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Land Rover goes 'carbon neutral': Tesla who?Hippies are constantly banging on about hydrogen and electrically powered cars being the best ways to reduce our carbon tyre prints. That, it transpires, is complete hogwash. The best way to go carbon neutral is to drive a stonking great Land Rover while hollering, "Out of my way, bark fondlers!" We tested the new 2011 Range Rover this week and one of its most intriguing features was a 45,000-mile subscription to Land Rover's Carbon Offset Programme, run by independent CO2 offset provider Climate Care. All Ranger Rover customers pay a small fee, included in the price of the... Read more.. Date : Jul 8 Source: Crave
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Asian Green City Index soonSiemens and the Economist Intelligence Unit to rank the greenest cities in Asia Asian Green City Index will compare leading Asian cities from eleven countries including Karachi. Which is the greenest city in Asia? A study being conducted by Siemens in cooperation with the Economist Intelligence Unit will provide the answer. Over the coming months approximately 20 leading Asian business capitals will be compared in terms of their environmental sustainability. The cities will be assessed in eight environmental categories, including energy supply and CO2 emissions, transport, water,... Read more.. Date : Jul 8 Source: Trading Markets
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Cap and trade could benefit agriculture if it has role in shaping climate legislationClimate change legislation could offer economic benefits to farmers, if they have a role in shaping it. That’s the gist of a study by Informa Economics for the American Farmland Trust and the National Association of Wheat Growers. It was the focus for discussion recently at Ridgewater College in Willmar, when the Ag Carbon Market Working Group sponsored a forum on possible climate change legislation. The Washington, D.C., group is a consortium of farm commodity and biofuel industries promoting agriculture’s interest in climate legislation. “If we’re not at the table,... Read more.. Date : Jul 8 Source: West Central Tribune
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Investigation vindicates climate scientistsClimate-change researchers at a British university failed to respond to critics in an open manner but hewed to high standards in their science and did not manipulate their data, according to findings released Wednesday of an independent review of hundreds of hacked e-mails. Date : Jul 8 Source: San Jose Mercury News
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Western Climate group sees carbon cuts and savingsThe analysis by the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) said the effort to foster a clean-energy economy can significantly reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases linked to climate change and achieve about $100 billion in net savings by 2010. California, British Columbia and Ontario are key members of the 11 states and provinces in WCI, which aims to cut emissions to 15 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 through the cap-and-trade system, as well as through complementary policies such as energy efficiency regulation. Cap-and-trade systems, which are already in place in Europe and... Read more.. Date : Jul 8 Source: Reuters
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India and China Will Soon Produce Natural Gas From ShaleIndia and China have been contemplating the development of domestic shale resources for some years now. The successes of US and Canadian oil and gas E&P companies in producing natural gas from shale, the rapid increase in North American natural gas reserves, driven largely by shale, the continued expansion in commercially productive shale basins in North America and the impressive advances in the family of technologies needed to profitably produce natural gas (and now gas liquids and oil in the Eagle Ford, Barnett and Bakken basins, for example) from shale basins has impressed both the... Read more.. Date : Jul 8 Source: Seekingalpha
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Mukherjee to Head Panel to Boost Energy Security as India, China CompeteIndia formed an energy-security group led by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as the nation competes with China for resources to fuel the fastest-growing major economies in Asia. The group of ministers is scheduled to meet for the first time today, Power Secretary Uma Shankar said by telephone from New Delhi today. “The panel will discuss the bigger, broader issue of energy security for India,” Shankar, the top bureaucrat in the ministry, said, declining to give details. The panel meets as the government considers using part of India’s $277 billion of foreign-exchange... Read more.. Date : Jul 8 Source: Bloomberg
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Percentage reduction target for energy conservation to come in force from April 2011Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEU) last week obtained Cabinet and all legal clearances to introduce percentage reduction target for energy conservation in all private and public utilities and reduce carbon footprint in power sector with effect from April 2011, disclosed Director General BEU, Dr. Ajay Mathur, warning that their non-compliance will attract severe penalties. Inaugurating ASSOCHAM organized conference on ‘Reducing Carbon Footprint in Power Sector’ here today Dr. Mathur, however, clarified that levels of percentage reduction target will be higher for inefficient and... Read more.. Date : Jul 8 Source: Orissa Dairy
