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 …
Miner says it can’t ensure 80% fuel; officials to meet PMO principal secy today In a setback for power producers, lenders have said fuel supply pacts offered by Coal India are not bankable as they do not guarantee supplies while the state monopoly has said it cannot provide even 80% …
Global energy consumption grew at 2.5 per cent in 2011, less than half the 5.1 per cent rate it attained in 2010, BP said in its annual Statistical Review of World Energy, published on Wednesday. India's energy consumption rose by 7.4 per cent to 559.1 million tonnes of oil equivalent, …
A special 'star labelling' indicating fuel efficiency will be compulsory for all passenger cars from April 1, 2013, a top official of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) said on Wednesday. "All passenger cars will have to be labelled for their fuel efficiency from April 1, 2013," BEE Director General …
Two pieces of coconut shell. Now on, students of Karthika Thirunal Government Vocational and Higher Secondary School in the city have promised themselves to pack this ‘out of school' item in their school bags. An otherwise useless material at home, these coconut shells would soon go straight into their school's …
Carmakers will have to slash the carbon emissions of new cars sold in Europe by a third by 2020, according to leaked European Commission documents seen by the Guardian. The EC proposals would be legally binding and the document plans for even stricter emissions targets for 2025 and 2030, which …
As many as 144 thermal power stations across the country will be able to save . 3,000 crore in three years by being energy efficient and save on coal consumption as well. Under its PAT (Perform, Achieve and Trade) scheme, Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has notified these thermal power …
If policymakers are to succeed in their efforts to foster economic growth, improve public health, and protect the environment, they need to know which policies work, which don’t, and why. Various modeling efforts have tried to determine which technologies can increase vehicle efficiency, but comparatively little research has focused on …
Fuel Wastage On Toll Gates Worst Contributor New Delhi: The country loses Rs 60,000 crore a year due to congestion (including fuel wastage), slow speed of freight vehicles and waiting time at toll plazas and checking points, a study on operational efficiencies of freight transportation by roads has claimed. It …
New Delhi: Even as chief minister Sheila Dikshit hinted at marginal relief for Delhiites from the petrol price hike, environmentalists are not amused. They continue to be a worried bunch and their fears are not unfounded, for petrol getting out of reach for many people means there will be more …
China will provide financial subsidies of 26.5 billion yuan ($4.2 billion) to stimulate the consumption of energy-saving products, mainly automobiles and household appliances, said the State Council. The green measure also aims to expand domestic demand in a bid to provide stable growth for the world's second-largest economy. The subsidy …
The central government has allocated 6 billion yuan ($949 million) to subsidise consumer purchases of fuel-saving cars, Xinhua News Agency reported late on Wednesday, putting a cumulative figure for the first time on the handouts as it moves to cut emissions in the world's biggest auto market. Beijing started offering …
To move competition watchdog against Coal India’s ‘monopolistic’ rejection of liabilities for default Frustrated by uncertainty over fuel supply despite a presidential decree, top power generation firms have adopted a confrontational approach towards Coal India and decided to complain to the competition regulator against the state-run giant’s “monopolistic” rejection of …
Report predicts forced displacement of poor people from their land to meet EU targets to grow fuel crops. The European Union’s biofuel policies are driving up global food prices and pushing people in poor countries off their land, says a recent report of ActionAid. EU has a target of 10 …
MUMBAI: Maharashtra's 13 power-generating plants, which supply power to the state and 30 other industrial units, are among the country's top 478 manufacturing establishments guzzling a major chunk of the country's fuel, mainly furnace oil. These set-ups have been asked by the union power ministry to reduce their current energy …
In a hurried move to implement the Presidential decree issued by the government to ensure adequate long-term coal supply to power firms, Coal India Limited (CIL) today approved the revised Fuel Supply Agreement (FSA) to be executed with at least 48 companies for generating 18,522 Megawatt of electricity. “The CIL …
Canada, heavily criticized for its environmental record, unveiled long-delayed regulations on Friday that aim to make big trucks and buses up to 23 percent less polluting by 2018. The greenhouse-gas emissions rules - designed to fit with measures already set in the United States - will come into effect starting …
New Delhi: After more than four years of wrangling, the government has cleared fuel mileage standards and labeling for new cars. The norms will force automobile manufacturers to put government certified fuel efficiency labels on each car they sell and improve efficiency of the cars they sell every year. While …
Soaring fuel costs and its expected scarce availability in the future has led utility vehicle market leader Mahindra & Mahindra to explore opportunities in the unconventional space powering new vehicles, such as sports utility vehicles (SUV) and mini cars. The Mumbai-based company is simultaneously working on concepts such as full …
Three weeks ago, President Barack Obama stood in front of a sea of gleaming solar panels in Boulder City, Nevada, to celebrate his administration's efforts to promote "green energy." Stretching row upon row into the desert, the Copper Mountain Solar Project not far from Las Vegas provided an impressive backdrop …
This paper compares fuel consumption / CO2 values of passenger cars from different sources and aims at quantifying the discrepancy between laboratory type-approval values and real-world values, including a retrospective analysis for the years 2001-2011 to determine if the gap between the two datasets has increased over time. Potential explanations …
