Hydel project exempted from supply licence
The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has granted exemption from supply licence to the 4 KW micro hydel demonstration project PICO Jalavidyut Yojana, which is being taken up at a
The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has granted exemption from supply licence to the 4 KW micro hydel demonstration project PICO Jalavidyut Yojana, which is being taken up at a
US President George Bush stunned the world when he rejected the Kyoto Protocol (KP), that addresses the issue of reducing the greenhouse gases (GHG) that cause global warming. More surprising is one
Australia and the European Union remained divided over how to progress with negotiations on the Kyoto climate-change protocol following high-level talks in Sydney on Friday. Australian Environment
One of the effects of global warming could be the spread of the disease-carrying Asian tiger mosquito, a new study warns. Two researchers at Illinois State University found that the Asian tiger
A European Union delegation on Friday lobbied a lukewarm Australian government to stick to its commitments under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and not back Washington'
A high-level European Union delegation had no luck yesterday in its attempt to persuade the Australian Government to ratify the Kyoto agreement on climate change. Cabinet is set to decide Australia's
The chairman of a United Nations conference negotiating a climate treaty has said that he is willing to delay the target date when countries would have to start cutting emissions of heat-trapping
Not without America, Junichiro Koizumi told his friends in Washington at the weekend. Together with Europe, he said in Britain on Monday. On July 4th, with Japan's prime minister now in Paris, his
Experiments show that genes used in cloning often fail to work properly, causing serious abnormalities in mice, a finding that confirms the belief of many researchers that the method used to clone
The Environment Agency in UK is warning of the dangers of climate change following the need to top up levels on the River Ouse, in East Sussex, from a local reservoir after levels dropped to the
The French President, Mr Jacques Chirac, on Wednesday called on Japan's visiting Prime Minister, Mr Junichiro Koizumi, to support the Kyoto accord. Mr. Koizumi, in paris as part of a swing through
As promised, George W. Bush has placed research at the heart of his plan to combat global warming, with grants of almost $25 million from the Department of Energy (DOE) to co-fund eight new
After ambiguous comments in a meeting with the US President increased fears of a Japanese pullout, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi appears to have reaffirmed his nation's commitment to the Protocol
The European Union raised concerns about global climate talks in mid-July on Friday after failing to bridge a gap with Australia over how to deal with Washington's rejection of the Kyoto global
Burning woodchips from native forests to produce electricity generates greenhouse emissions that are five times higher than those created by coal, according to an engineering consultant. Wood "waste"
The chairman of a United Nations conference negotiating a climate treaty said on Thursday that he was willing to delay the target date that countries would have to start cutting emissions of
Japan's Environment Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi warned Thursday that target years outlined in the Kyoto Protocol should not be altered and that action is needed to save the climate change accord and
The European Union will not change its position toward the Kyoto Protocol despite the U.S. rejection of the pact, French President Jacques Chirac told Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on
Voluntary actions by industry, governments and organisations are leading to small but significant reductions in emissions of global warming gases worldwide, the United Nations Environment Programme
In terms of biodiversity, the Northern Territory was no Daintree Rainforest 1.5 billion years ago, but it will today be declared the home of the planet's oldest known "modern" ecosystem. In the