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 …
This paper by Arvind Panagariya says that India does not fall into the category of "big league" emitters like China. With nearly 300 million people living below the poverty line, India needs urgent and lasting development and it would be inconceivable for India to cap its emissions yet. This paper …
Energy efficiency, many types of renewable energy, carbon capture and storage, nuclear power and new transport technologies all need to be deployed widely to curtail greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) while promoting energy security. Every major country and sector of the economy must be involved. The task is urgent; investment decisions …
This report details why the United States needs a new special type of R&D; organization, the critical ways in which the management of evolutionary and revolutionary R&D; differ, and why, without a separate, specifically aligned organization like ARPA-E, transformational and revolutionary R&D; will fail. It also explains how a properly …
Investing in sustainable transport reduces carbon dioxide emissions and helps mitigate the potential impacts of climate change. This publication details GEF
Secure, reliable and affordable energy supplies are needed for sustainable economic growth, but increases in associated carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and the associated risk of climate change, are a cause of major concern. The IEA analysis in Energy Technology Perspectives 2008 (ETP) projects that the CO2 emissions attributable to the …
New Delhi: Even if India grows by 8% every year with the current set of technologies and policies in place, its per capita emissions will not exceed 2.77 tonnes in 2031
Landmark legislation to curb U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions was approved by the House of Representatives in a close vote late Friday, securing an initial victory for a cornerstone of President Barack Obama's agenda. The 1,200 page bill
President Barack Obama on Sunday called a House-passed climate change bill "an extraordinary first step," but spoke out against a provision that would impose trade penalties on countries that fail to cut greenhouse gas emissions. "At a time when the economy worldwide is still deep in recession and we've seen …
States that have set the U.S. agenda on addressing greenhouse gas emissions are lining up behind a federal climate bill, fearing signs of dissent would weaken a plan that still faces hurdles. Nearly half the U.S. states have moved toward curbing greenhouse gas emissions and want the federal government to …
After Punjab last week banned the use of air conditioners in government offices, the Haryana government too on Sunday imposed a similar ban across the state to tide over the power crisis the heat wave conditions have caused in the region
Landmark legislation to curb U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions was approved by the House of Representatives in a close vote late Friday, securing an initial victory for a cornerstone of President Barack Obama's agenda. The 1,200 page bill
If anyone suggested the World Bank did not take global warming seriously, its bosses would bristle: only last October, they would point out, the institution issued a
Increasing the efficiency of the traditional stoves through conversion will save 3.5 crore tonnes of firewood within 10 years. This was stated by Dr Khalequzzaman, Chief Adviser of the Sustainable Energy for Development (SED), at a press conference at the National Press Club yesterday. The SED, a programme taken by …
Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of UK, delivered a speech on the Roadmap to Copenhagen manifesto on the challenge of climate change and development in London on Friday 26th June 2009.
Microsoft Corp on Wednesday unveiled its Hohm website designed to help residential power consumers save money and reduce their environmental impact by conserving energy. Microsoft has been selling technology to the energy industry for years and is now targeting the home power market as the weak economy forces consumers to …
This analysis provides an assessment of reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions relative to total U.S. emissions that could be achieved by cap-and-trade proposals currently submitted in the 111th Congress. This assessment is an update to a previous analysis released on May 19, 2009 and includes an assessment of the …
