Stop Iran gas project: US tells Pakistan
March 10th, 2012 - 9:29 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 10 (IANS) The US has asked Pakistan to abandon the Iran gas pipeline project and counselled Islamabad to explore alternative energy sources.Deputy US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Hoagland ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Turning rotten tomatoes, waste fruit into biogas
February 10th, 2012 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 10 (IANS) Rotting tomatoes, brown bananas and overripe cherries -- the waste from wholesale marts usually ends on the compost heap. But fermenting this food waste produces methane, ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Cuba tries new methods to obtain energy
January 14th, 2012 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, Jan 14 (IANS) Cuba is trying out physical, chemical and microbiological tests to obtain renewable energy from agricultural, livestock, industrial and forest waste, the Prensa Latina news agency reported.The ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Mexico City closes world’s largest trash dump
December 20th, 2011 - 12:26 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Dec 20 (IANS/EFE) Authorities in the Mexican capital said Monday that concerns about pollution of the air and nearby underground aquifers led them to close a municipal trash ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Stove fumes as big a killer as AIDS
December 17th, 2010 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) Your kitchen stove can do more than cook your meals - it can cook your goose too!Some 400,000 Indians die each year due to the toxic fumes ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
UN meet: Indian rag pickers demand financial support
October 7th, 2010 - 1:08 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Three Indian rag pickers Wednesday addressed the UN climate change conference in China and demanded financial support for their contribution in fighting climate change.Baidabai Gaikwad from Pune, ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Hybrid and natural gas-fuelled cars greener than those running on gasoline
September 15th, 2010 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 15 (ANI): Hybrid cars and those fuelled by natural gas contribute lesser to global warming than equivalent vehicles running on gasoline, thanks to their lower carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.Empa has ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Poo-powered car Bio-Bug hits the roads
August 8th, 2010 - 9:23 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Bristol, Aug 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Car users in the future can bid goodbye to the spiraling petrol prices, as a recycling company in Bristol has come to their rescue.The Bristol-based company ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
A Volkswagen Beetle Convertible That Runs On Human Poo
August 8th, 2010 - 7:22 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Bristol, Aug 8, (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a bizarre development a company based in Bristol has modified a Beetle convertible car to use human waste as its fuel! The car is ... Read more...
Posted in Technology Industry News |
Farooq Abdullah reviews renewable energy projects in J-K
May 13th, 2010 - 8:01 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, May 13 (ANI): Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Dr. Farooq Abdullah, who is on a two das visit to Jammu and Kashmir, met with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah here ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Bangladesh PM’s office goes solar to encourage green energy
November 26th, 2009 - 12:27 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 26 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has installed a solar power system at her office to encourage green energy expansion in her power-starved nation.
The country's single largest solar ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Soon, human sewage to power thousands of homes
June 17th, 2009 - 2:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 17 (ANI): If a revolutionary project being trialled in Manchester, UK, turns out to be successful, then human sewage may soon power thousands of homes.According to a report in The ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Ragpickers lose jobs as world tackles climate change
June 10th, 2009 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
By Joydeep Gupta
Bonn, June 10 (IANS) Attempts to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) are throwing ragpickers out of jobs, says the leader of an Indian ragpickers' union. They are not reducing ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Scientists use microbial cultures to convert organic wastes to eco-friendly plastics
May 20th, 2009 - 12:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 20 (ANI): In new research work, scientists have used technology derived from wastewater treatment systems to develop a process using open microbial cultures to convert organic wastes to eco-friendly plastics."Organic ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
$120 mn WB loan for China’s eco-farming projects
December 3rd, 2008 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 3 (Xinhua) The World Bank (WB) has approved a loan of $120 million for ecology friendly farming projects in China, its China Office here announced Wednesday.The office said farmers in ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Nuclear pact will end Indias nuclear isolation: Manmohan Singh
August 15th, 2008 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug.15 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Friday described the signing of the US-India civil nuclear cooperation as a step to end Indias nuclear isolation internationally.
Candidly admitting ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Sulabh to launch sanitation university for health, hygiene studies
July 15th, 2008 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Taking his initiative to promote environmental sanitation, non-conventional sources of energy and human rights a step ahead, Bindeshwar Pathak, founder of Sulabh International, is planning to set ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Sulabh International’s cheap toilet system that recycles human waste into biogas
November 14th, 2007 - 2:32 am ICT by admin
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Posted in World |