Environment
US Ex-Im Bank to lend India $575 mn for solar projects
13 Aug 2011
India will become the biggest recipient of loans next year from the US Export-Import Bank for clean-energy projects, including $575 million loans for solar energy projects that could generate an estimated 315 megawatts
Himachal high court orders fresh green assessment for Lafarge project
13 Aug 2011
The court also set aside the clearance given to the company by an expert appraisal committee (EAC) and asked the Ministry of Environment and Forests to review the matter afresh
Power from municipal waste
12 Aug 2011
MV Rak Carrier oil spill “minor” say officials
08 Aug 2011
Crop breeding could ‘slash CO2 levels’
05 Aug 2011
India protests EU’s carbon tax on aviation
30 Jul 2011
Climate change debate outside UNSC’s mandate: India
21 Jul 2011
India has said discussion on climate change in the United Nations Security Council, though welcome, was not part of the 15-member body’s mandate.
Nepal to re-measure Mount Everest
20 Jul 2011
Embroiled in a perpetual controversy with neighbouring China over the actual height of Mt Everest, Nepal has ordered a new survey of the world’s tallest mountain
Earth's loudest animal: a tiny European insect
04 Jul 2011
What is extraordinary about the ability of the M schlotzi is that the area they use to create sound only measures about 50 micrometres across, roughly the width of a human hair.
India for extending Kyoto Protocol
04 Jul 2011
Global warming could alter the US premium wine industry within 30 years
04 Jul 2011
The amount of high-value Northern California land suitable for growing premium wine grapes could be cut in half by 2040 because of global warming.
Kids 45 miles away from Tepco plant to be issued dosimeters
30 Jun 2011
34,000 children aged between four and 15 living 45 miles from the plant in in Fukushima city will have to wear radiation monitors
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