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 …
Renewable energy sources, which afford several benefits like reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, sustainability in the context of decreasing global reserves of fossil fuels, suitability in meeting diffused and decentralized needs will play a critical role in the future economic growth of our country. There is complete complementarity in implementation …
This paper deals with global mitigation strategy. More specifically the main purpose is to address the question of whether growth in the developing world is consistent with long?run climate change objectives. The first part of this paper lays out time paths for emissions for countries in various categories. These paths …
The Ministry of Power (MOP) and Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) were tasked to prepare the implementation plan for the National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE). NMEEE spelt out the following four new initiatives to enhance energy efficiency, in addition to the programmes on energy efficiency being pursued by …
An intensive, multiyear effort to make AAAS headquarters more energy efficient and environmentally friendly has earned the building honors from the U.S. Green Building Council. The headquarters is the first building in Washington, D.C. to earn gold-level certification in the existing building category through the Council's Leadership in Energy and …
San Francisco: Returning to their ranch-style house in Sacramento after a long summer workday, Jon and Kim Waldrep were routinely met by a wall of heat.
New Delhi: On Friday night, Delhiites will again take part in a citywide campaign to save energy. The Delhi environment department is organising its own quarterly Earth Hour, that will henceforth be observed on the last working day of every third month. Like for other Earth Hours, Delhiites will be …
Manufacturing and technology company Emerson opened its new $50 million state-of-the-art global data center today -- a 35,000-square-foot facility that's expected to be 31 percent more energy efficient than a standard facility. With Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt on hand, the company conducted an opening ceremony …
New Delhi: Delhi will switch off non-essential lights for one hour on Friday in a replay of the Earth Hour celebration on March 28 that saved 1,000 MW of power. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said:
President Mohamed Nasheed introduced bio-fuels to the people of Maradho-Feydhoo during his visit to the island on Wednesday. Speaking at a function held at the social centre, President Nasheed said that bio-fuels use less energy and was overall a more efficient energy source. He also thanked the Malaysian company for …
Jagraon: In what smacks of a scam, CFLs being distributed in Himachal Pradesh free of cost have surfaced in Punjab with a price tag. Some traders have procured the lamps and are selling these in the rural areas of Punjab and that too with the so-called subsidy of the PSEB. …
The second oil crisis of 1979 had just ended when the Government of Sri Lanka decided in 1982 to place energy efficiency and demand management as the top priority, with the energy ministry functioning directly under the President. By 1983, burdened with a severe drought requiring more thermal power generation …
The United States could save about $600 billion in energy costs by 2020 if it hiked annual efficiency spending about five-fold, business consultants McKinsey and Co said in a report on Wednesday. Governments, businesses and the general public would have to boost annual spending on existing energy-saving measures, like insulating …
India's booming economy has huge potential to shift to a low-carbon future but needs a little hand-holding by rich nations to keep it on the right path, a top Indian climate change negotiator said. About 500 million Indians, or about half the population, do not have access to electricity and …
THE gateway to South India, Chennai, which has numerous heritage buildings, can be proud for yet another reason. The city houses the maximum number of `Green Buildings' in the country. At a press conference here on Tuesday, K P Pradeep, publisher of `The Masterbuilder', said there were 34 green buildings …
Pune Spurred by the energy audit that has shown the way to saving power, the Pune Municipal Corporation has decided to take up the energy audit of all its buildings from hospitals, schools, gardens to the one lakh street lights in the city so that it could reduce its electricity …
The Delhi Cabinet on Monday approved a proposal for implementation of the Energy Conservation Building Code in government buildings and building complexes to bring down the estimated average energy use for new buildings by 25 per cent to 40 per cent. Talking to media persons after the meeting, Chief Minister …
Combating global warming is one of several topics being discussed at high-level meetings this week between US and Chinese government officials. Progress between the world's two largest emitters of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases would boost an international summit set for December in Copenhagen that aims to craft new …
Companies are taking a selective approach to reducing their impact on the environment, moving slowly on bigger investments while embracing strategies like energy efficiency and waste reduction that quickly lift profits. As concerns over global warming grow, the number of firms announcing plans to become "greener" have proliferated, with previous …
