Minister for Environment Jairam Ramesh while speaking at the Environment Friendly Vehicles Conference in New Delhi said that bio-fuels have a limited role in India due to India’s land limitation and food security issues, a view which differs from the official line pushing for a 20 per cent blend of...

After remaining shut for two years, ethanol factories in the country are readying to whir again. With crude prices spiking again to $80 per barrel levels and the government cracking down on the 5% blending requirement, oil companies have been negotiating with sugar producers for supply of ethanol.Ethanol factories costing...

Press releaseA delegation of Indian Energy Efficiency professionals and government officials recently visited the Corporate Headquarters and Manufacturing facility of window manufacturer Traco in Cranberry Township, Pa.The Indian study tour of the United States was organized under Energy Conservation and Commercialization Project-Phase III (ECO-III), which is a result of a...

The government is in the final stage of notifying the fuel efficiency standards for automobile sector in the country which will be enforced from 2011, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said recently.At present, transport sector is placed at number three after the power and agriculture sector as far as the national...

Two days national seminar on Food Security and Sustainability in India organized by GAD Institute of Development Studies, Amritsar concluded recently.The seminar was sponsored jointly by CSIR, ICAR, ICSSR and NABARD. Dr. Sunitha Raju Chairperson, International Collaboration and Capacity Development of Indian institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi inaugurated the...

Press ReleaseSeminar on Sustainable and Modern Methods in AgricultureThe Institute of Simplified Hydroponics www.petbharoproject.co.in is a company based in Bangalore, Karnataka. This Institute has trained more than 500 students from all parts of India since Jan 2009 in the science of Soil-less cultivation/Hydroponics. The aim of this institute is to...

In Arunachal Pradesh, local community members have joined hands with WWF-India to usher in changes that would ensure sustainability for both nature and human beings.Remarkably, the pioneering effort – due to its sound fundamentals – could be replicated in other parts of North East India.In the western part of Arunachal...

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India's Car Rush - Are We Driving Towards a Sustainability Crash?India’s Tata Motors promises the first batch of customers will be able to buy the Nano, its small car, for not much more than $2,000.Nissan, with its partner motorcycle manufacturer Bajaj, may even beat that.In any case, the price of...

A company in India has found an innovative solution to plastic garbage.Ahmed Khan’s company in Bangalore, is trying to use recycled plastic to solve two of India’s biggest problems – crumbling roads and overflowing landfills.So far, Mr. Khan’s company has built more than 745 miles of road using 3500 tons...