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CPI-M MP critical of railway project in WB
Mumbai :: India | about 7 hours ago
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His statement came a day after railway minister Mamata Banerjee, at the foundation-laying ceremony of the auto hub, had said the project would be set up under a private-public partnership model with the railways retaining ownership of the land. "Railway...
Tags: India, Mumbai, Environment, Indian Railways, All India Trinamool Congress, Singur, Mamata Banerjee, Banerjee, Madhavrao Scindia, Scindia family
Water now safe in Vader, Enchanted Valley
Olympia :: WA :: USA | about 7 hours ago
Credibility The Washington State Department of Health has lifted the boil water advisory placed on Vader and Enchanted Valley last week when water pipes burst and a failed control system at the water treatment plant caused the water to become contaminated. Water...
Tags: Enchanted Valley, Vader, Olympia, Environment, Health Medical Pharma, Plumbing, Politics, Pipe, Big Van Vader, Disaster Accident, Boil-water advisory, Water, Public health
RWE to make deep carbon cuts
Berlin :: Germany | about 7 hours ago
Credibility This includes closing 16 of our oldest units," Grossman was quoted as saying. "We will make as much money with renewable energy as we do now." The German government has set itself the goal that one-third of the country's energy should come from renewable...
Tags: RWE, Germany, Berlin, Environment, Renewable energy in the United Kingdom, Energy economics, Renewable energy, Energy in the United Kingdom
IOC, Adani in gas distribution JV
Noida :: India | about 7 hours ago
Credibility Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Adani Energy Ltd are forming a new joint venture company for setting up city gas distribution (CGD) projects in various cities, including Chandigarh, Allahabad and Ghaziabad. The joint venture company will supply compressed...
Tags: Adani Energy Ltd, city gas, gas distribution, IOC, jv companies, CGD, India, Noida, Environment, Business Finance, Haryana, Indian Oil Corporation, Khurja, Bulandshahr, Faridabad, Adani Group, GAIL
Yuan's dollar link hurts Europe -Barroso
Nanjing :: China | about 7 hours ago
Credibility The yuan's link to the dollar is problematic for some sectors in the European economy, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Sunday, ahead of a summit with Chinese leaders. "Not because we have a too strong euro but because we have...
Tags: China, Nanjing, Josￃﾩ Manuel Barroso, Maoism, Environment, Wen Jiabao, Carbon finance, Climate change, Reuters, Kyoto Protocol, Euro, Diplomatic conferences, Yuan, Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions, Global warming
Go green this Christmas
The tiny bulbs that are strung on Christmas trees and used to decorate shopping arcades and the streets during Christmas increase the CO2 levels and cause avoidable harm to the environment. If we go in for LEDs, we can save the environment while maintaining...
Tags: christmas, LEDs, environment, Rockefeller Plaza tree of New York, United Kingdom, London, Signage, Christmas tree, Lighting, Light-emitting diodes, Semiconductor devices, green
Mass. weighs tougher protections for striped bass
Boston :: MA :: USA | about 7 hours ago
Credibility A bill designed to help conserve the wild Atlantic striped bass would ban the commercial harvesting of the fish in Massachusetts and limit recreational fisherman to one bass per day. Violators would face fines of up to $200 for each fish taken above the...
Tags: striped bass, Boston, Environment, Fishkeeping, Sport fish, Moronidae, Recreational fishing
Comment period ending for Maine ocean wind sites
Augusta :: ME :: USA | about 7 hours ago
Credibility Maine — The public comment period is coming to an end on the state’s search for potential sites for offshore wind power demonstration projects along the Maine coast. Monday is the last day that the Department of Conservation is accepting comments on potential...
Tags: Maine, Augusta, Environment, Damariscove Island, Lincoln County Maine, Wind power, Monhegan Maine, Boothbay Maine
NPCIL, L&T nuke-forgings joint venture to take off
Moscow :: Russia | about 8 hours ago
Credibility L&T will announce the formation of the joint venture to manufacture nuclear forgings on Monday,” a source said. L&T would form a joint venture to manufacture forgings with an investment of Rs 1,500-2,000 crore. Forgings withstand the pressures inside...
Tags: joint venture, L&T, Russia, Moscow, Environment, BSE Sensex, Nuclear Power Corporation of India, Energy in India, Business Finance, Nuclear power in India, Rawatbhata, Nuclear reactor technology, Atomstroyexport, Larsen & Toubro, Rajasthan Atomic Power Station
ENERGY-US: Paper Mill is Reborn, Sans Fossil Fuels
Park Falls :: WI :: USA | about 8 hours ago
Credibility A paper mill that runs without fossil fuels and has a neutral carbon footprint? That's the goal for Flambeau River Papers in Park Falls, Wisconsin, and the company is already on its way, thanks to a switch to biomass fuel, plus a biorefinery in the works.
Tags: million dollars, paper mills, Flambeau River Papers, fossil fueling, Flambeau River Biofuels, Wisconsin Department of Energy, Park Falls, Johnson, University of Wisconsin, Environment, Biofuel, Bioenergy, Biorefinery, Fuels, Business Finance, Fossil fuel, Biomass, Alternative propulsion, Biofuels
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