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 …
New Delhi: On September 9, 2009, get set to switch off extra lights at 9pm for 9 minutes. The 99999 initiative is yet another unique way to encourage citizens to pledge their support to fight climate change. The climate change campaign has found support from an unlikely quarter, a collective …
Beneficiaries with the free colour TVs distributed at a function in Pudupet on Monday. CHENNAI: A total of 99 celebrities in the city will take part in an event to be organised at Ripon Building here on Wednesday to mark the 99999 campaign for creating awareness on global warming.
Farmers worldwide managed 32.2 million hectares of agricultural land organically in 2007, nearly 5 percent more than in the previous year and a 118-percent increase since 2000. Organic farming is now reported in 141 countries; about two thirds of this land area is in industrial countries, and nearly half of …
BHUBANESWAR: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) hospital has become the first municipal hospital in the country to adopt renewable energy and energy efficiency (RE & EE) options, which after a successful run, could also be replicated in other cities. The project with a `decentralised power generation
Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority has decided to develop Renewable Energy resources and declare energy development areas to implement energy efficiency measures and conservation programs to promote energy security, reliability and cost effectiveness in energy delivery and information management. It has also decided to initiate National Energy Efficiency Award 2009 …
District heating, a technology as old as the Romans, is gaining ground in Britain as the government searches for ways to cut the emissions of global warming gases. Using pipe networks to pump heat into homes and businesses has long been popular in Continental Europe. But it is only now …
The Government of Bangladesh yesterday signed a credit agreement worth US$ 130 million with the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank's concessionary arm to help to increase access to electricity through installation of affordable Solar Home Systems in rural areas. This US$ 130 million IDA credit is provided as …
India will make fuel efficiency standards mandatory for the transport sector from 2011 as part of a growing suite of measures to fight climate change, the country
India's greenhouse gas emissions are expected to jump to between 4 billion tonnes and 7.3 billion tonnes in 2031 but the Asian power's rapid economic growth will be sustainable, a government-backed report said on Wednesday. Per-capita emissions are estimated to rise to 2.1 tonnes by 2020 and 3.5 tonnes by …
NEW DELHI: Power consumers in the Capital slapped with much higher bills than before should pin the blame on the weather, global warming and the Delhi Government for withdrawing the subsidy, say power distribution companies. Even as consumers in the city are left doing the arithmetic on how their electricity …
INDIA has lined up a series of measures to signal its commitment in dealing with climate change in the run-up to the Copenhagen conference in December. For a start, the Planning Commission is considering holding a special session of the National Development Council (NDC) on climate change. Besides, the government …
People want to save the planet but are unwilling to make radical lifestyle changes like giving up air travel or red meat to reduce the effects of climate change, a straw poll by Reuters showed. As leaders gear up for another round of climate change talks later this month in …
New Delhi, Sept. 2 Come 2011, car buyers will be able to tell how fuel efficient the car is. They will no longer have to depend on data put out by manufacturers, as the Government has decided to insist on fuel-efficiency labelling of all automobiles. The information on the labels …
Over 40 percent of Britain's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the main greenhouse gas causing climate change, come from the energy we use at home and in traveling. As politicians gear up for more climate change talks later this month in New York, changing people's attitudes toward energy consumption could be …
New York's Empire State Building is doing it, Chicago's Willis Tower is about to start and many more landlords and companies are expected to undertake building retrofits to reduce energy costs. Spurred by steadily rising utility bills, the need to rein in costs in the recession, a host of government …
The government will distribute 1.05 crore compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs free of cost to households across the country in February next to save 350-400 MW electricity under a belt-tightening measure forced by frequent power outages. The saved electricity will be diverted to the rural areas to supply more power …
Berlin: Germans, who sometimes see themselves as guardians of the environment, are hoarding energy-guzzling incandescent light bulbs ahead of a looming European Union-wide ban, the GfK market research agency said. The Nuremberg-based GfK reported sales of incandescent bulbs had soared about 35% in the first half of the year ahead …
BRUSSELS: The European Union will start phasing out traditional incandescent bulbs in favour of energy-saving ones under new rules which take effect on Tuesday. From September 1, all incandescent bulbs over 100 watts will be banned from shops in the EU and other bulbs of lower wattage will be phased …
