Reply filed by the Director, Environment-cum-Special Secretary, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department, Odisha and Member Secretary, Odisha Coastal Zone Management Authority, May 1, 2025. NGT, had registered suo motu in response to the news item in the Hindu, May 4, 2024 titled "Swell waves likely to strike coastal areas …
It's a hot summer weekend and the parking lots around Lagos marina are filling quickly with the BMWs, Range Rovers and Porsche SUVs of the Portuguese yachting set. The scene is repeated across the sun-splashed Algarve coast, but a new government plan could make the gas-guzzling race to the south …
The environment won a temporary reprieve in the recession as Americans slammed the brakes on one of their favorite pastimes: consuming stuff. But while the austerity brought by a battered economy has cut pollution, it has also hit investment in green technology, which could damage the environment in the longer …
Mumbai About 2,000 people from 25 agricultural and fishing villages gathered at Poynad Village on Alibaug-Dharamtar Road, about 113 km from Mumbai, on Thursday to protest against a proposed coal-fired thermal power plant. In a silent demonstration organised with the assistance of Greenpeace, the villagers stood together to form a …
Builder taps wind energy to complete project on time The first phase of the Golden Park housing project in Kalyan in Thane district ended about two years ago. By then the builder was fed up with the irregular power supply that had escalated the cost and delayed the project. Now, …
The U.S. climate bill would give states that are heavily reliant on greenhouse-gas emitting fuels, like coal, more carbon credits on a per capita basis than those that use clean fuels, according to an analysis of the legislation released on Wednesday. States that have taken early action to cut emissions …
India's booming economy has huge potential to shift to a low-carbon future but needs a little hand-holding by rich nations to keep it on the right path, a top Indian climate change negotiator said. About 500 million Indians, or about half the population, do not have access to electricity and …
A vast supply of energy is racing around the planet far above the surface. Erik Vance meets the engineers trying to bring the power of high-altitude wind down to earth.
Indonesia may cut subsidies for fossil fuels and introduce policies requiring state electricity firm PLN to use renewable energy sources for part of its supply within a year, a senior environment official said Monday. Ranked the world's third-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in a 2007 World Bank report, Indonesia is …
The Cape Cod resort area, famous for sandy beaches and centuries-old fishing villages, could in the next few years claim a new title of home to the United States' first offshore wind farm. The United States has experienced a surge in investment in wind power over the past four years, …
The environment won a temporary reprieve in the recession as Americans slammed the brakes on one of their favorite pastimes: consuming stuff. But while the austerity brought by a battered economy has cut pollution, it has also hit investment in green technology, which could damage the environment in the longer …
The U.S. electric grid is outdated and needs a major overhaul if it is to carry electricity generated by renewable energy sources, a senior official with Southern California Edison told Congress on Thursday. The Obama administration has called for doubling the amount of U.S. electricity produced by renewable sources, such …
Power sector in India is quite phenomenal and it continues to grow Power generation, transmission and distribution for a huge country like India with its myriad geographical, physiological, demographic, natural and environmental variations pose a great challenge. The Indian power sector is under the ministry of power, which is entrusted …
Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Sardar Aseff Ahmed Ali said on Thursday that the existing energy crisis could easily be overcome by converting all the streetlights, park lights and traffic signals to the solar energy. He was chairing a meeting, organised by Pakistan Council of Renewable Energy Technologies (PCRET) here …
Almost 3000 systems have been installed through "solar homes technology" in the rural areas of Sindh, electrifying thousands of homes in the province. This was stated by speakers of a seminar on "Micro Financing Credit for Promotion of Solar and Wind Power Technology in Sindh," organised by Environment & Alternative …
The existing energy crisis can easily be solved by proper utilisation of alternate energy sources. Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Sardar Assef Ahmed Ali said this on Thursday. This could easily be achieved by converting all the streetlights, park lights and traffic signals into solar energy. Solar energy plants are used …
A parliamentary standing committee yesterday asked the power and energy ministry for taking an immediate initiative for generating wind and solar-based electricity as alternative sources of power due to gas crisis. The standing body on power and energy ministry also asked the ministry to assess the 400 megawatt (MW) wind-based …
Alternative energy jobs can provide vocations across many sectors of the economy but policy to spark them can take years to develop, U.S. governors told a Senate committee on Tuesday. State green power mandates and regional cap-and-trade plans on emissions have been useful tools in pushing local economies to begin …