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Process to name new forest force head beginsWith 23 days left for principal chief conservator of forests (head of forest force) CS Joshi to retire, the state government has started a hunt for his successor. The departmental promotion committee (DPC) will meet on Thursday at Van Bhavan to shortlist names. Joshi is retiring on July 31. Earlier, two meetings called to shortlist a HoFF were postponed. The DPC will be attended by state chief secretary JP Dange, Karnataka HoFF IB Srivastava (as the Union government’s nominee), additional chief secretary BP Pandey and HoFF CS Joshi. This is perhaps for the first time that a... Read more.. Date : Jul 8 Source: TOI
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Navi Mumbai airport will destroy mangroves: RameshUnion minister for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh said on Wednesday that the proposed airport at Navi Mumbai would destroy a large swathe of mangroves. "There are talks about a new airport in Navi Mumbai. If that airport comes up in the proposed area, 400 acres of mangroves would be destroyed," Ramesh, who was here to inaugurate a heritage project at Dandi village, told reporters. Ramesh said Maharashtra should use the expertise of Gujarat Ecology Commission (GEC), a state government agency, for mangrove conservation. "I have suggested the Maharashtra Chief... Read more.. Date : Jul 8 Source: TOI
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Climate change clues unearthed in GreenlandCLUES TELLING us what to expect from climate change are easily found, both in the fossil record of plants but also in the genes of animals living around us today. These clues tell us that overwhelming changes are on the way with massive species extinctions and unparalleled changes to our environment. The public was shown these clues in an intriguing session yesterday on the final day of the EuroScience Open Forum in Turin. They exist in 200 million-year-old plant fossils dug out of the stone in Greenland – once covered by a lush subtropical forest; can be seen in fish that become... Read more.. Date : Jul 8 Source: Irish Times
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NZ launches ETSNew Zealand has launched an Emissions Trading Scheme, which will see companies trading in carbon credits referred to as New Zealand Units. Under the Kyoto Protocol, New Zealand agreed to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2012 or pay for any excess – the country has adopted an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) in order to fulfil this agreement. The New Zealand Government hopes that the ETS will be the most cost-effective way to reduce carbon emissions and provide an incentive for businesses and consumers to change their energy consumption behaviour. Date : Jul 8 Source: Ecogeneration
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PCMC implements Rs 1,200 cr projectsIn the last three years since the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation was selected as a mission city under the central government's Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), the civic body has implemented projects costing over Rs 1,200 crore. Neelkanth Poman, computer officer, PCMC, told TOI that the central government has approved a total outlay of Rs 2,601.12 crore for development projects such as sanitation, road improvement, water supply and slum rehabilitation in the township. In the last three years, the PCMC has received grants of Rs 633.52 crore... Read more.. Date : Jul 8 Source: TOI
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PAT scheme to save energy in industriesPerform, Achieve & Trade (PAT) scheme, promoted under the National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEE), will help energy-intensive large units to enhance cost effectiveness in terms of energy efficiency, said Ajay Mathur, Director General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency. He was speaking at the one-day workshop on ‘Perform, Achieve & Trade (PAT)’ organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here on Monday. Mathur said that the Government had notified in March 2007 the facilities consuming more than a specified quantum of energy in each of the nine sectors,... Read more.. Date : Jul 8 Source: Finance Buzz
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World fuel subsidies could fall, reform likely - IEAWorld fuel subsidies probably fell last year, and some of the countries with the cheapest fuel are poised for reform, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday. Last year's expected fall, follows a near doubling of subsidises prices in 2008 from 2007 because of higher energy prices and stronger demand, the IEA said. This is the first time it had given a figure for 2008 fossil fuel subsidies. Governments in several G20 countries, including China and Russia, subsidise fuels such as coal and oil to keep prices artificially low for consumers, boosting energy demand... Read more.. Date : Jul 8 Source: Reuters India
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UN 'won't deliver' on climate changeUN 'won't deliver' on climate change In a paper released by the Lowy Institute yesterday, Professor McKibbin says in the wake of last year's failed Copenhagen summit the world's biggest emitting countries should agree to adopt similar carbon prices that rise over time. An emissions trading... Read more.. Date : Jul 8 Source: The Age
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India to Drive Global LNG Market Growth Finds RNCOSAccording to our research report “Global LNG Market Analysis”, the demand for LNG is expected to grow at a robust pace in both the developed and developing nations in coming years. Despite the economic slowdown of 2009, the market did not seem to have been much affected as the countries globally understood the importance of using LNG. Thus, the LNG demand is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 7.6% between 2010 and 2030. The soaring prices of crude oil and coal at the global level and the concentration of countries towards clean power are the key factors fuelling growth in the sector. ... Read more.. Date : Jul 8 Source: News Wires
