Environment
Google-led investors in $5-bn offshore energy project
13 Oct 2010
Google, Marubeni and New York investment firm Good Energies have teamed up to finance the gigantic Atlantic Wind Connection project to accelerate offshore wind development to power 1.9 million homes in the US
Human activities overload ecosystems with nitrogen
09 Oct 2010
The ecological damage is serious, but could be reduced by wider use of more sustainable, time-honoured practices
Rare melt key to 'Ring of Fire'
07 Oct 2010
The eruptions of volcanoes in the Ring of Fire are extremely violent because the molten rock contains a high proportion of water which, as superheated gas, provides the power for the explosive eruptions
Top NASA scientist warns against oilsand mining
06 Oct 2010
James Hansen said Total E&P Canada Ltd's $9-billion Joslyn North Mine Project needs to be prevented, as it would cause irreversible damage to global climate.
Sterlite wins SC stay on closure of Tuticorin unit
01 Oct 2010
The Supreme Court today stayed the Madras High Court's interim order to close Sterlite's copper smelting plant in Tuticorin, till the date of the next hearing on 18 October
Navi Mumbai airport plan to be tweaked
27 Sep 2010
Panasonic to expand recycling programme in India
25 Sep 2010
Suzlon installs 5,000 MW of wind power in India
24 Sep 2010
World’s largest off-shore wind farm opens in UK
24 Sep 2010
Petro, diesel in India go green: Prasada
24 Sep 2010
India has switched oveer to the cleaner Euro-III and Euro-IV petrol and diesel from this week, ahead of the 1 October deadline
Seven pachyderms killed in Bengal rail tragedy
24 Sep 2010
Australia’s largest solar power station to be built in Victoria
22 Sep 2010
The state is committed to making it Australia’s solar state through the development of 5 to 10 large scale solar plants by 2020, with an investment of A$6 billion to A$10 billion