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Now, armed forces take to green energy, conservation

19th Mar 2010 - http://www.financialexpress.com/news/now-armed-forces-take-to-green-energy-conservation/592688/

The armed forces have taken a major initiative towards adopting energy efficiency and conservation in operations and cantonment complexes. The armed forces now need not carry the heavy batteries, instead the Army is planning to replace dry and wet ba...

New website breathes life into renewables and energy efficiency statistics

19th Mar 2010 - http://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/paginas/Contenidosecciones.asp?ID=14&Cod=5103&Nombre=RSS

Two of Europe’s leading renewables organisations, REEEP and REN21, have developed a new animation tool within its reegle platform for visualising trends in European countries over time. Users of reegle, the specialist search engine for renewabl...

Need for new bio-medical waste disposal guidelines

04th May 2010 - http://www.thehindu.com/2010/05/04/stories/2010050458540400.htm

NEW DELHI: The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) has urged the States of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to pool their resources to draft bio-medical waste disposal guidelines. According to ASSOCHAM, Delhi and the Nati...

Now, special e-waste bins to dispose of old batteries, phones

05th Apr 2010 - http://www.dailypioneer.com/247028/Now-special-e-waste-bins-to-dispose-of-old-batteries-phones.html

As part of efforts to tackle the growing menace of electronic waste in Delhi, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit will launch a pilot project on Monday to set up special e-waste disposal bins at various strategic locations including schools and markets. &...

NTPC JV may get site for nuclear power project

07th Apr 2010 - http://www.financialexpress.com/news/plants-power-jsw-energy-net-10-fold;-pfc-profit-surges/612100/

New Delhi: Central utility NTPC’s plan to enter nuclear power generation business might take off soon, with the government planning to allocate a site for the development of 2X700 mw capacity to the proposed NTPC-NPCIL joint venture (JV). &nbs...

No ceiling on GHG Emissions from thermal power plants

16th Feb 2010 - Chemical Weekly

The Indian Government is not contemplating a national ceiling in quantitative terms to limit the total Green House Gas (GHG) Emission from thermal power plants. According to an official statement made by the Ministry of Environment And Forests, As ...