KOLKATA: The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) will be conducting inspections at several Puja pandals to check whether Puja committees are adhering to environment-friendly directives laid down by itto environment friendly steps. This year, the environment department is organizing the Green Puja award that will be bestowed upon those puja committees which will properly follow the directives and organize environment friendly a clean Puja.

 Green award for eco-friendly Puja pandals

NEW DELHI: The next time you travel by the Metro, pat yourself on the back. Thanks to the shift in commuter preference, Delhi Metro has become the first such railway project in the world to get carbon credits from the United Nations for helping in reduction of greenhouse emissions.

Metro earns Rs 47 crore carbon credit points

 

NEW DELHI: Has environment become an impediment to growth? Government data brought out by the Centre for Science and Environment on Thursday paints a completely contrasting picture. The data is staggering. Till date, environmental clearances have been given for 210,000 MW of thermal power capacity — 60,000 MW more than the capacity addition targeted for the 12th five-year Plan ending 2017. This is seven times the capacity actually brought on line till date under the 11th Plan.

Staggering number of green nods given in last five years, says CSE

 

It has been just about two months since Jayanthi Natarajan took over as minister of environment and forests, but environmentalists are already worried how the ministry been diluting strict guidelines put in place by her predecessor Jairam Ramesh.

Red lights blur at green ministry

 

NEW DELHI: Renewable Energy Minister Dr. Farooq Abdullah has called on investors to invest in the burgeoning Indian renewable power market with a special emphasis on solar sector.

Farooq Abdullah seeks international investment in Indian renewable power market

According to a first-of-its-kind survey conducted by Mercom Capital Group titled ‘India Renewable Energy Awareness Survey,’ only 56% of Indian consumers have heard of ‘renewable energy’ or ‘clean energy’, and only 27% of consumers have heard of ‘energy efficiency’. Although awareness was low, 71% of Indian consumers surveyed are willing to pay higher rates for electricity from renewable energy sources.

Awareness of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Low in India, According to Survey by Mercom Capital Group

 

North East Dialogue Forum and Bethesda Youth Welfare Centre Dimapur with logistic support from 1 Nagaland Girls Battalion NCC and Kekhrie Foundation would be organising a consultation on Impact of Climate Change in Nagaland on September 24, 11am to 1pm at Hotel Japfu.

Consultation on impact of climate change in Nagaland

 

AHMEDABAD: Picture this: Unusually heavy rains triggers rapid soil erosion. Huge portions of highways sink and unexpected floods wash away railway tracks – the city is marooned.

India’s infrastructure prone to climate-change toll

 

HYDERABAD: The indefinite strike by government employees, teachers, transport and coal workers, lawyers and other sections of people in Telangana for separate statehood continued for the ninth day Wednesday, bringing the region to a virtual standstill.

Telangana stir hits power supply

Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Shri Deepak Gupta today released the “Draft Guidelines and benchmarks for green large area developments such as townships, neighbourhoods, educational and institutional campuses, special economic zones and medical college hospitals”. The Guidelines have been formulated by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in association with the Association for Research and Development of Sustainable Habitats, ADaRSH. These guidelines will be useful for developing a campus or a township as a “Green Campus/Township”. The Guidelines include details of various incentives which are available under different schemes of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy for deployment of Solar Hot Water Systems, Roof Top PV System, Waste Recycling for Energy Generation, Solar Power Plants etc. while constructing green buildings and green campuses.

Release of Draft Guidelines for Green Large Area Development