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 purpose of this document is to identify and examine global policies, measures, and incentives that appear to be stimulating landfill gas (LFG) use. As certain countries have made great advances in landfill gas-to-energy (LFGE) development through effective policies, the intention of this report is to use information from the …
This report finds, among other issues, that fuel pricing is a key policy affecting emissions and that important information for the design and management of emissions-related policies is missing. The report constitutes the first phase of a broader analysis of the Bank
This briefing outlines why nuclear power is a woefully inadequate response to the climate crisis and how, in contrast, renewable energy and greater energy efficiency can deliver in time to tackle climate change, without any of the dangers posed by nuclear power. It also explores the key environmental, health and …
Blessed with gigantic oil deposits, Abu Dhabi has the world's highest per capita consumption of energy. Now, a green metropolis is being built there, eventually to become a center for regenerative forms of energy. Is this going to work? A report from the construction site.
Government of India is designing National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE), which is one out of eight missions planned under the National Action Plan on Climate Change. This note presents a short overview of the planned actions. Please note, that this document cannot include all the details of the …
This monograph by Delhi's chief secretary Rakesh Mehta aimed at reducing Delhi's carbon footprint has identified a set of 65 action points that each department of the administration would have to follow in the next three years. As a developing mega city each citizen has to contribute to ensure that …
In a world that attempts to move towards a low-carbon economy Efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and tackle climate change have created a new market, generating new opportunities, dubbed green jobs. According to a report by the United Nations Environment Programme, over the coming decades, millions of green jobs …
Companies oppose electricity-saving methods as they may hit revenue In an unusual move, power utilities in the state expressed their unwillingness to take up power saving methods. They reasoned that the power-saving methods would adversely affect their incomes. Ignoring the benefits that will be gained from the power-saving methods, the …
National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency approved by the Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change. This mission will help save about 5 per cent of the annual energy consumption by 2015, & nearly 100 million tonnes of carbon dioxide every year. This document is the draft mission document of the …
Staff Reporter NEW DELHI: To devise energy efficient policies and technologies of renewable energies and their usage in India and Mexico, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and the Centre for Innovation and Renewable Energy (CIRE), Mexico City signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday. Director General of TERI R.K. …
In appreciation of its achievements in the field of energy conservation, the Union Ministry of Power has awarded Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL), the second prize of the National Energy Conservation Award for the year 2008 in the refineries sector, a press release informed here today. The award was presented by …
The Northern Railway, which is observing the energy conservation week from December 14 to 21, organised an energy conservation seminar on Saturday. Northern Railway is known as the most energy efficient system. With about 800.54 million units of energy consumed on an average per annum, the utility pays about Rs. …
New Delhi: In a clear sign that the government means business with its National Action Plan on Climate Change, the urban development ministry has been asked to put strong targets and deadlines in its urban habitat mission. TOI had reported that the urban development ministry had prepared a plan asking …
Nobel laureate and chairman of Inter-Governmental Plan on Climate Change (IPCC) Dr R K Pachauri has proposed a joint plan between Government of Karnataka and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) to reduce power consumption in Vidhana Soudha and Vikas Soudha. Dr Pachauri proposed the plan during his meeting with …
VISAKHAPATNAM: Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL), the corporate entity of Vsakhapatnam Steel Plant, has adopted a new energy policy where it is committed to optimally utilise the various forms of energy to minimise impact on climate change. And to accomplish this, RINL will comply with Energy Conservation Act, 2001 and …
Smriti Kak Ramachandran NEW DELHI: Having eulogised the merits of making the switch to energy efficient designs, the Central Government is getting ready to showcase its first completely green building with the hope that it will have a cascading impact. The upcoming headquarter of the Ministry of External Affairs at …
India is considering allowing trading of energy efficiency certificates and giving concessions such as capital subsidies to promote solar energy, seeking to mitigate damage from the changing climate.
