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France for a green revolution
Issue Date: Nov 30, 2007
Wrapping up an environmental policy conference in the last week of October, president of France Nicolas Sarkozy announced a 'green revolution' for the country. Endorsing a raft of proposals chalked out during the meeting, Sarkozy said that the measures would put the country "in the vanguard of the war against global warming".
EU adopts safe hydrogen car proposal
Issue Date: Nov 15, 2007
The European Commission has for the first time adopted proposals to encourage the development as well as marketing of clean and safe hydrogen cars. Brussels however acknowledged that the technology may have little impact in the next 10 years.
American Electric Power to reduce emissions
Issue Date: Nov 15, 2007
One of the largest power utilities in the US, American Electric Power, has agreed to spend US $4.6 billion to reduce harmful emissions from its 16
coal-fired power plants. The settlement, which was reached after eight years of legal battle over alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, is the
largest environmental settlement in US history.
American Electric Power (AEP) provides electricity to more than five million customers in 11 states. In 1999, the US Environmental Pollution Authority
Opinion divided on Bangalore metro rail project
Issue Date: Oct 15, 2007
Construction work on the Bangalore metro rail project is on amid protests from environmentalists. While activists say the project will lead to further traffic congestion, officials justify the project saying it will meet the increasing number of commuters.
India to develop fuel economy standards
Issue Date: Sep 30, 2007
public anger over lack of regulations to improve fuel efficiency of vehicles has finally set off official action. The
Petroleum Conservation and Research Association, an autonomous research body under the Union ministry of petroleum and natural gas, has signed
Beijing experiments with a cars' day off
Issue Date: Sep 15, 2007
cars were off Beijing's streets from August 17-20. The city officials decided to experiment in a drive to check pollution and ease the city's traffic. Traffic congestion and brown haze have been perpetual causes of anxiety for officials, ever since Beijing won the Olympics bid in 2001. The president of the International Olympics Committee said the rising pollution levels could prevent certain events from being held in the Olympics scheduled for next year.
Choose ecofriendly vehicles online
Issue Date: Aug 31, 2007
The uk's department of transport has launched a website designed to let car buyers choose the most
environmentally friendly vehicle. The site, qww.dft.gov.uk/ActOnco2, allows buyers to search models by
category, transmission and fuel type. It then provides them a list of the lowest co2 emitting models. "By
South Australia sets greenhouse gas limits
Issue Date: Aug 15, 2007
south Australia now has a law to tackle climate change. The Climate Change and Greenhouse Emissions Reduction Act
2007, legislates targets to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, as well as for production and consumption of renewable energy. According to the act,
South Australia will reduce greenhouse gas emissions to an amount which is equal to or less than 40 per cent of 1990 levels, by December 31, 2050.
It will also produce and increase consumption of at least 20 per cent of renewable electricity by December 31, 2014.
Fluorescent lamps energy efficient but with glitches
Issue Date: Aug 15, 2007
If households in Delhi replace four ordinary bulbs with four compact fluorescent lamps (cfls), their annual savings would be around Rs 273 crore. Startling figure. The highly energy inefficient incandescent light bulb is on its way out. Replacing it is the new-generation and more energy-efficient cfl (see box Energy efficient).
Challenges of hydrogen-fuelled vehicles
Issue Date: Jul 31, 2007
the Indian government has announced an ambitious plan to phase in a million hydrogen-fuelled vehicles by 2020.
Seventy-five per cent of these vehicles will be two- and three-wheelers, according to the Union ministry of new and renewable energy (mnre). A hydrogen-based power-generating capacity of 1,000 mw and Rs 25,000 crore worth of
