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Waste to Energy Project Not So GreenBy : sustainabilityo..., May 11, 2011
A waste-to-energy (WtE) project in the heart of the Indian capital and run by a powerful industrial family is testing the enforceability of the country’s environmental and zoning laws. The WtE project, being promoted by Jindal Ecopolis—owned by the Jindal family that... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , Hospitality , Inter Press Service , Law , Politics , Social Issues , Technology |
ENVIRONMENT: Smugglers Axing Kashmir ForestsBy : sustainabilityo..., Jan 27, 2011
During the summer of 2010 Kashmir saw one of the worst face-offs between pro-freedom Kashmiri youth and law enforcement agencies. Smugglers used the unrest surrounding these outbreaks to conceal their steady ramping up of the black market timber trade, at times with... Read more.. Subject Tags: Inter Press Service , War |
Despite Failed Climate Talks, More Green AwarenessBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 21, 2009
The world supped on an alphabet soup of acronyms over the nearly two weeks of climate change talks that just ended – UNFCCC, COP-15, IPCC, CDM, LDCF, MEF, CCS. But did any of these filter down to reach the average citizen? Does it bother people if their countries’ "... Read more.. |
India Plays Guessing Game Ahead of CopenhagenBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 1, 2009
With one week left before the start of the United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen, there is still no reliable word as to whether Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will attend, or whether or how much the South Asian state will commit itself to emission cuts.... Read more.. |