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Mumbai choking on road dust: Study

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 17, 2010

A recent report on air pollution and its sources in mega cities — prepared by National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) and sponsored by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) — reveals just how deep the rot actually is. Construction activity,...

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Subject Tags: Disaster , Technology

Mangroves in Mumbai will be clean in two weeks, says TERI

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 17, 2010

The mangrove stretch along the 70 km coastline of Mumbai, which has been affected by the oil spill, will be cleaned up within two weeks with the use of the oil zapper technology.

Banwari Lal, director of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) who discovered the...

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Subject Tags: Disaster , oil , Technology

Carbon Sciences Successfully Synthesizes Proprietary Raw Catalyst Needed for Making Gasoline Without Using Crude Oil

By : Preeti Aggarwal, Aug 11, 2010

Carbon Sciences Inc. , the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform greenhouse gases into gasoline and other portable fuels, today announced the successful synthesis of a proprietary raw catalyst, an essential step toward demonstrating commercial feasibility...

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IIT engineer suggests technology to clean up Mumbai beaches.

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 10, 2010

It is time to start cleaning up the beaches when the oil spill is freshly entrapped into the sand and silt using the Sand and Silt Washing Reactors (SSWR), said an environmental expert from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) here.

It is important to...

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Subject Tags: Disaster , oil , Technology

China may launch environmental tax trial: report

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 6, 2010

The tax would be tested in four largely rural provinces, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi and Gansu, the newspaper said. The finance ministry, environmental protection ministry and tax administration were set to make the proposal to the State Council, or cabinet, it added.

An...

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Subject Tags: Disaster

Ahmedabad's ‘Solid’ management of waste

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 1, 2010

Thanks to the long-established tradition of recycling and reuse, per capita generation of waste is quite low in India compared to most developed countries. However, due to large population, the volume of generated waste even in India remains very sizeable. Total waste...

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Ahmedabad's ‘Solid’ management of waste

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 1, 2010

Thanks to the long-established tradition of recycling and reuse, per capita generation of waste is quite low in India compared to most developed countries. However, due to large population, the volume of generated waste even in India remains very sizeable. Total waste...

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Scientists sound warning on forest carbon payment scheme

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 22, 2010

Scientists convening in Bali expressed a range of concerns over a proposed mechanism for mitigating climate change through forest conservation, but some remained hopeful the idea could deliver long-term protection to forests, ease the transition to a low-carbon economy, and...

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India doesn't expect any climate treaty in Mexico: Ramesh

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 22, 2010

As it joins BASIC members for another round of two-day consultations this weekend, India today said it does not expect any treaty in Mexico in December as rich nations are yet to fulfil their promise of doling out fund and technology to poor countries. 

"I don't expect...

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Subject Tags: Disaster , Mexico , Technology

Algae holds promise to make aviation carbon-neutral.

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 22, 2010

The group, which owns Airbus, is showing off an aircraft powered by algae juice at the Farnborough Airshow this week. EADS (FR:EAD 16.36, -0.03, -0.15%)  is betting that the small aircraft, which completed its first successful flight last month in Germany, can help make air...

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Subject Tags: Disaster , oil