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27th Dec 2010 - Science Daily
A newly engineered yeast strain can simultaneously consume two types of sugar from plants to produce ethanol, researchers report. The sugars are glucose, a six-carbon sugar that is relatively easy to ferment; and xylose, a five-carbon sugar t...
16th Dec 2010 - MSN Green News
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposed Memorandum of Understanding on green technologies that is among several agreements to be inked with China during the ongoing visit of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. Though Co...
25th Dec 2010 - Daily News Analysis
A new study has revealed that the oriental hornet has built-in 'solar cells' that generate electricity from sunlight - a first in the animal kingdom. Study leader Marian Plotkin of Tel-Aviv University, said that scientists already kn...
25th Dec 2010 - Express india
At a seminar organised by the Pune Union of Working Journalists (PUWJ), 2001 Ramon Magsaysay Award (Community Leadership) winner Rajendra Singh spoke extensively on ‘River Pollution in India’. He talked about the increasing...
26th Dec 2010 - Daily News Analysis
Bangladesh has detained a fertilizer-laden Indian ship after a court issued a warrant ordering authorities not to allow its departure until a Rs12 crore admiralty suit was settled, officials said. "We have received the (high court) o...
27th Dec 2010 - Dredging Today
A public hearing organised by the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board has urged the Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) to take all steps to mechanise and modernise its facilities so that pollution is eliminated for the betterment of the people...
26th Dec 2010 - Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Biranji lake, the water resource for Hunasehalli, Mavinaguli, Kallugudde, Haliyaur and other vilages, has been contaminated as coffee pulp is being released to it. Villagers have warned that a protest will be organised, if officials ...
27th Dec 2010 - Dredging Today
Thousands of construction projects across the city are being delayed and getting more expensive due to an acute shortage of sand caused by an unresolved fight between environmentalists and the government. Several developers, including Haware ...
27th Dec 2010 - Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Mayor K. Chandrika will convene a meeting of contractors, coastal wards' councillors and Kerala Water Authority (KWA) officials early next month in a bid to expedite work on the Muttathara Sewage Treatment Plant project. ...
23rd Dec 2010 - Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
In a drinking water catastrophe, two people have been dead and 17 are ill due to drinking the polluted water in Valagunda Scheduled Tribes Haadi. Aftermath of the situation has brought a mourning atmosphere in the Haadi with 22 house...