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Massive India blackout leaves 300 million without power

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 30, 2012

NEW DELHI, July 30 (Reuters) - A massive grid failure in Delhi and much of northern India left more than 300 million people without electricity on Monday in one of the worst blackouts to hit the country in more than a decade.

The lights in Delhi and seven states...

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Centre tells PMC to ready water management plans

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 20, 2012

With the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) phase-II slated to be launched in the coming few months, the central government has sought to know from municipal corporations the status of water supply in cities, implementation of meter billing along with...

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Western region of India tops the list in installed capacity power: Power Ministry

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 19, 2012

The western region of the country has the maximum of 32.51 per cent of the installed capacity of total 2,05,340.26 MW power, according to a latest report of the Power Ministry.

On a RTI query made by BJP leader and RTI activist Om Prakash Sharma, the Ministry stated in...

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Garbage can light up your life

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 18, 2012

On an average, the city generates nearly 4,000 metric tonnes of waste every day. How do you segregate waste and recycle it? The Times of India talks to experts who offer solutions to the BBMP.

Innovative Initiatives

* In the quiet villages of rural Karnataka,...

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Waste management project moves ahead, corpn begins shortlisting of firms

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 15, 2012

The Corporation of Chennai has begun the process of shortlisting firms who will build integrated solid waste management plants. Eighteen firms made their presentations on Friday and Saturday.

All the companies dealt with 'waste to energy' models, said a corporation...

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SCS Expands GHG Offset Verifications to Include Landfills, Livestock and Ozone Depleting Substances

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 11, 2012

Scientific Certification Systems (SCS), a leading verifier of forest carbon offsets, has expanded the scope of its carbon offset verification services in response to escalating demand created by the launch of California's Cap and Trade program. The company is now accredited...

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Can the U.S. Economy Be Sustained for Another 236 Years?

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 5, 2012

Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favour,” Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776

The original Declaration of Independence, badly faded from poor 19th-century preservation...

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GreenBrilliance Commissions 800kWp Solar PV plant in Narnaul, Haryana

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 6, 2012

India is projected to be a solar power house in the next decade with the implementation of its progressive renewable energy schemes. GreenBrilliance a global solar energy provider has tapped the potential proudly announces one its prestigious projects completed in partnership...

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Probe report on JNNURM in 3 months: Kamal Nath

By : Sustainability ..., May 30, 2012

The ongoing probe into the alleged irregularities and malpractices into the JNNURM projects would get over within three months, Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath said here today. He said a detailed report on the irregularities in Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban...

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Sankalp Group launches India's first zero carbon village in Maharashtra

By : Sustainability ..., May 29, 2012

Sankalp group has launched India's first zero carbon village - Coral Village with ultra-luxurious villas at Malvan, Sidhudurg district of Maharashtra.

Spread over 47 acres, the first phase of 80 villas spread over 10 acres will be priced over Rs 2 crore each will be...

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