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 …
By 2021, city will need 975MU of power every year : The draft master plan for a Solar City project in Kochi, with a financial outlay of Rs. 696.59 crore, was presented before various stakeholders on Monday. The proposal drawn up by the All India Institute of Local Self Governance, …
Renewable energy technologies can address trade-offs between water, energy and food, bringing substantial benefits in all three key sectors. This report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) looks at how adopting renewables can ease trade-offs by providing less resource-intensive energy services compared to conventional energy technologies. An energy system …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led council on climate change, which was reconstituted last year, will hold its first meeting on Monday and brainstorm on finetuning renewable energy issues which are to be taken up with US President Barack Obama during his India visit. The high-level panel, comprising senior ministers and experts …
Despite the new Republican majority and the oil industry gunning for the president’s agenda on emissions cuts and the Keystone XL pipeline, Barack Obama will show he’s no lame duck on climate change, White House officials insisted ahead of his second-to-last State of the Union Address. After using his executive …
The Ministry of Power is considering a paradigm shift in the power sector in the country having presented a proposal to the President on development of renewable energy sources in 2015 that presidential committee on renewable energy and energy efficiency be set up with someone domiciled in the ministry of …
To meet the world's growing demand for energy, the most influential companies are finding innovative ways to decarbonize their power use. And the smartest companies are making the boldest commitments of all: to be 100% renewable as an integral part of their business strategies. This RE100 Insight Briefing Report provides …
Thanks to better technology and improved efficiency, energy is becoming cleaner and more plentiful—whatever the price of oil, says Edward Lucas. A careful observer might note the chunky double glazing on the elegant windows and the heat pump whirring outside the basement entrance. From the outside the five-storey house in …
THE BASIC MODEL of the electricity industry was to send high voltages over long distances to passive customers. Power stations were big and costly, built next to coal mines, ports, oil refineries or—for hydroelectric generation—reservoirs. Many of these places were a long way from the industrial and population centres that …
THE CHEAPEST AND cleanest energy choice of all is not to waste it. Progress on this has been striking yet the potential is still vast. Improvements in energy efficiency since the 1970s in 11 IEA member countries that keep the right kind of statistics (America, Australia, Britain, Denmark, Finland, France, …
European makers of equipment for coal-fired power plants should receive financial help to export it, an EU discussion paper seen by Reuters says, in a clash with the bloc's declared aim to lead the global fight against climate change. Coal is the most polluting fossil fuel, emitting around twice as …
BRAINSTORMING ON PACT PM Narendra Modi's January 19 meeting will be the first formal gathering of the council since its reconstitution in November '14 Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans to hold a meeting with his climate experts' council on January 19 ahead of US President Barack Obama's visit to India. …
Travel and tourism giant Thomas Cook has slashed electricity use across its entire office and retail network by 55% and total energy use by 35% since 2010. In its 2014 Sustainability Report, the British group claimed the reduction was due to a combination of streamlining locations, installing new technologies such …
As a large developing country, India’s challenge is to meet its development aspirations in a carbon-constrained world. This study, undertaken by the Centre for Study of Science Technology and Policy (CSTEP) uses Sustainable Development (SD) as the overarching framework and aims at equitable access to energy, clean air and water, …
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday asked India to take a leadership role in reaching a "meaningful" climate change pact in Paris later this year. "I count on the leadership of India in our ongoing efforts to address the climate change issues ... I expect as one of the …
PANAJI: Oil and natural gas corporation in collaboration with Goa energy development agency is expected to soon build a one megawatt solar power plant at ONGC's base at Betul, ONGC director (technology & field services) Shashi Shankar said on Monday. Shankar was speaking at the third Carbon management and sustainability …
Sub-group appointed by Forum of Regulators suggests fuel linkage for power generation & a special purpose vehicle to provide clearance to miners The Centre will need a whopping Rs 15.70-lakh crore to provide power round the clock, to everyone. Providing reliable, secure and quality power to everyone between 2015 and …
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday asked India to set an ambitious target to cut down carbon emissions, saying it is in a unique position to lead sustainability, energy efficiency and fight against climate change. “India should come out with an ambitious target to cut down carbon emissions,” he …
Global investment in clean energy jumped 16% in 2014, boosted by fast-growing solar power in the US and China. Solar, whose costs have plummeted in recent years, attracted over half the total funding for the first time. The green energy market has been gloomy in recent years and the rise …
Lights to be changed in hospitals, schools, buildings in the next four months If all domestic users in the New Delhi Municipal Council area shift to using LED bulbs in their homes then 33 million units can be saved per year, NDMC chairperson Jalaj Shrivastava said on Tuesday. Presently, there …
The Environmental Protection Agency said it will delay carbon rules for power plants, missing a deadline set by President Barack Obama in one of the centerpieces of his climate-change agenda. Janet McCabe, the EPA’s top official for air pollution, said the agency will miss this week’s legal deadline to issue …
