Building a true green economy

June 5, the World Environment Day, is meant to celebrate the idea of the environment and put it into practice. It is a day to take stock of where we stand and where we should be headed in future.

Can’t switch to renewable energy: telecom operators

The telecom industry is finding it difficult to implement the recent directions issued by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on cutting carbon emissions. DoT had issued directions on January 4, wherein it asked the service providers to frame a Carbon Credit Policy detailing methods to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Carbon credit policy for telecom sector

With an aim to minimise carbon emissions from the fast-growing telecom sector in India, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has asked service providers to frame a Carbon Credit Policy, detailing methods to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The directions were issued on January 4 after much deliberation over the recommendations made by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in its report, Approach towards green telecommunications, submitted last year.

Infosys to switch to renewable energy, go carbon neutral

When did Infosys decide to tread the path of clean energy and efficient use of natural resources?   Interviewee:  Rohan Parikh

Canada pulls out of Kyoto Protocol

Just a day after the Durban climate meet, Canada announced its decision to pull out of the Kyoto Protocol. “The Kyoto Protocol does not represent the path forward for Canada. It does not include two of the world’s largest emitters—the US and China—and therefore it cannot work,” said Peter Kent, Canada’s environment minister, in a media briefing in Toronto. Referring to Kyoto Protocol as an “impediment”, he said that the Durban Platform was the “way forward”.