The Punjab Energy Development Agency has released a draft green hydrogen policy aiming to achieve a green hydrogen and ammonia production capacity of 100 kilo tonnes per annum by 2030. The policy proposes extending incentives under the existing “Punjab Industrial and Business Development Policy 2022” to new green hydrogen and …
Anne Arundel and Prince George's counties have the worst ozone air pollution in the Washington area and are among the worst in the United States, a study released today by the American Lung Association said. Anne Arundel ranked 11th-worst among 678 counties monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency nationwide, based …
The first-ever election of people's representatives to a committee which will manage a 50-million-baht fund to help those affected by the lignite-fired Mae Moh power plant in Thailand, will be held on Sunday.Mae Moh district chief Phayon Suwansom said the May 28 election will allow local people affected by the …
With the Supreme court upholding the Madhya Pradesh government's decision to extend escrow cover to four independent power producers (IPPs), the entry of private companies in the power generation sector in the state may finally fructify.
The United States will send a team of experts to check if fires raging near Ukraine's troubled Chernobyl nuclear power plant have increased radiation levels in Belarus, a U.S. diplomat said on Friday. Israel has already evacuated its embassy in Minsk and sent staff home for medical checks amid fears …
Norway's Environment Ministry said on Friday the government could ease greenhouse gas emission restrictions for gas power developer Naturkraft without having to change the pollution law. "It is not necessary to change the pollution law in order to alter emission allowances to Naturkraft's planned gas power stations on Kaarstoe and …
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Friday it will not grant any further leeway on new environmental gasoline standards in the United States, despite tight supplies in the Midwest and a waiver it granted in stock-starved St. Louis. "St. Louis is a special case," said one EPA official, who asked …
Nearly eight years after the country became a party to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Biodiversity Bill was tabled in the Lok Sabha by the Environment Minister, Mr. T.R. Baalu. Enacting this Bill will make India among the first countries to have such a legislation, that could even …
Unanswered questions: The Centres's recent announcement allowing the use of liquefied petroleum gas(LPG) as fuel in automobiles is yet another effort to reduce polluting auto-emissions. It is also an acceptance of reality as, even without the government's approval, a number of self-styled gas consultants have been offering their services to …
The secretaries of States and chief executive officers of State Nodal Agencies for Non-conventional Energy Sources will meet here in a two-day annual conference to review the implementation of programmes and to look at the strategy for 2000-2012 which will form a part of the National Renewable Energy Policy Statement.
Marubeni Corp. said it plans to build an array of power generating windmills with a combined capacity of 26,000 kilowatts in southern Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture. The five-billion-yen ($46 million) project is expected to be the country's largest wind-power system, Marubeni said.
Rajsamadhiyala (Rajkot) is a village which has its own set of rules for governance, has its own penal code, and is known as a "model village" in the Saurashtra region.The villagers constructed check dams near cracks in the land to collect rainwater and recharge the water resources throughout the year.
Grama Vikas, a women's organisation, has taken up desilting of 11 tanks that are vital for the 120 villages of Kolar district. The NGO, that is working in the villages of Mulbagal and Bangarpet taluks, has so far collected Rs 55 lakh from its 5,200 members for desilting the tanks. …
The Police will install oxygen 'concentrators', a device which generates instantaneous oxygen using atmospheric air, at all the solar traffic umbrellas in the city, within the next six months, Mr. P. Kalimuthu, commissioner said.
research : The number of genes in the human genetic code is far smaller than previously thought, totalling between 28,000 and 35,000 compared with earlier estimates that ranged up to 140,000, according to new research made public. A study by public-sector scientists at France's Genoscope and National Centre for Scientific …
Union power minister Rangarajan Kumaramangalam said on Friday that lack of "proper ground preparations" led to the postponement of the meeting of Cauvery River Authority, which was to have been held on Friday.
The captive power unit owners in Maharashtra today got an assurance from the governent of Maharashtra that the review of the policy on captive power is in the process of being finalised and a final decision has not been taken yet.
Occidental Petroleum said yesterday it would immediately restart work at an oil drill site in Colombia after an appeal judge found in favour of the US company in a dispute with a tribal group.
USEC, the privatised US uranium enrichment company at the centre of a landmark US/Russian nuclear agreement,could face partial renationalisation due to severe financial difficulties.
The Government of Bangladesh in a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) finally approved the proposed 450 mg Bheramara Power Plant in consideration of the solution of the present power crisis of the country.
Japan, the world's fourth largest energy consumer, could significantly increase its oil imports, augmenting its influence in global oil markets, if its shifts its energy policy away from nuclear power, according to a new study. The study was published by the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at …
