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 …
US oil demand has fallen 5 per cent this year - the biggest drop since 1981 - according to new figures which underline changing American attitudes towards energy use. The American Petroleum Institute, the national oil and gas trade organisation, said yesterday all big petroleum products, including petrol, distillate, jet …
London-based alternative investment manager Climate Change Capital plans to invest 5 billion yuan (US$732 million) in environmental projects in China including industrial waste management and clean technology over the next two to three years. The firm, which has not yet put its capital to work in China, is also looking …
Thomas Friedman, the three-time Pulitzer prize winner and foreign affairs columnist of The New York Times, built a bonding with book readers and avid students and followers of the international politics with his 2005 bestseller, The World is Flat. He now returns to his audiences with Hot, Flat and Crowded, …
A three day long workshop on efficient energy management and renewable energy begins today at the Dhaka Sheraton Hotel. The USAID and UNDP jointly organised the workshop. Special Assistant to the chief adviser Dr M Tamim will attend the inaugural function as chief guest while secretary of Power Division Dr …
Greenpeace, an independent environment watchdog, held a unique interaction with children at the Sukhna Lake on Friday. The activists, dressed as penguins, said their niche was melting due to a rise in global temperature, which has been destroying the environment and their habitat. The interaction was part of the group
The Ministry of Power, Government of India is planning to add around 78,000 MW of power in 11th Five Year Plan which is around 60 per cent increase from the existing capacity. The planners are making big plans for constructing huge coal based, hydro and nuclear power plants in the …
The head of oil giant Chevron Corp on Wednesday called on President-elect Barack Obama to create a national energy policy that promotes efficiency, opens up new areas for oil production and sets a clear policy on carbon dioxide emissions. "The new administration has an opportunity to make realistic changes to …
AHMEDABAD: Imagine busy city roads lined with boxing speed bags that resemble a bulb. This is to spread the message on global warming. The only price to free dose of catharsis is switch off your lights on December 15. Batti Bandh is here. After being greeted with good measure of …
BS Reporter / New Delhi November 08, 2008, 0:02 IST Ten private sector firms have come together to form the Alliance for Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE) to promote energy efficiency among industries and households. The AEEE, which is modeled on the lines of the American Council for an Energy Efficient …
London: Gadget makers showed off their green credentials at a technology show in London to try to tempt consumers worried about soaring fuel bills, climate change and the financial crisis. Amid the usual array of power-hungry televisions, stereos and computers, a handful of companies promoted high tech products designed to …
MUMBAI: The ever expanding Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector contributes two per cent of the total greenhouse gas emissions and this is all set to double in the future. Few know the emissions from the sector are as high as aviation, one of the worst offenders. Yet ICT can come …
The Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has introduced Energy Conservation Awards to encourage energy efficiency in large and small-scale industry, government and commercial buildings, educational institutions, agriculture sector, poultry farms and domestic sector. Bikram Singh Majithia, science and technology minister, yesterday disclosed that these awards had been instituted to encourage …
Focussing on energy conservation and on renewable energy sectors whose markets are expected to expand in the future, the symposium informed the audience of the latest policies and market trends in India, as well as to introduce notable business strategies of Japanese and Indian businesses in the two fields. This …
The Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has introduced energy conservation awards to encourage energy efficiency in large and small-scale industry, Government and commercial buildings, educational institutions, agriculture sector, poultry farms and domestic sector. Bikram Singh Majithia, Science and Technology and Non-Conventional Energy Minister, today said these awards have been instituted …
This category comprises activities that lead to efficient use of electricity through the adoption of self-ballasted compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) to replace incandescent lamps in residential applications. The high-efficiency technology to replace existing equipment must be new equipment not transferred from another activity.
Light pollution is largely the result of bad lighting design, which allows artificial light to shine outward and upward into the sky, where it's not wanted, instead of focusing it downward, where it is. Ill-designed lighting washes out the darkness of night and radically alters the light levels
By Clifford Krauss For all the support that the presidential candidates are expressing for renewable energy, alternative energies like wind and solar are facing big new challenges because of the credit freeze and the plunge in oil and natural gas prices. Heliostats redirect sunrays to a tower in Seville, Spain. …
