EnviroXchange

Farm fields too adding to water pollution

27th Dec 2010 - Express Buzz

BHUBANESWAR: Industries alone are not to be blamed for water pollution in Orissa. A large dose of contribution comes from agriculture and domestic sectors too. Runoffs from agriculture fields, contaminated with pesticides as well as ...

For Ganga clean-up by 2020, compliance of 33 laws a must

24th Dec 2010 - The Times Of India

NEW DELHI: Promise of the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA), headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, to make Ganga water pristine by 2020 appears to be enmeshed in a number of environmental and labour related laws, 33 to be precis...

Firms look to up solar power presence in India

22nd Dec 2010 - Google

MORABANDAR, India — The Elephanta Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site off the coast of India's financial capital Mumbai, draw hundreds of thousands of tourists every year. But when the last of the wooden ferry boats leaves at n...

Fake mineral water plant busted

17th Jul 2010 - THE TIMES OF INDIA

New Delhi: A fake mineral water manufacturing unit in Ghaziabad was busted on Friday. The factory was in operation for the past several years and it was supplying mineral water to various areas in Delhi and NCR, police said. The unit, located in Sa...

Foundation stone for Perungudi waste-management project laid

27th Jul 2010 - THE TIMES OF INDIA-Chennai

CHENNAI: In face of opposition from the local residents, Mayor M Subramanian on Monday laid the foundation for the integrated solid waste management project at the dumping yard in the southern suburb of Perungudi.The facility, costing Rs 69.5 ...

First Kyoto Protocol Emission Credits Generated by Honduras

20th Oct 2005 - http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/oct2005/2005-10-20-01.html

BONN, Germany, October 20, 2005 (ENS) - Two hydroelectric power projects in Honduras today became the first facilities to generate certified emission reductions under the Kyoto Protocol. The hydroelectric projects, which do not emit greenhouse gases,...

Forests carbon credit sale world's biggest

10th Sep 2009 - http://www.karmayog.org/redirect/strred.asp?docId=26048

Southern forester Ernslaw One has sold more than $10 million worth of carbon credits to the Norwegian Government - believed to be the first international carbon credit sale by a New Zealand company. A company spokesman said the credits were sold ove...

Free household hazardous waste recycling events set for June

11th May 2010 - http://www.hawconews.com/hawaii-county-news/2010/5/11/free-household-hazardous-waste-recycling-events-set-for-june.html

The County of Hawai‘i Department of Environmental Management will be conducting Household Hazardous Waste Collection Events at its Hilo and Kailua-Kona (Kealakehe) Recycling & Solid Waste Transfer Stations in June. The Hilo HHW Collection E...

Finally a law to tackle mounting e-waste in India

22nd Apr 2010 - http://yahindnews.com/india/finally-a-law-to-tackle-mounting-e-waste-in-india.html?amp;upm_export=doc

New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) India is finally set to have a law which can tackle head on the mounting problem of electronic waste dumped in the country. “The provisions of the new law could be such as could effectively monitor the trade in electr...

First Solar exploring new panels in Silicon Valley

07th Apr 2010 - http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20002137-54.html

First Solar, the world's largest thin-film solar panel producer, has set up a Silicon Valley lab for a thin-film technology with the potential for higher efficiency at a lower cost, sources said. A big move toward panels based on CIGS, or copper indi...