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Maharashtra to set up solar power plantsBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 11, 2015
The Maharashtra government on Thursday proposed to set up of solar power systems as an integral part of water supply projects to be taken up under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban... Read more.. |
Centre makes waste segregation compulsoryBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 10, 2015
Waste segregation will now be compulsory when leaving doorsteps. The Union ministry of environment and forest (MOEF) has decided to make it compulsory for waste generators to segregate waste produced by them.In its draft solid waste management rules, the MOEF has state that... Read more.. Subject Tags: policy , waste management |
India approves 27 solar parks at combined 18.5GW capacityBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 10, 2015
India’s government has now approved 27 solar parks, bringing the aggregate capacity to 18,418MW across 21 states and union territories. In a written letter replying to a question in the upper house of the Parliament of India, known as Rajya Sabha, energy minister... Read more.. Subject Tags: Mega Solar Park , policy |
Panel urges more funds for green energy schemesBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 10, 2015
The Standing Committee on Energy in its report for the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has recommended that the Ministry should ask the Finance Ministry for more funds so that the green energy programmes do not face a setback. It said that this will... Read more.. |
2% incentive for New Town green buildings in KolkataBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 9, 2015
The New Town Kol kata Development Authority (NKDA) is encouraging buil ders to build more green buil dings in Rajarhat, New Town. The authorities recently gave green signal to the deci sion of 2% reduction in the building plan sanction fee for developers who would be... Read more.. |
Fin institutions commit to Mainstream Climate ActionBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 8, 2015
At COP21, a coalition of the world’s leading financial institutions officially signed on to five voluntary Principles to Mainstream Climate Action into their operations. The landmark move was undertaken by 26 financial institutions, from both the public and private... Read more.. |
PMPML plans to operate electric busesBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 8, 2015
The Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) will implement Intelligent Transportation Management System (ITMS) and take steps to introduce electric buses as part of Smart City Mission. The PMPML managing director Abhishek Krishna on Saturday signed a MoU... Read more.. Subject Tags: policy , Sustainable Transport |
India Plans To Increase Solar Power Consumption To 10% By 2022By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 8, 2015
India is planning to significantly increase the amount of electricity utilities will be mandated to acquire from solar power projects in order to achieve its ambitious target of having 100 GW operational solar power capacity by 2022. Officials of the Ministry of New... Read more.. |
climate COP21 Buildings Day commitment from USGBCBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 7, 2015
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced today that it will commit to scaling green buildings to more than 5 billion square feet (478 million sq m) over the next five years through the LEED and EDGE green building rating systems. USGBC’s commitment was made at... Read more.. |
Lima-Paris Action Agenda calls for cutting short-lived climate pollutantsBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 7, 2015
At COP 21, governments and industry leaders in the Climate and Clean Air Coalition committed to further essential advances in reducing short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) that have a global warming potential many times that of the main greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. ... Read more.. |