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Japanese Giant Mitsui Leads $60M Investment In A Startup That Turns Pollution Into Pure Money

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 22, 2014

 As places like China and India continue to grow, an ever-increasing number of billowing smoke stacks mark these countries’ landscapes. 7 million people died in 2012 from air pollution. LanzaTech wants to clean up those industries by turning all that pollution into extremely...

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Schneider Electric inks pact with Ramco Systems

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 10, 2014

 Global specialist in energy management Schneider Electric has inked a pact with city-based enterprise software product company Ramco Systems to offer advanced process control solution.

The partnership will see Ramco's Advanced Process Optimisation software — OPTIMA,...

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Buried in UN Report: $100 Billion More Needed to Adapt to ‘Global Warming’

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 2, 2014

 The United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) latest report estimates it will cost developed nations an additional $100 billion each year to help poorer countries adapt to the devastating effects of “unequivocal” global warming, including food...

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Hybrid vehicles more fuel efficient in India, China than in US

By : Sustainability ..., Apr 1, 2014


Hybrid cars are significantly more fuel-efficient in India and China than in the US due to traffic and driving conditions in these countries, a new study by Indian-origin scientists has found.

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Subject Tags: China , Environment , India

US unit offers India to co-develop, test carbon capture tech

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 31, 2014

 With India relying heavily on coal-fired power plants to meet its electricity needs, a major US' research facility has offered Indian tech experts, scientists and companies the opportunity to co-develop and test technologies related to carbon capture.

Once these...

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More Indian companies warming up to lowering carbon emissions

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 17, 2014

 What started as a voluntary initiative by a clutch of business houses to report their carbon emissions may help India keep its promise to reduce carbon intensity by 25% by 2020. Hundreds of companies are likely to join them in the next few years.

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Subject Tags: Environment , Godrej

Built-In Savings: A U.S.-India Partnership on Energy-Efficient Buildings

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 14, 2014

 In order to reduce their greenhouse gas pollution, enhance their energy security, and grow their economies, the United States and India should aggressively pursue opportunities to curb energy waste, particularly in the building sector.

There is clear evidence of...

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U.S.-India Energy Dialogue 2014

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 12, 2014

 The U.S.-India Energy Dialogue met in New Delhi on March 5-11. Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia hosted the government-to-government portion of the Dialogue meeting on March 11 with United States Department of Energy Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz.  The...

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US Energy Secretary to visit India next month

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 20, 2014

 US Energy Secretary Ernest J Moniz will travel to India in March to revive the bilateral energy dialogue postponed last month due to diplomatic dispute between the two countries. 

Moniz, who is expected to meet Indian officials on March 10 and 11, had put off the trip...

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Experts seek use of new carbon trapping techniques - IANS

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 16, 2014

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Subject Tags: Environment