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Goldman sets $40 bln clean energy investment plan

By : Sustainability ..., May 23, 2012

Goldman Sachs Group Inc plans to channel investments totaling $40 billion over the next decade into renewable energy projects, an area the investment bank called one of the biggest profit opportunities since its economists got excited about emerging markets in 2001.

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Bayer building tops global sustainability ranking

By : Sustainability ..., May 21, 2012

A particularly environmentally friendly Bayer MaterialScience office building in India has received the top ranking in the international Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system. The zero-energy building in Greater Noida outside of New Delhi was...

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Subject Tags: energy , Environment

Bharti Retail Observes 'Earth Month'

By : Sustainability ..., May 17, 2012

As part of its commitment towards environmental sustainability, easyday and easyday Market stores, owned and operated by Bharti Retail, are currently celebrating "Earth Month" with special sale of eco-friendly products, across India from 22 April 2012 to 22 May 2012. The aim...

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Subject Tags: Bharti , Environment

Green Logistics Gaining Impetus in India

By : Sustainability ..., May 15, 2012

Green logistics is a form of logistics, which is considered to be environment-friendly in addition to being economically functional. Logistics comprises a vital link in the current transportation system. They have enhanced the cost efficiency and consistency aspects of...

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UN cap-and-trade system: Good for China and India, but who else?

By : Sustainability ..., May 15, 2012

The United Nations-administered cap and trade system to reduce planetary greenhouse gases through investment in “green” projects in developing countries has directed most of its billions of dollars in investments to China and India, two of the world’s most notorious polluters...

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Solar Power system to clean energy in Gujarat

By : Sustainability ..., May 14, 2012

The initiatives taken by the Gujarat government in the field of solar power generation are expected to help the state reduce carbon emissions by a staggering 8 lakh tonnes every year.

Officials say this is a small but a definite step in the battle against global...

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Subject Tags: energy , Environment , Politics

Carbon-investments.co.uk Acclaims New Groundbreaking Solar Power Project

By : Sustainability ..., May 10, 2012

Carbon-investments.co.uk recently released a statement applauding a recent breakthrough in solar power technology to be implemented throughout southern India. The initiative is a joint venture of carbon credit aggregator CarbonSoft Corporation and Eureka Forbes, the Mumbai-...

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Microsoft goes green: data centers, offices to be carbon neutral come July

By : Sustainability ..., May 9, 2012

This summer, Microsoft is launching a new green energy initiative in which all of the company's direct operations, "including data centers, software development labs, air travel, and office buildings," will go carbon neutral.

The program will begin in July, at the...

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US Corporations Sponsor Carbon Scam in Europe

By : Anonymous, May 4, 2012

Major publicly traded U.S. corporations, including Dow Chemical, ConocoPhillips, Chevron and Cabot Corporation, have secured multi-million-dollar dubious carbon credits to compensate for their greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, as revealed in this investigative report.

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Energy Performance Standards for Air Conditioners Comprehensively Upgraded in India

By : Anonymous, May 4, 2012

-- Standards now at 8% higher efficiency for star-rating on split 1.5 ton ACs and higher

-- Mobile-based application launched to help consumers calculate energy consumption

-- Technological improvements driving higher energy efficiency in the...

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