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 greenhouse gas emissions of textiles can now be scrutinised with the development of a new Publicly Available Specification (PAS) from the British Standards Institution (BSI). PAS 2395, launched in collaboration with the Korean National Cleaner Production Center (KNCPC), deals with the entire lifecycle of any products manufactured substantially from …
This interim 2014 report by the Deep Decarbonization Pathway Project (DDPP) summarizes preliminary findings of the pathways developed by the DDPP Country Research Teams with the objective of achieving emission reductions consistent with limiting global warming to less than 2°C. The DDPP is a knowledge network comprising 15 Country Research …
Apple released its 2014 Environmental Responsibility Report, posting the new information on its updated Environmental Initiatives website. The report, which covers fiscal 2013, highlights the progress Apple has made towards its environmental goals, which include reducing climate change by using renewable energy sources, using greener materials, and conserving "precious resources."
In November 2010, three combatants gathered in a sleek office here to build a carbon emissions policy that they hoped to sell to the Obama administration. One was a lawyer who had been wielding the Clean Air Act since his days at the University of California, Berkeley. Another had turned …
The Works department of the Odisha government has completed the process to handover a contract of constructing an energy saving building worth Rs 124 crore in state capital. "The tendering process has been complete, but as it is awaiting approval of higher authorities, we cannot disclose the name of the …
Cabot Corporation (NYSE:CBT) announced that it has been honored with the top listing in the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation's (CPCIF) 2013 "Energy Efficiency Frontrunner" benchmark company listing for the carbon black manufacturing industry. Cabot is the first multi-national company to take part in the ranking and be named …
Supporters of emissions trading are making a last-ditch plea to the Senate not to repeal Australia’s laws – citing new analysis that shows “axing the tax” will cost the budget almost $20bn over the next four years and a letter from 59 leading economists insisting a carbon price is the …
The £11 billion Government plan to put ‘smart meters’ into every UK home launches this week despite fears they may not work and could open national grid up to cyber-terrorists The meters, which are being introduced to meet EU green targets, will cost households £200 each in an effort to …
The Sustainable Energy Association’s Manifesto uses the UK Government’s own online calculator to demonstrate how an ambitious programme of insulating buildings, and producing more energy directly from buildings themselves could net savings to the economy averaging £12.1bn per year from now until 2050. This is equivalent to a £189 saving …
Accelerating the implementation of enhanced pre-2020 climate action - Draft Text on ADP 2-6 agenda item 3 implementation of all the elements of decision 1/CP.17.
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The installation of measures to help homes save energy has collapsed as a result of government policies, campaigners have said. The number of energy efficiency measures installed under national programmes fell 60% in the past year, down from a peak of 1.65 million in 2012/13 to 661,000 in 2013/2014, research …
Green buildings, which are coming up in the state, will be more costly for customers, courtesy the hike in freight rates by the Indian Railways. Green buildings, also known as sustainable buildings, use a process that is environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building’s cycle and is 10 to 20 …
The world's 14 billion television set-top boxes, printers, game consoles and other electronic devices waste $US80 billion ($85 billion) of power a year due to inefficient technology, according to the International Energy Agency. "Electricity demand of our increasingly digital economies is growing at an alarming rate," the Paris-based adviser to …
There is a rapidly rising energy demand from literally billions of devices that remain “on” but may be used for only a few minutes or hours per day. Currently, the estimate for global electricity wasted in this way by network‑enabled devices is 400 terawatt hours (TWh) per year. Consumers pay …
This report investigates to what extent different definitions of ‘Primary energy factors’ can have implications on EU energy policy. Primary energy factors (PEF) have been developed as a form of comparison and a number of EU directives refer to the implementation of primary energy factors in setting energy and climate …
A worker walks amongst piles of coal loaded onto barges on the Ohio River in West Virginia. The mining industry accounted for 5.5 percentage points of West Virginia’s GDP growth in 2013. The Environmental Protection Agency calls its carbon rules an economic winner that will deliver more than $10 in …
The EU's principle initiative for climate innovation, Climate-KIC, has unveiled details of a ground-breaking proposal to create a single index for benchmarking the energy efficiency of building stock across the continent. The European Energy Performance of Properties Analysis (EEPPA), launched in partnership with real estate firm Knight Frank, aggregates data …
This working paper aims to help data center users and operators develop practical strategies for sourcing low-carbon power and to improve shared understanding about the challenges and opportunities with low-carbon power sourcing that apply to data centers in many different situations.
