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Barack Obama's clean energy policy to benefit India and ChinaBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 4, 2014
WASHINGTON: The path breaking clean energy policy unveiled by the Obama administration would put the US at a disadvantage against countries like India and China, top US lawmakers and policy advocacy groups have said. ... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , China , energy , Entertainment , Environment , Health , Politics , Social Issues |
Cool Roof Pilot Project to Help Reduce Energy Bills of HomesBy : Sustainability ..., May 30, 2014
The Clean Energy Ministerial's Global Superior Energy Performance Partnership (GSEP) Cool Roofs and Pavements Working Group is supporting the pilot project in collaboration with the local nonprofit Sustainable Urban Climate Change & Energy Efficiency... Read more.. Subject Tags: Social Issues , Technology |
Modi's focus on Ganga makes water resources ministry importantBy : Sustainability ..., May 29, 2014
NEW DELHI: The water resources ministry, which was largely off the radar under UPA, will be a key ministry under the new government which has tasked BJP veteran Uma Bharati to work on PM Narendra Modi's dream project to clean the Ganga. Bharati, MP from Jhansi in... Read more.. Subject Tags: Social Issues , Technology |
E.V. deployment could cut India’s emissions by 4 million tons by 2020By : Sustainability ..., May 29, 2014
By deploying electric cars on their roads, India can avoid importing 120 million barrels of oil and avoid 4 million tons of carbon dioxide by 2020. ... Read more.. |
Will Bangalore ever be garbage-free?By : Sustainability ..., May 28, 2014
It was not very long ago that Bangalore’s sobriquet i.e., ‘Garden City’ nearly came to be replaced with ‘Garbage City’ in the wake of villagers’ refusal to allow garbage trucks to dump the city’s refuse into the nearby landfills. Mounting garbage piles attracted... Read more.. |
From open defecation to toilets that produce biogas and fertiliserBy : Sustainability ..., May 28, 2014
The Hindu temples of Pashupatinath and Guheshwori in Kathmandu attract hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. Many come to the sacred sites in search of spiritual succour. Others are simply on the tourist trail. Whatever brings them, all have one thing in common: at... Read more.. |
Tackling Indian agriculture’s water woesBy : Sustainability ..., May 28, 2014
After witnessing bountiful rains last summer, India appears to be on the verge of a water crisis once again this year, with most forecasts predicting a below-normal monsoon. The estimated gross domestic product (GDP) growth in fiscal year 2013-14 at 4.9% was 40 basis points... Read more.. Subject Tags: Entertainment , Social Issues |
Modi appoints new energy ministerBy : Sustainability ..., May 28, 2014
India's newly elected government has appointed Piyush Goyal as its new energy minister. The former national treasurer, head of communications and MP for ruling party the BJP has now been selected to fulfil the position of minister of power, coal and new... Read more.. |
Report: Newly-elected Modi aims to bring solar to every Indian home by 2019By : Sustainability ..., May 23, 2014
India plans to produce enough solar energy to power a lightbulb in every home in the country by 2019, a party official has said. News agency Bloomberg reported this week that the country's new prime minister, Narendra Modi, wants to accelerate deployment of the... Read more.. |
Air pollution is a $1.7T health problem, OECD findsBy : Sustainability ..., May 23, 2014
LEIPZIG, Germany -- Air pollution is costing the world's most advanced economies plus India and China $3.5 trillion per year in lives lost and ill health, with a significant amount of the burden stemming from vehicle tailpipes, according to a new report by the Organisation... Read more.. |