Environment
Reliance Power to earn Rs5,000 crore over 10-year period from sale of carbon credits
04 Oct 2011
Reliance Power, which is promoting three ultra-mega power projects in India, expects to earn about Rs5,000 crore over a 10-year period from trading its carbon credits earned from the three plants.
Sesa Goa’s Pirna iron ore mine EC cancelled
29 Sep 2011
Delhi metro first to earn UN carbon credits
26 Sep 2011
The Delhi Metro has become the first railway project in the world to get carbon credits from the UN for helping in reduction of greenhouse emissions.
Concrete improvements could pave the way to greenhouse gas reductions
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 29 Aug 2011
SC bans mining in 2 more Karnataka districts
26 Aug 2011
US Ex-Im Bank to lend India $575 mn for solar projects
13 Aug 2011
India will become the biggest recipient of loans next year from the US Export-Import Bank for clean-energy projects, including $575 million loans for solar energy projects that could generate an estimated 315 megawatts
Himachal high court orders fresh green assessment for Lafarge project
13 Aug 2011
The court also set aside the clearance given to the company by an expert appraisal committee (EAC) and asked the Ministry of Environment and Forests to review the matter afresh