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Earth Hour: Power distribution companies save 258 MW in DelhiBy : Sustainability ..., Apr 1, 2019
The power distribution companies in the national capital saved 258 megawatt (MW) of electricity during sixty minutes of the Earth Hour observed on Saturday night. Government and private... Read more.. Subject Tags: BSES , Climate Change , Earth Hour , government institutions , power distribution , TPDDL |
Vice President Naidu stresses on the need for EVs, adopting shared mobilityBy : Sustainability ..., Mar 29, 2019
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu Thursday stressed on the need of adopting shared mobility and electric vehicles to meet increasing demands of transportation and said standalone metro systems are... Read more.. Subject Tags: Climate Change , e mobility , Electric Vehicles (EV) , sustainable transportation , Urban Mobility |
Low soil moisture posing threat in most river basinsBy : Sustainability ..., Mar 29, 2019
Factors like temperature, rainfall and soil moisture affect distribution and growth of vegetation. A study of these factors has shown that forest and croplands in two-thirds of river basins across India do not have the potential to cope with extreme climatic events such as... Read more.. Subject Tags: Climate Change , Drought , ecosystem management , global warming , rainfall , river basin |
Climate justice critical, say senior judgesBy : Sustainability ..., Mar 28, 2019
“In Chhattisgarh, land is taken away from tribals and they do not get a pittance in return,” said Justice Deepak Gupta of the Supreme Court during his address at the launch of a law programme to... Read more.. Subject Tags: air quality , carbon footprint , Climate Change , climate justice , environmental issues , environmental protection |
India seeks bids for $5 billion in transmission lines to fuel renewables growthBy : Sustainability ..., Mar 27, 2019
India will launch $5 billion of transmission-line tenders in phases, beginning in June, to route a targeted 175 gigawatts (GW) of power from renewable sources into the country's grid by 2022,... Read more.. Subject Tags: Biomass , Climate Change , hydropower , Renewable Energy , renewable source , Solar developers , tenders , transmission , wind developers |
Mumbai: Green activists urge parties to include environment issues in manifestosBy : Sustainability ..., Mar 27, 2019
Environmentalists and activists are demanding that environment issues find a place in the election manifestos of political parties. The city’s green activists have been disappointed with the... Read more.. |
Scientists Turn Seawater Into Hydrogen Fuel, In Amazing Discovery That Can Stop Climate ChangeBy : Sustainability ..., Mar 20, 2019
With climate change as big a problem as it is, we're always looking for ways to harness green and renewable energy. Now, a team of researchers at Stanford have figured out a way to turn plain... Read more.. Subject Tags: clean energy transition , Climate Change , hydrogen fuel , Renewable Energy , Water Management |
Put renewable energy in poll manifestos: Indian firmsBy : Sustainability ..., Mar 19, 2019
A total of 160 private companies and NGOs on Monday made an appeal to all political parties to include decentralised renewable energy solutions in their manifestos for the general elections. ... Read more.. |
India pilots resolutions on Single-use Plastics and Sustainable Nitrogen management at 4th UNEABy : Sustainability ..., Mar 18, 2019
In a significant first, India piloted resolutions on two important global environment issues relating to Single-use Plastics and Sustainable Nitrogen management at the fourth session of United... Read more.. |
Young environmental activists across the world skip school in a call to actionBy : Sustainability ..., Mar 18, 2019
The movement, inspired by the actions of 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, spanned more than 100 countries and 1,500 cities, where students gathered in the streets and... Read more.. Subject Tags: climate action , climate activism , Climate Change , environmental sustainability , greenhouse gas emissions , IPCC |