April 30, 2013
by Grace Gill
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Grace Gill, Program Assistant, CMI/India/Climate Center, New York
April 18 – 26, 2013
India Green News is a selection of news highlights about environmental and energy issues in India
Energy
Bidding system revealed for phase … Continue reading
June 19, 2012
by Amrita Batra
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Amrita Batra, Program Assistant, India Initiative and Food and Agriculture, San Francisco
Rio +20 Earth Summit
India Vetoes Trade Barriers
“Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the historic Earth Summit, India made out a strong case a… Continue reading
May 8, 2012
by Amrita Batra
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Amrita Batra, Program Assistant, India Initiative and Food and Agriculture, San Francisco
Climate
India objects to inclusion of UN, INGO’s partisan reports in climate change talks
“Miffed with the way some UN and other internatio… Continue reading
March 29, 2012
by Anjali Jaiswal
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Anjali Jaiswal, Senior Attorney, San Francisco
In New Delhi, Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, released our interim report, Constructing Change: Accelerating Energy Efficiency in India’s Buildin… Continue reading
November 29, 2011
by Amrita Batra
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Amrita Batra, Program Assistant, India Initiative and Food and Agriculture, San Francisco
Climate
Himalayan nations agree on climate change adaption plan
“Four Himalayan nations facing the threat of weather changes have agreed to… Continue reading
September 14, 2011
by Radhika Khosla
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Radhika Khosla, Welch Environmental Innovation Fellow, New York
Next week, Anjali Jaiswal and I will be in India to kick-start dialogues on building energy efficiency in three rapidly growing cities – Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, and Chennai. … Continue reading
February 28, 2011
by Anjali Jaiswal
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There’s nothing like standing amid the bustle of India’s booming tech centers, such as Hyderabad’s Hi-Tech City, to get a glimpse of the magnitude of India’s building boom, as I’ve had an opportunity to do with NRDC Execut… Continue reading
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by Anjali Jaiswal
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India’s Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) recently launched what appears to be a promising new tool for improving building efficiency. The ECOnirman ECBC Conformance Check Tool is an online web interface that allows architects and engineers to as… Continue reading
Share on FacebookSeptember 18, 2010
by Anjali Jaiswal
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Last week in Hyderabad, I had the unique opportunity to discuss strategies for galvanizing building efficiency from theory into practice in the rapidly growing hi-tech capital. We learned a lot about how to ramp up building efficiency in South In… Continue reading
Share on FacebookSeptember 9, 2010
by Anjali Jaiswal
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Recently in Delhi, I got an insider’s perspective on plans for India’s trading system for industrial energy efficiency. Formally announced in July, the Perform, Achieve, and Trade (PAT) scheme is designed to enable major Indian indust… Continue reading
Share on FacebookAugust 27, 2010
by Anjali Jaiswal
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Energy efficiency experts agree that “The Climate for Efficiency is Now,” which was echoed during the discussions at last week’s large gathering of global energy efficiency professionals in Asilomar, California. Several presente… Continue reading
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