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Opinion: Who needs GHG Specs? By : Ashish Rana, Apr 15, 2010
Climate policy specialists recommend GHG emission specs for correction of emission pathways. With U.S. EPA setting the GHG standards for vehicles, the effectiveness of these rules will be seen only in the future. However, such standards in the Indian context may still be far... Read more.. Subject Tags: Business , Environment , Environmental Protection Agency , Labor , Law , Policy Tracker , Sustainable Energy , Technology |
Opinion: Indian Government unsure of COP 15 Targets By : Manu Sharma, Mar 31, 2010
Manu Sharma, an activist and renewable energy expert writes about the targets commited by India in the Copenhagen Accord and what it would mean for the Indian public. Climate Revolution Initiative announced today that RTI applications filed with the Ministry of... Read more.. |
Ahmedabad hosts exemplary Zero Carbon Footprint Event By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 30, 2010
Nirma University in Ahmedabad celebrated India’s first ever zero carbon footprint event, an International Environment Summit, Chemozale’10 in a new avatar – “Go green or Die Young!!!” The vagaries of environment and silent uproar of the changing climate endorsed by... Read more.. |
Unravelling the National Solar Mission By : Rahul Sharma, Mar 25, 2010
Through the National Solar Mission, India plans on installing 20,000 MW of solar power by 2022. The project is ambitious, but has potential to change India’s current energy model, to one that is cheap, clean and accessible to all. Post-Copenhagen, there is an... Read more.. |
Opinion: Renewable Energy- A Requisite for India By : Bulu Imam, Mar 23, 2010
Bulu Imam, a prominent environmental activist writes about the futility of coal based power generation and the need and scope of renewable energy as a clean source of power in India. Dirty power pays. It is lucrative. But it is destroying the future of the planet... Read more.. |
Where to account for trade emissions? By : Roselin Dey, Mar 12, 2010
Where to account for emissions of exported products - the producer (developing nations) or consumer (developed nations)? The recent report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has refueled this debate about GHG inventorization. ... Read more.. |
LCA of energy production By : Anonymous, Feb 11, 2010
Even if the world could instantly switch over to an alternative energy source to minimize global warming, it wouldn’t be obvious which ones fit the bill. We examine the principles that could help make the choice. Some sources release little CO2 but produce other... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy , Entertainment , Environment , Sustainable Energy , Sustainable Products , Technology |
Algae Biofuels: Possibilities, Uncertainties By : Anonymous, Jan 19, 2010
Biofuels are getting a bad reputation. People are doing the math and realizing that replacing fossil fuels with crop-based biofuels would take all the arable land on the planet.[1] Using algae instead, may be key to biofuels becoming an eco-sound alternative.[2] ... Read more.. Subject Tags: Biofuels , Disaster , Entertainment , Human Interest , Resource Efficiency , Sustainable Energy , Technology |
PSUs Going Green By : Shila Kumar, Jan 19, 2010
Intense competition is forcing Indian PSUs to look at measures to cut costs, reduce energy wastages, improve operational efficiencies. Environment-friendly measures help achieve these objectives and improve both margins and goodwill. ... Read more.. |
Carbon Disclosure Project Report for India By : Shila Kumar, Jan 16, 2010
The CDP India Report highlights actions of top Indian companies in reducing emissions as well as adapting to the direct impacts of climate change. It also identifies the... Read more.. Subject Tags: Environment , Human Interest , India , Resource Efficiency , Sustainable Energy , Technology , The CDP India |