collected from household and village level questionnaires. The present energy consumption in cooking, lighting, other domestic activities, …
