Obama rules out radiation from Japan harming US
March 18th, 2011 - 5:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar. 18 (ANI): President Barack Obama has said that he did not expect harmful levels of radiation from Japan to reach the West Coast, Hawaii, Alaska or U.S. territories.Obama said: ... Read more...
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Australian to fund new technology on clean coal
June 8th, 2010 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, June 8 (IANS) A project to store carbon emissions in rock was Tuesday granted more than 3 million Australian dollars ($2.5 million) by the New South Wales (NSW) government.
Researchers from ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Kentucky awards a combined $530,000 for alternative fuels and renewable energy technologies
March 2nd, 2010 - 3:26 am ICT by BNO News
SOMERSET, KENTUCKY (BNO NEWS) – Two Kentucky companies were awarded a combined $580,000 in funding from the Kentucky New Energy Ventures Fund to develop alternative fuels and renewable energy technologies, Governor Steve ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Essar Oil to invest $400 mn in Ranigunj gas project
January 21st, 2010 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 21 (IANS) Essar Exploration and Production Ltd, an arm of Essar Oil, will invest $400 million (Rs.2,000 crore) in its coal bed methane gas project at Ranigunj in West Bengal ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
EU grants 1.5 bn euros for clean energy projects
December 9th, 2009 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Brussels, Dec 9 (DPA) The European Union's executive Wednesday granted over 1.5 billion euros ($2.2 billion) in aid to 15 experimental clean energy projects.
The decision is part of a package of measures ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Australian PM to meet Manmohan Singh
November 12th, 2009 - 1:32 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 12 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister (PM) Kevin Rudd will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh this evening and will discuss issues of bilateral and international importance.Rudd, who arrived here ... Read more...
Posted in National |
New Delhi to persuade Australian PM for uranium sale to India
November 11th, 2009 - 10:05 pm ICT by ANI
By Naveen KapoorNew Delhi, Nov.11 (ANI): Energy starved India, which is pressing hard to ensure sufficient nuclearfuel supply for its drying nuclear reactors, is likely to persuade the visiting Australian Prime ... Read more...
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India- China sign agreement to address climate change
October 21st, 2009 - 5:25 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 21 (ANI): India and China signed a major agreement on cooperation in addressing climate change issues here on Wednesday.The five-year agreement was signed by Environment and Forest Minister Jairam ... Read more...
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Indo-China joint workshop on NAPCC to begin today
October 21st, 2009 - 10:54 am ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 21 (ANI): The Indo-China joint workshop on National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) will begin here today.The joint workshop is being held after considering the similarities of the ... Read more...
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Indo-China joint workshop on NAPCC to begin on Wednesday
October 19th, 2009 - 9:38 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 19(ANI): The Indo-China joint workshop on National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) will begin here on Wednesday.The joint workshop is being held after considering the similarities of the ... Read more...
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World has less than 5 years to stop uncontrollable climate change
October 19th, 2009 - 1:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 19 (ANI): The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has warned that the world has less than five years to get carbon emissions under control or runaway climate change will become inevitable.Scientists ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
India to engage world to fight climate change (Lead)
July 19th, 2009 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, July 19 (IANS) India Sunday said it wants to engage the world community pro-actively to combat climate change and will have "concrete partnerships" with the US in the energy sector.
"I ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Eating less meat could wipe 20 trillion dollars off the cost of fighting climate change
February 11th, 2009 - 2:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 11 (ANI): If the worlds meat eaters would cut on their non-vegetarian diet, it could cut 20 trillion dollars off the cost of fighting climate change, reveals a new ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Top 7 promising alternative energies
January 15th, 2009 - 3:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 15 (ANI): A new study has listed the most promising types of alternative energies, based on their total ecological footprint and their benefit to human health.According to a report ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Nuclear deal with India not a model to replicate with Pak: US
October 18th, 2008 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 18 (ANI): United States Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher described the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement as unique which cannot be replicated elsewhere ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
”Australia has moral obligation to help India”
October 3rd, 2008 - 1:03 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Oct 3 (ANI): The Indo-US civil nuke deal and New Delhis agreement with France, herald a new de facto non-proliferation framework that will have profound implications for Australias policies on ... Read more...
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Excerpts: Remarks by Alaska Governor Sarah Palin
September 4th, 2008 - 7:34 am ICT by admin
SAINT PAUL, Minn. - This evening Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican Party's vice presidential nominee, will address the 2008 Republican National Convention. Excerpts from the governor's remarks, as prepared for delivery, ... Read more...
US to invest $10 bn for clean energy, asks India to follow suit
June 17th, 2008 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 17 (IANS) The US plans to invest $9 billion to build state-of-the-art coal plants and another $1 billion for research and development to check carbon emissions from the coal-fired units, ... Read more...
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