Environment: World’s largest solar facility to be built in Rajasthan
If it meets all ecological mandates, the World’s biggest solar-power generating facility will be built on a salt-producing plain in Rajasthan. To be built at the cost $1.2 billion in the first phase, the project will sit on 20,000 acres (30 square miles)
Arunachal village to tackle power crisis with solar energy
Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) in collaboration with the Arunachal Pradesh Environment & Forest department has distributed solar energy equipment to about 25,000 households in Mayudia village. The package includes one solar panel, one chargeable multipurpose battery unit, one table lamp and an
Environment news roundup (not much of good news in October)
While students are pledging to do their bit towards conserving the environment by giving up crackers on Diwali, the government has been busy justifying their move to sell conserved green land that acts as the national capital’s lungs. And yes, there was another
India’s tigers: Need legal protection for their forest corridors
Forest corridors that allowed India’s tigers to breed with one another are vital for their conservation, according to research that has just been published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Using historical data and genetic analyses, Sandeep Sharma of the Smithsonian
About 30 sustainable companies form Green People of India
In an effort to propagate responsible, sustainable and green consumption, about 30 companies have come together and formed a group called ‘The Green People of India’. ‘Organic producers/brands have a tough time competing with larger brands in the marketplace. Also, not many people
World Environment Day: India searching its ‘green fund’, Green India Mission stopped
While hundreds of ‘symbolic’ activities are marking the World Environment day across the country, CauseBecause dug out a news story that brings to light the fact that India’s Green Mission, one of eight such plans under the National Action Plan on Climate Change
Almost impossible to ‘not’ get environment clearance
The statutory Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) took just one day to clear several projects that it had rejected earlier for falling foul of green regulations or being too damaging to the environment. The cleared projects included a water supply project on
Supreme Court asks Sterlite Industries to pay Rs 100 crore for polluting environment
The Supreme Court has imposed a fine of Rs 100 crore on Sterlite Industries, part of Vedanta Resources, for polluting environment through its copper-smelting plant in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu. However, the apex court refused to direct closure of the plant. The company has
Economic Survey: New avenues needed for sustainable development
With resource crunch posing a major challenge, India needs to find new and additional financing avenues as well as technology to ensure sustainable development, the Economic Survey for 2012-13 has said. ‘While it makes efforts to efficiently and expeditiously bring price signals and