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20th Apr 2010 - http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/global-warming-reduces-grain-output-in-inflation-ridden-india/392398/
Rising temperatures and inadequate rainfall in India is stagnating grain output, threatening food security in the world’s second-most populous country, according to a weather scientist. In the past decade, average temperatures have increased by...
21st Apr 2010 - http://www.financialexpress.com/news/75m-ifc-loan-to-idfc-for-climate-change-projects/608931/
The World Bank’s multilateral lending arm, International Finance Corporation (IFC), will provide $75 million (around Rs 338 crore) to Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation (IDFC) for investments in renewable energy, cleaner production ...
28th Apr 2010 - http://www.financialexpress.com/news/cpses-to-embrace-csr-with-new-hub/612128/
How public sector companies perform on the corporate social responsibility (CSR) front would no longer be a matter of individual choice. The government is planning to set up a national CSR hub for central public sector enterprises (CPSEs). The hub wo...
19th Mar 2010 - http://www.energybangla.com/index.php?mod=article&cat=GreenPage&article=2420
Bangladesh will receive a 100 million dollar loan from the World Bank to fund clean energy activities. Most of the money will be spent on the government's solar energy programs, the remainder of the loan money will be used to purchase CFL light bulbs...
31st Mar 2010 - http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62T3AQ20100330
Global installed solar photovoltaic power grew by 44 percent in 2009 on the back of German subsidies now under threat, the European Photovoltaic Industry Association said on Tuesday. The global industry added a record 6.4 gigawatts new capacity, brin...
29th Mar 2010 - http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62S4JT20100329
U.S. power plants, industrial facilities and other stationary sources of greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming will not be required to have Clean Air Act permits until January 2011, giving industry more time to prepare for the regulation...
07th May 2010 - http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/green-plastics-expert-to-give-masterclass-14796985.html
A world expert in greening plastic processing operations will be delivering a master class to representatives from the industry in Northern Ireland and the Republic. Dr Robin Kent will be talking to experts from the Irish plastic industry as he deliv...
10th May 2010 - http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2010/05/07/rural-india-journal-what-mncs-do-right-and-wrong-in-rural-india/
India’s backward backwaters have been on the forefront of global corporate thinking recently. Everyone from Toyota Motors to General Electric and Metro has been sending spies into the subcontinent for the first time to investigate the values o...
06th May 2010 - http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/retailreport/2011801992_retailreport07.html
In a scramble to find cups, spoons and takeout-food containers that comply with a new Seattle law on recycling and composting, some restaurants and retailers are hitting snags. Cups are practically a slam dunk. Even plastic-lined coffee cups can be r...
06th May 2010 - http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20100506/1500115.html
The Uttar Pradesh government has directed for stringent action against the hospitals, which are not taking any steps for treatment of bio-medical waste in the state. UP Environment Minister Nakul Dubey directed the state officials in a review meeting...