The low-carbon aviation fuel, which will be produced in India, is claimed to have half the carbon footprint of standard fossil fuel. Virgin Atlantic was the first airline to fly a plane on bio-fuel in February 2008. PTI “India, which is amongst the ..
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GURGAON: Other than transplanting trees, the Rapid Metro Rail Gurgaon Limited (RMGL) has decided to share the revenue generated by selling carbon credits.
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A UK-India project is aimed at obtaining a greater understanding of the factors which affect fuel cell performance and durability, particularly in relation to using readily available fuels, including waste biogas
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The Gujarat State Fertilizer and Chemicals Limited has decided to go for carbon credit auditing in the next three years expecting assured returns for the massive banyan tree plantation done in the companys campus on the city outskirts and at other locations.
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NEW DELHI: Delhi government is working towards making Delhi
The ambitious rural tree plantation scheme where the government wanted every villager to plant at least on tree each will soon be taken to the next level. After having achieved planting of 5.93 crore over the past one-and-half-year, just a few lakhs short of the magic figure of 6.25 crore trees
equal to the rural population, the state has already started thinking of earning some green points to support the project further.
NTPC Ltd is in talks with Toshiba Corp to build a pilot project in India to capture and store carbon emissions, a Toshiba official said. The Japanese power-equipment maker aims to develop its first 5-Mw carbon capture plant in India by 2016, Toshiba India Private Ltd Managing Director, Kenji Urai, said.
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The scientific evidence on the need for urgent action on the problem of climate change has now become stronger and even more convincing. Future solutions would lie in the use of renewable energy technologies, greater efforts at energy efficiency and dissemination of decentralized power generation. Policy makers around the world are working toward a long-term international framework to address climate change.
The Government of India (GOI) has committed to make India a
Reliance Powers INR 16,000 crore ultra mega power project at Sasan has qualified for carbon credits which will help it earn over INR 2,000 crore, or 40% of its equity in the next decade.
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Tracking the giant black carbon footprint in the Himalayas just became a whole lot easier. Using simple cell phone cameras, scientists have brought microscopic air pollutants into plain view for local people. In a study from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, V. Ramanathan and colleagues are working with local villagers in Northern India to monitor local atmospheric levels of black carbon, using photographs of quartz filters taken with cell phone cameras.
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New Delhi: Delhi Metro has earned Rs 3 crore annually in carbon credits since 2009. The railway project is the first transport project in the world that was registered under the United Nations programme for dealing in the carbon market.
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The global economic slowdown has led to a new debate in governments and the private sector, with many arguing that the transition to a low carbon economy is too expensive or of less importance now. However, during the recovery from recession, our economic models must evolve to overcome unprecedented turmoil in global markets and simultaneously make provisions for climate-friendly sustainable growth.
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Nigel Lawson believes that a case can be made for the introduction of an across-the-board carbon tax, initially at a relatively low level, provided that the proceeds of the tax are fully returned to the pockets of the people by a reduction in other taxes such as income tax.
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The Pune Municipal Corporation is eyeing funds from the World Bank, for the first time, for carbon credits it has been able to manage through energy saving by introducing flourescent lamps for streetlights. A World Bank team is scheduled to visit the city by the month-end to verify the civic body claim.
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Report lists likely energy savings, cost-benefit analysis, sectors with most savings potential as well as drivers and barriers to ICT adoption.
Key highlights of the DESC Report include:
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Mumbai, Dec. 13: The silence at Cancun on the future of the Kyoto Protocol has cast a cloud of uncertainty over the emission trading business (carbon credits) in India.
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A treadle water pump paid for by offsets has the power to transform poor communities
In the middle of a field on the plains of northern India, farmer Ram Dyal is making a point. One hand grabbing my sleeve, he wraps his other round a sturdy bamboo pole. “This”, he says, slapping it for emphasis, “has lifted poverty from our valley. It has lifted poverty from my home.”
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The upcoming internal Metro link in Gurgaon, connecting Sikanderpur to NH-8, is touted to cut down on 40,000 tonnes of carbon emissions once it starts operations. Officials of the Rapid Metro Gurgaon Rail Limited (RMGL) claimed that with an expected ridership of 1.5 lakh passengers per day, the Metro system is expected not only to ease road congestion but also improve air quality in the city.
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NEW DELHI: Railways has become one of the first government entities to successfully unveil a programme to cut down carbon consumption, helping it earn carbon credits.
India will launch a national programme on black carbon on December 15. Environment minister Jairam Ramesh said the programme will cover measurement, monitoring and modelling for black carbon but ruled out India agreeing to inclusion of black carbon into the framework of UN climate talks.
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As nations seek an international agreement to reduce global warming pollution, one of the biggest issues on the table is transparency. When a country says it has reduced emissions, other nations want to know they mean it. Transparency and accountability provisions are an essential building block of an effective international system to address greenhouse gas emissions.
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Greenspaces, a proposed Information Technology Park in the National Capital Region, is a ‘Green’ special economic zone (SEZ): designed, developed and operated in a low carbon, sustainable way. It will have a 1.75 million square feet building which includes features such as rainwater harvesting, solar hot water systems etc and 1 megawatt solar power generation enough to meet electricity usage of over 500 homes from rooftop cells. And yes, Reva enthusiasts, even charging points for electric cars.
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BANGALORE, INDIA: Indian IT major Wipro topped the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI) rankings published for India for the first time.
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New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) With climate change talks at Cancun next week expected to get stuck on some contentious issues between developing and developed countries, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh Thursday said that India will act as a ‘bridge’ between the two sides.
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A member of Parliament in India has released a report that seeks to assess the viability of low-carbon infrastructure projects.
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