Global Electricity Review 2025
<p>In a world of higher electricity demand growth, clean electricity is stepping up to the challenge. Spearheaded by exponential solar expansion, clean power is set to grow faster than demand, marking
European Union (EU)
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Angling spat
For the third time in five years, negotiations on fishing between the European Union (eu) and Tanzania failed because of dissatisfaction with the conditions of the agreement. eu recently rejected
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Weak safeguard
New norms for water in soft drinks
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In short
too demanding: The Uttar Pradesh government decided on December 14, 2004, to constitute an Irrigation Development and Flood Control Commission. The move is allegedly aimed at merely including
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In Short
kandla mishap: 15 labourers were killed on June 29, 2006, at the Kandla port in Gujarat, when a Cyprus flag ship M V Pontonostos collided with the Anchor Handling Barge. The accident occurred in
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Hectic parleys
The G 20 bloc of nations faces new challenges
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The good, the bad and a few uglies flow
Between the idea and the reality falls the shadow. Despite its stringent environmental regulations, the European Union (eu) reports more failures than successes. So far only activists were crying
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In Court
flare-down: The burning of natural gas by oil firms in the Niger Delta violates the human rights of local people and should be stopped immediately, ruled the high court of Benin City in Nigeria. The
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lovenia, Greece on EU notice
The European Commission (<font class="UCASE">ec</font>) recently issued a second formal warning to Slovenia to implement European Union rules on the prevention of sea pollution. In case of further non-compliance, <font class="UCASE">ec</font> threatened to drag the East European country to the court of the European Communities in Luxembourg. <br>
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Update
The World Trade Organization's (WTO's) mini-ministerial at Geneva on July 1, 2006, ended in a stalemate, with India pulling out of the trade talks. India's commerce minister Kamal Nath walked out of
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The mean world of climate change
<p>The Prime Minister has released India’s national action plan on climate change. For those engaged in the business of environment and climate, the plan may offer nothing new or radical. But, as I see it, the plan asserts India can grow differently, because “it is in an early stage of development”.