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 …
The government will get a $155 million loan from the Asian Development Bank to help improve and expand its electricity services. The work will focus mainly on electric services to the poor and those in areas of conflict, the Asian Development Bank said. The loan was approved by the board …
By JAD MOUAWAD Published: April 7, 2009 The Obama administration wants to reduce oil consumption, increase renewable energy supplies and cut carbon dioxide emissions in the most ambitious transformation of energy policy in a generation. But the world
The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday formally declared carbon dioxide and five other heat-trapping gases to be pollutants that endanger public health and welfare, setting in motion a process that will lead to the regulation of the gases for the first time in the United States. The E.P.A. said the …
The government will get a $155 million loan from the Asian Development Bank to help improve and expand its electricity services. The work will focus mainly on electric services to the poor and those in areas of conflict, the Asian Development Bank said. The loan was approved by the board …
Director General (Management and Conservation) of Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) Tahir Basharat Cheema said on Friday highly obsolete machinery installed at factories was resulting in inefficient consumption of energy in the Pakistan. Similarly, 50 million home appliances, installed during the last four years, were also is resulting in inefficient …
Spam is not just an irritant to receivers, it is also a threat to the environment with a huge carbon footprint, say researchers. A study into spam has blamed it for the production of more than 33bn kilowatt-hours of energy every year, enough to power more than 2.4m homes. The
India is among those countries that report higher emissions per e-mail user The global annual energy used to transmit, process and filter spam e-mail could power 2.4 million homes or 3.1 million passenger cars, according to a study by security technology company McAfee. The study titled "Carbon Footprint of Spam" …
The United States and Mexico agreed on Thursday on a new partnership to fight climate change and promote environmentally-friendly forms of energy production, they said in a joint statement. US President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon, meeting in Mexico City, agreed to broaden political and technical cooperation on …
Most businesses are keeping up efforts to improve the energy efficiency of their information technology, despite having less available capital due to the slowdown, a survey by research group Gartner Inc. shows. Gartner asked 620 organisations worldwide, each with between 1,000 and 10,000 employees, whether they were having to cut …
Unused funds from a European Union plan to spend 4 billion euros (US$5.3 billion) overhauling energy infrastructure could be funnelled into energy efficiency measures, according to a agreement reached on Thursday. European Union countries struck the deal in closed-door negotiations with the European Parliament after weeks of squabbling within the …
There are positive signs a climate summit in December will forge a broader pact between rich and poorer nations to fight global warming, a top Australian official and an influential Chinese expert said on Wednesday. But the "wasteful and luxurious" lifestyles of rich nations could yet alienate poorer nations, with …
Minor metal lithium is set to charge ahead to become the top material for batteries and vital for electric transport, but supplying any spike in demand could be fraught with difficulties. Bolivia, a poor but resource-rich country governed for the past three years by leftist Evo Morales, has about 50 …
>> A independent daily newspaper will be launched in Zimbabwe, adding a new dimension to the news market currently dominated by government controlled dailies. >> Google Inc is soon to roll out free software which allows consumers to track their home electricity use and improve energy efficiency. Dan Reicher,director, Climate …
What should have been done ages ago has been sent to different ministries for opinion. This is not the Friday/Sunday issue to be debated upon. If you want to save energy by closing down shops and businesses at 8 pm, then adopt the day light saving scheme to save further. …
Japan's latest burst of economic stimulus spending is aimed at promoting energy-efficient products made by recession-hit exporters, but analysts say it is unlikely to help the world's fifth-biggest polluter cut greenhouse gas emissions. Japan aims to cuts annual greenhouse gas emissions by 13 percent by March 2013 under the Kyoto …
LUCKNOW: Invariably, it costs between Rs 80 and Rs 100. But how about a CFL worth Rs 15? That could be a possibility in case the power companies from Uttar Pradesh government make a serious representation before the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). Denizens …
THE Greenpeace activists on Friday launched the Bachat Lamp Yojana in the city. Film director Vasanth and Bengali actor Dhritiman Chatterjee, who acted in the recently released Tamil film Yaavarum Nalam, were present. As a part of the launch, the activists set up a stall near the Gandhi Statue on …
