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 …
Aloysius Xavier Lopez Green building uses less energy, water and healthier for insiders GOING GREEN: The new Legislative Assembly complex coming up in Chennai . CHENNAI: The construction project of the new Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Complex has been registered with the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) for a green …
Power sector in India is quite phenomenal and it continues to grow Power generation, transmission and distribution for a huge country like India with its myriad geographical, physiological, demographic, natural and environmental variations pose a great challenge. The Indian power sector is under the ministry of power, which is entrusted …
After a successful pilot project at Simon Bolivar Marg, the New Delhi Municipal Council will replace the existing streetlights on 67 city roads with new, energy-efficient lights. The Rs 34-crore project is part of the civic body
China and other developing nations must help "pay" for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said on Monday, backing off a recent statement that put a greater burden on the United States. As the United States and other developed countries make …
Very soon the building of Punjab Mini Secretariat, Chandigarh, will be developed into the first energy-efficient building of Punjab. Disclosing the details, Viswajeet Khanna, Secretary, Science and Technology, said this building would be projected as an example of energy conservation which might motivate others. Elaborating on it, he said bids …
The transcript of remarks by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her visit to New Delhi. Seeking India's proactive cooperation for a new global climate deal, she made a strong pitch for low-carbon economy and assured that Washington will "not do anything that will limit India's economic progress".
Russia plans to ban the production and sales of powerful incandescent bulbs in 2011 that will save energy, according to economic development minister Elvira Nabiullina, chairperson of the task force for energy efficiency. Incandescent bulbs above 100 Wt would no longer be produced, which will save 10 to 20 per …
At their annual summit last week, leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations pledged to try to keep the planet from warming by more than 2
Vasundhara Vyas Mehta AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Energy Development Agency (GEDA), which has a been conducting a programme for school children in the state for the last five years has decided to extend its scope to green buildings as well as sustainable buildings. The objective of the Bal Urja Rakshak Dal (BURD), …
This article looks at the issue of climate change from a developing country perspective and develops an outline of a win-win-oriented climate policy around development priorities. It demonstrates how the great climate debate between the
In a rare exercise, the state has decided to conduct energy audit of seven government buildings. The aim is to find out how much energy is being wasted by these buildings. Ways to conserve energy will also be suggested. The shortlisted buildings are two state secretariats
The declaration on energy and climate at the MEF of 16 countries at G8 summit in Italy. Both developing and developed countries will cooperate by taking appropriate mitigation actions for low carbon growth and will report by Nov 15 2009 on action plans and roadmaps.
Public awareness about the "catastrophe" of climate change is not high enough to pressure politicians into taking action, former Vice President Al Gore said on Tuesday. Gore, who shared a Nobel Prize in 2007 for his environmental campaigning, said politicians will only do more once the people who elect them …
The average American family would pay at most $1 a day more to fight climate change, the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency told a Senate committee on Tuesday. EPA head Lisa Jackson said carbon cutting legislation would, on average, amount to a 50 cent per day cost per …
The Greening-the-Box initiative aims to demonstrate that retrofitting can transform hard-to-heat housing association and council properties into models of low-tech sustainability and fuel efficiency - with almost zero heating.
The Energy Research Institute (TERI) said it was disappointed with the Union Budget 2009-10, considering the fact that Central government has the mandate to carry out reforms in the energy and environment sectors.
