Reply filed by the Director, Environment-cum-Special Secretary, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department, Odisha and Member Secretary, Odisha Coastal Zone Management Authority, May 1, 2025. NGT, had registered suo motu in response to the news item in the Hindu, May 4, 2024 titled "Swell waves likely to strike coastal areas …
Developing emissions markets to encourage farmers in poor countries to store more carbon dioxide in soil should be a key topic on the U.N. climate talks agenda, global warming activist Al Gore said. "I think that soil carbon conservation and recarbonizing of soil must be the next stage in this …
The U.S. government on Tuesday awarded $550 million in grants to develop renewable energy projects to help double U.S. renewable energy production over the next few years, an Obama administration goal. The grants will pay cash to companies in lieu of tax credits to support solar, wind, biomass and other …
A group of 500 businesses and nonprofit executives on Tuesday urged global governments to take action on climate change, saying failure to do so would result in catastrophe for the planet and global markets. "If there is no global agreement then we will lose valuable time and opportunity to ... …
Poking out of the ground near the smokestacks of the Mountaineer power plant here are two wells that look much like those that draw natural gas to the surface. But these are about to do something new: inject a power plant
Chandigarh: Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday urged new and renewable energy minister Farooq Abdullah to enhance the Central subsidy for solar water pumping systems for irrigation and allied purposes from Rs 30 per watt to Rs 100 per watt to make the system viable for small …
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama will unveil a plan to support developing countries in technology and funding to fight climate change at a U.N. meeting this week, Japan's environment minister said on Sunday. Speaking ahead of Hatoyama's U.S. trip, Sakihito Ozawa also said Japan would work toward its own bold …
According to the FKCCI, there is a disparity between the actual amount of monthly solar rebate being given by the Escoms to consumers and the potential for the Escoms to earn carbon credits, by showcasing these solar water heaters as sources of green energy that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The …
B.S. Satish Kumar The Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) has appealed to the State power regulator to extend the rebate on solar energy to those who use other alternative sources of energy such as biofuels and agricultural waste, to heat water. In its objections filed before …
The Indian corporate sector has realised the dangers posed by climate change, and is slowly, but surely, amalgamating green technology with it score growth strategy Climate change has increasingly become central to the policy concerns of the government. Even the corporate sector is waking up to the threat posed by …
India's first Solar Park to generate 3,000 MW electricity is coming up in Gujarat with the help of the Clinton Foundation The Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) of the Clinton Foundation has entered into an agreement with the Gujarat government on September 7, one of the outstanding initiatives taken by the …
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday sought cooperation of the German government in coal mining and introducing solar-energy system on a massive scale in Bangladesh. She made the request when new German Ambassador in Dhaka Holger Michael paid a courtesy call on her at the PM's office. The envoy assured the …
US Ambassador James F Moriarty in a statement said the nations of the world are working hard right now to negotiate a new international agreement to combat the impacts of climate change, one of the greatest challenges facing the world today. In Bangladesh, he said, the US government is promoting …
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday sought cooperation of the German government in coal mining and introducing solar-energy system on a massive scale in Bangladesh. She made the request when new German Ambassador in Dhaka Holger Michael paid a courtesy call on her at the PM's office. The envoy assured the …
Denmark on Thursday inaugurated the world's biggest offshore wind farm in time to serve as a showcase of its green technological prowess before a global climate conference in Copenhagen in December. The 91-turbine Horns Rev 2 wind farm off the west coast of Jutland in the North Sea will generate …
Solar power makers will get a boost in California, already their largest U.S. market, as it sharpens its focus on small-scale projects as part of efforts to get a third of its power from renewable energy. Executives with solar industry heavy-weights California- based SunPower Corp and China's Suntech Power Holdings …
India laid out on Thursday new tariff norms for electricity from renewable energy sources, offering a higher return on investments to spur a sector that is at the center of the country's plans to fight climate change. Just three percent of the country's total power mix now comes from renewables, …
Need to propagate benefits of non-conventional energy THENI: The sharp reduction in the cost of solar energy powered equipment and effective propagation on benefits of various non-conventional energy are the need of the hour. Such measures would ramp up the number of users and scale down use of conventional energy …
The European Union's executive will next month publish its strategy for promoting hi-tech solutions to climate change, aiming to give European businesses a head start as the world switches to low-carbon energy. A draft document obtained by Reuters gives insight into the European Commission's priorities. Billions of euros will be …
