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 …
V. Rishi Kumar Hyderabad, June 23 The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) will make it mandatory for four products to display energy efficiency star ratings from January 1. The products include air-conditioners, refrigerators, tubular fluorescent lamps and distribution transformers. This is part of the larger plan to cover 21 products …
London: Water conservation usually takes a backseat while doing laundry, but not anymore, for now a new environmentally friendly washing machine, which uses use only one cup of water and leaves clothes virtually dry, is all set to hit showrooms next year. Developed at the University of Leeds, the technologyaims …
Sudha Nambudiri KOCHI: It might not be long before energy accounting comes to State. Following the directive from the Union Ministry of Power to the States to introduce star- labelling, on a five-star scale, in commercial buildings and flats, an Energy Credit Card and starrating system is to be introduced …
Hyderabad: The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has proposed to establish systems and procedures to measure, monitor and verify energy efficiency results in individual sectors and make them mandatory. About 21 consumer products will have to go through mandatory labeling processes which also include passenger cars as well by 2012. …
Ananth Krishnan BEIJING: Ten million energy-saving lamps will be distributed on the streets of Beijing starting Monday in one of the largest ever energy conversion exercises of its kind. With soaring power costs in China, the government estimates replacing incandescent lamps with energy-saving alternatives could save $35 million a year …
Telecoms firms are increasingly looking at more energy efficient and recyclable products in Asia as consumers check labels for environmental credentials and companies try to save on energy costs. "For emerging markets, green will go a long way because it's more of a necessity," Dipesh Mohile, a telecommunications analyst at …
Consumers are still putting environment and ethical issues at the heart of their spending decisions in the recession, even if they have cut back on some higher priced "green" goods like organic foods. Shoppers are flocking to environmentally friendly products sold at competitive prices and are often making more frugal …
By combining participation in a global regime of tradable emission rights with faster energy efficiency improvement, India not only reaps a handsome climate policy dividend, but also helps mitigate global warming, says Vijay P Ojha DEVELOPING countries including India have been absolved of any responsibility towards reducing emissions in the …
The European Commission and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have set new standards for office appliances which could save the equivalent of one year electricity consumption in Ireland. The new specifications for computers and imaging equipment such as printers and copiers will come into effect from July 1, the …
Chennai: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will increase its clean energy investments to $2 billion a year from a previous target of $1 billion, in a bid to accelerate low carbon growth and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the region. The new investment target is a part of ADB's Energy …
M. Soundariya Preetha COIMBATORE: At least 20 pumpset manufacturers here are expected to register shortly for the standards and labelling programme of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE). Jayakumar Ramdass, President of the Southern India Engineering Manufacturers
Chu launched the "Low Carbon Communities of the Americas" program at an event on energy and climate change that was put together after presidents at the Fifth Summit of the Americas in April agreed to collaborate more on green energy issues. The Obama administration is pushing renewable energy and energy-saving …
Rich countries may act on their own to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by developing a carbon market they hope will lure in poor nations even if U.N. climate talks get bogged down, experts said. Nearly 200 countries have been trying to reach an agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocol on …
Green is in as Indian corporates race to compete for a share of the fast-growing Rs 35,250-crore global market for climate-friendly technology and carbon credits Walk into the Wipro campus in Bangalore's Electronic City, and the first thing you are likely to notice is the windmills. Starting from the streetlights …
Democrat Obama can set pace for climate change legislation US president Barack Obama completed 100 days in office recently. When he assumed office, the world