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Solar lamp designed by Indians wins award for helping developing countriesA company, run by Indian entrepreneurs, has won a prestigious environmental award for designing a solar lamp that aims to replace kerosene-burning lights in developing countries. D Light Design says its lanterns, which sell for around 10 dollars, contribute to the reduction of carbon emissions. One of the runners-up for the Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy was the Rural Energy Foundation (REF) for promoting solar energy in Africa. More than 70 percent of sub-Saharan Africa has no access to electricity. D Light takes has won the 40,000 pound Gold Award, for "... Read more.. Date : Jul 8 Source: One India
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IMF raises 2010 global growth forecastThe IMF has raised its estimate for global growth this year by 0.4% to 4.6%, reflecting a stronger-than-expected first half. Its forecast is the largest jump in global growth since 2007, while the projection for 4.3% growth next year is unchanged from the April forecast. Canada and the US are leading advanced economies out of the recession, while strong expansions in Brazil, China and India are shielding the global recovery as the sovereign-debt crisis weighs on Europe, the IMF says. "The overarching policy challenge is to restore financial- market confidence without... Read more.. Date : Jul 8 Source: Investment Week
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Value of global carbon markets up 5% in H1 2010The markets for European Union Allowances (EUAs) and certified emissions reductions (CERs) exchanged 3.7 billion tonnes (Gt) CO2e over the six first months of 2010, valued at some €48 billion (US$59bn), compared to €46bn in H1 2009. In terms of volume this is down 10% on the same period last year, mainly due to dramatic reductions in the volumes transacted within the North American Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) market. In terms of value, however, it represents a 5% increase compared to the same period last year, according to analysis by Point Carbon, the leading provider of... Read more.. Date : Jul 8 Source: Commodities Now
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Tata Power's Mulshi solar plant to be ready by this yearTata Power, India's largest private sector power utility, today said that it would commission its 3 Mw solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Maharashtra by the end of this year. Tata Power also plans to install solar capacity in Gujarat to meet its target of having 20-25 per cent of total capacity from "zero-carbon power" by 2017, a company statement said here today. Date : Jul 8 Source: Business Standard
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eSolar Awarded DOE Funds to Develop Molten Salt Power StorageeSolar, Inc. and its project team member, Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG), have been selected to receive up to $10.8 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to design, build and test a modular, baseload molten salt power plant using concentrated solar power (CSP). B&W PGG is a subsidiary of The Babcock & Wilcox Company. B&W PGG's scope includes a single, full-scale modular molten salt receiver specially designed to fit with eSolar's technology; molten salt to steam heat exchangers; and a hot/cold molten salt storage... Read more.. Date : Jul 8 Source: Sustaiable Buisness
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Major Asia Pacific Photovoltaic Markets Expected to Grow 85% in 2010According to the Solarbuzz® Asia and Pacific Major PV Markets 2010 report, the key emerging country markets of China, India, South Korea and Australia, together with the long established Japanese market, contributed 0.9 GW of installations in 2009, or 12% of world demand. After a policy-led reduction in demand in South Korea last year, all five of these country markets are now expected to return to growth in 2010. According to data in the new Asia and Pacific Major PV Markets 2010 report, demand across the three countries will be up 85% this year in the mid-case Green World scenario. ... Read more..Date : Jul 8 Source: ECN
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Ecology, R&R stress in IIT's Navi Mumbai airport studyAn environment impact assessment (EIA) study by the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, for the proposed Navi Mumbai international airport, has categorically said there should not be any compromise on retaining the geomorphology of rivers, the aquatic life and mangroves in the airport zone. The study has called for additional plantation of mangroves on 350 hectares. It has called for implementation of a Rs 370-crore rehabilitation and resettlement policy for 10 settlements of seven villages in the airport zone. The R&R policy envisages a one-time financial grant for... Read more.. Date : Jul 8 Source: Business Standard
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Leaked climate e-mail inquiry to release reportAn independent report into the leak of hundreds of e-mails from one of the world's leading climate research centers is being published Wednesday, with many scientists hoping it will help calm the global uproar kicked up by their publication online. Date : Jul 8 Source: Yahoo!
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