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Energy conservation
CO<sub>2</sub>-choked Mumbai rail bids for carbon credits
Issue Date: Apr 30, 2008
Mumbai's suburban railway network may earn some brownie points in its efforts to overhaul the system to make it energy-efficient and travel-friendly. New braking and duct systems have been introduced in some coaches. But grey areas remain.
White House coddles big oil
Issue Date: Mar 31, 2008
The White House is threatening to veto a bill that the us House of Representatives recently cleared to boost renewable energy and energy-efficient projects.
The bill, called the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2008, would be financed by ending us $17- billion tax incentives for oil and natural gas companies. The White House says it will be a mistake to increase tax burden on the nation's oil companies.
Low-volt chip for longer cell phone battery life
Issue Date: Mar 31, 2008
batteries of mobile phones may now last longer. The circuits, which draw power from batteries, currently run at around 1 volt. Scientists have come up with a technology that will allow circuits to function at 0.3 V, resulting in less power being drawn.
Singapore gets a clue in energy security
Issue Date: Mar 31, 2008
The Singapore government has released its national strategy to address climate change. The plan identifies improving energy efficiency for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. "This will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while reducing the cost of living and doing business, and enhancing energy security," says the environment ministry. There will also be regulations to provide information on appropriate technologies and incentives to support energy-efficient users.
German sets ambitious climate target
Issue Date: Jan 15, 2008
Germany has issued the world's most ambitious climate target: a 40 per cent greenhouse gas emissions reduction from its 1990 levels by 2020.
One of the major goals of the Integrated Energy Climate Change Programme is to increase reliance on renewable energy sources from the current 12 per cent to between 25 and 30 per cent by 2010, while using existing resources more efficiently.
US signs new energy law
Issue Date: Jan 15, 2008
The us president, George W Bush, signed a new energy law on December 19. It intends to reduce reliance on oil imports and sets higher fuel efficiency standards for the first time since 1975.
The law, the Energy Independence and Security Act, also requires a huge increase in the production of ethanol as a substitute for petrol--from 6 billion gallons a year now to 36 billion gallons by 2022.
Black out in Mumbai for global warming
Issue Date: Jan 15, 2008
december 15.   7.30-8.30 pm. Batti Bandh--the campaign sparked off by four youngsters in Mumbai to create awareness
about global warming--was received well. It was compulsory for residents to switch off electrical appliances for an hour. "People in Navi Mumbai and
Kalbadevi responded promptly. It led to saving of 78 mw in areas between Church Gate and Borivali," says Neil
Qureishy, a campaigner. Inspired by the Earth Hour in Sydney in 2007, when over two million people switched off power resulting in a 10.2 per cent
The post-Kyoto fix
Issue Date: Dec 31, 2007
All attention is on the climate conference in Bali. Most people hope that the ongoing negotiations within the un will, however, culminate in an inclusive--and effective--agreement to curb greenhouse gas emissions once the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. For that to happen, however, attitudes of the main actors have to change dramatically.
In Short
Issue Date: Dec 31, 2007
>> Researchers have unearthed the mummy of a 67-million-year-old hadrosaur from South Dakota in the US. A high-resolution CT scan of the 10-tonne fossil shows that the well-preserved body has much of its tissue intact inside an envelope of skin. The scanning shows the hadrosaur's tail vertebrae are spaced farther apart than previous fossil finds, which means that hadrosaurs probably had much longer tails.
Nicholas Stern on politics of climate change
Issue Date: Nov 30, 2007
You have talked about the the economics of climate change. What is the politics of climate change?
It is quite evident that people want incomes to grow, they like to consume more and governments will respond to their demand for growth. The political challenge is to combine low carbon activities with growth. The challenge is not about cutting back on growth but finding a way for low carbon growth.
Interviewee:
Nicholas Stern
