In 2019, the illegal wildlife trade reached staggering levels. Pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked in massive quantities from Africa to Asia, exposing a network of crime syndicates operating at an industrial scale. The sheer volume of these shipments marked a disturbing milestone, one that revealed the global reach …
The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has facilitated Rs 50-crore worth of carbon credits to the 300-odd forging units in Ludhiana. The SIDBI's new Chairman and Managing Director, Mr R.M. Malla, sees this as the first among many such initiatives. Mr Malla told Business Line recently that SIDBI's …
: Is there a winwin formula to involve private participation in preserving the country's green cover? The environment ministry is contending with a proposal to allow private funding into greening of the government-held reserve forests and in return letting them earn carbon credits. Though at a nascent stage, the discussions …
Companies will find it makes sense to reduce pollution and adopt good governance It's a tricky question. Can industry adhere to model standards of corporate social responsibility, cut pollution levels to the minimum possible and still maximise profits? Conventional thinking would tend to say no -the costs are presumably greater …
The lesser density of houses coupled with use of hollow concrete blocks and an underground tunnel ventilation to provide natural air-conditioning add to the carbon credit earning capacity. Bangalore, Feb. 21 A local real estate company, which is implementing a residential complex under the
If two scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory are correct, people will still be driving gasoline-powered cars 50 years from now, churning out heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere
POLITICS and jittery equity indices are making the global carbon credit markets nervous. Carbon credit prices have plunged in the last few weeks. This could be troubling for major supplier India, which sold 20 million carbon credits in 2007, and has a larger number in the pipeline. The bad news …
The potential of CDM projects to attract foreign capital and technology and fetch foreign exchange is enormous... Sanjay Kapadia & Kailash Anerao INDIA and China are dominant players in the global carbon market today. As far as India is concerned, one-third of the total Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects registered …
Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd (DFPCL) has launched a clean development mechanism (CDM) project at its manufacturing plant in Taloja. The project will address concerns on global warming, by reducing green house gas emission. The project will be implemented within six months. - Our Bureau
Beijing will ban sales of new cars that fail to meet new emission standards starting from March, state news agency Xinhua said on Saturday, in another move to clean up its air before the August Olympic Games. All new cars are required to meet the new national standards that are …
For better or worse, free-market environmentalism is gaining credence in the country. And the latest singing hosannas to the idea is one of India's largest conglomerates, the Tata group. It is putting into place a plan to measure its carbon footprint, reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and figure out how …
Germany said it would issue 451.9 million tonne say ear of carbon-dioxide pollution certificates from 2008 to 2 012, 0.3%fewer than allowed by the European Commission. Germany cut its planned emission cap because new power plants will need fewer free C02 permits than previously expected, the DEHST emissions trading unit …
THE US Environmental Protection Agency is in trouble again. Already under fire for failing to get tough on carbon dioxide emissions, the agency has now had its scheme for dealing with mercury pollution ruled illegal.
"India is more difficult...it now reco-gnises the reality of man made climate change...does not put its shoulder to the wheel. Its basic attitude...are that western governments created the problem so western governments must solve it'. "They point out that if you look at emissions per capita they are not a …
Global carbon trading has gained momentum. The Worldwatch Institute, drawing from various studies, places the total value of the trade in 2007 at $59.2 billion, an 80 per cent increase over 2006. As the 2012 deadline for reducing emission levels approaches, the volume of carbon trading will be enormous. Asian …
The worst fears about the impact of the rush for bio-fuels are coming true. Evidence that has now surfaced suggests that bio-fuels based on plant sources may actually aggravate, rather than alleviate, the environmental damage being caused by global warming. At least two recent studies done in the United States, …
Ironically, converting new land to produce alternative fuels from crops and grasses can cause emissions of carbon dioxide 420 times more than the annual savings from replacing fossil fuels, according to Minnesota-based scientists. Policymakers in the European Union and the US have identified biofuels as a tool to fight global …
On 31 January 2008 the staff of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce issued a 'white paper' on potential climate change legislation, with a particular focus on competitiveness concerns and ways to engage developing countries. The paper is part of a series aimed at providing guidance to lawmakers in …
The European Union is preparing to take the next step in tackling climate change after its executive arm presented a draft legislative package on 23 January 2008. The draft legislation proposes an EU-wide greenhouse gas emission trading scheme and enery related measures. Feb 2008
Based on the verified emissions for the 2005 and 2006 trading years, the actual emissions and allowances for each installation covered by the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) were compared. Based on data available for 24 Member States as of May 2007, this article uses a thorough data analysis …
