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See Score Card Raw material sourcing phase To rate the companies on the raw material sourcing phase, grp used the following indicators: the quality of input salt, transportation of salt,
See Score Card Raw material sourcing phase To rate the companies on the raw material sourcing phase, grp used the following indicators: the quality of input salt, transportation of salt,
Royal Dutch/Shell has done it again. For the second time in three months, the Anglo-Dutch energy giant has been compelled to downgrade its reserves estimates. The latest revision saw Shell sliver its estimates of "proven' reserves of oil and gas for 2003 by 220 million barrels and by 250 million barrels for 2002. Earlier, in January, it had downgraded one-fifth of its reserves for 2003 amounting to nearly four billion barrels. This cost both the chairperson and vice-chairperson their jobs.<br>
Pondicherry-based Chemfab Alkalis Ltd (cal) has been rated as the greenest caustic-chlorine company in India. With an overall score of 46.7 per cent, it has been given the Three Leaves Award. Set
With lax regulations and a huge mercury loss unaccounted for, a disaster is waiting to happen in India
If the industry wants to survive in an environmentally conscious world, the search for chlorine alternatives must go hand in hand with product stewardship
Pacific island nations want to popularise the use of coconut oil as a fuel instead of the increasingly expensive petroleum products. This was revealed at a recent un conference on small islands,
Subsidy cuts and differential taxation are energy options, says proposal
Off grid systems are immune to high losses. It can cater to a whole range of rural consumers
China recently lost a crucial energy battle to Japan. The Russian government announced the construction of a "system of pipelines' from its Siberian oilfields to the Pacific Ocean opposite Japan.
India and Pakistan once again came together to resolve disputes over the Baglihar power project. In December 2003, a three-member Pakistani inspection team clarified doubts regarding India's
The Sri Lankan government has given its citizens a bitter pill to swallow this new year. It has declared that a hike in the prices of diesel, petrol and other household goods is the only remedy to
We know that the bulk of greenhouse gas emissions come from the use of energy
The <font class="UCASE">uk </font> government has a tough choice. In the next decade-and-a half decade, almost all of the country's 14 nuclear stations will have outlived their utility. Not a very welcome proposition in a country where nuclear power generates about 22 per cent of the electricity, annually. Moreover, the share of renewables in <font class="UCASE">uk'</font> s energy supply has not grown desirably, while demand for energy is on the rise.
But they should not detract from conserving biodiversity in all its dimensions
India s energy policy is taking a precipitous path
American purse is no good for Indian agriculture
it takes just a few pounds of plutonium or uranium to create a nuclear bomb. If a small amount of these elements were to land up in the wrong hands, then it would prove disastrous. "The threat is
Create a culture that places a premium on human power
Two decades ago, a 20,234-hectare wind farm came up in Altamont Pass, California, usa. Then birds began to die. 22,000 birds have died since the farm came up, including hundreds of golden eagles,
In Bolivia, there is intense political turmoil centred around its energy policy. President Carlos Mesa offered his resignation on March 7, 2005, following weeks of widespread protests and a call by