Energy

Renewable energy plan by 2030 for Palakkad District, Kerala

The recent renewable energy roadmap released by WWF-India and World Institute of Sustainable Energy (WISE) for the Palakkad District shows that it is both feasible and practical for the district to meet 50 per cent of its energy demand with renewable sources by 2030.

Publication Date: 
04/09/2015
WWF India
Tags:
Renewable Energy, Palakkad (D), Kerala, Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Hydroelectricity, Off-Grid, Biomass, Crop Residues, Electricity, Biogas
Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding agricultural residue burning, 27/07/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Vikrant Kumar Tongad Vs. Environment Pollution Authority & Ors. dated 27/07/2015 regarding agricultural residue burning in the states of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana.

Judgement Date: 
27/07/2015
Tags:
Crop Residues, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Air Pollution, Farm Residues, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Atmosphere And Ozone Layer

Determining relationships and mechanisms between tropospheric ozone column concentrations and tropical biomass burning in Thailand and its surrounding region

This study aims to determine the variability and trends of tropical biomass burning, tropospheric ozone levels from 2005–2012 in Thailand and the ozone transport from the surrounding regions. Intense biomass burning and tropospheric ozone in this area have a seasonal variability with the maximum generally occurring during the dry season. The northern part of Thailand was observed to have high tropospheric ozone during the dry peak season in April.

Publication Date: 
22/06/2015
Thiranan Sonkaew, Ronald Macatangay
Environmental Research Letters
1-10
Tags:
Ozone, Thailand, Forest Fires, Air Pollution, Myanmar, Laos, India, Biomass, Crop Residues
Solid Waste

For burning leaves, MPJagdambika Pal’s gardener summoned by NGT

The NGT also asked the department to provide composting pits to deposit leaves and said the manure produced should be used by it.

Publication Date: 
19/05/2015
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Waste Disposal, Garbage, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Plastics, Crop Residues, Solid Waste
Air Pollution

Particulate pollution and its health impacts from brick kiln clusters in South Asian cities

Presentation by Dr. Sarath Guttikunda of UrbanEmissions.Info at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.

Sarath Guttikunda
Tags:
Bricks, South Asia, India, Air Pollution, PM 2.5, Urban Air Quality, Anil Agarwal Dialogue, Coal, Farm Residues, Crop Residues, Firewood, Animal Dung, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Dhaka, Patna (D), Air Quality and Health
Energy

Energy poverty in India compounded by inequality

Presentation by Satish B Agnihotri at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.

Satish B Agnihotri
Tags:
Energy, Electricity, India, Anil Agarwal Dialogue, Poverty, Rural Electrification, Rural Energy, Kerosene, Firewood, LPG, Biogas, Animal Dung, Crop Residues
Environment

Review of Vietnam policy on brick kiln

Presentation by Hoang Anh Le of Vietnam National University at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.

Hoang Anh Le
Tags:
Bricks, Vietnam, Anil Agarwal Dialogue, Crop Residues, Air Pollution, Land Use, Land Degradation, South Asia, Diesel, Carbon Monoxide, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), RSPM (PM 10), PM 2.5, Ozone, Green House Gases
Climate Change

National emission inventory of black carbon : Uncertainty analyses

Presentation by Dr. Mukesh Sharma & Umed Paliwal of Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.

Dr. Mukesh Sharma, Umed Paliwal
Tags:
Black Carbon, Aerosols, India, Glacial Melt, Climate Change, Himalaya, Thermal Power Plants, Cement Industry, Iron And Steel Industry, Industrial Pollution, Crop Residues, Forest Fires, Vehicular Pollution, Diesel, Coal, Animal Dung, LPG, Firewood, Household Energy, Anil Agarwal Dialogue
Climate Change

Co-benefits of reducing short-lived greenhouse pollutants or PICs and the poor

Presentation by Kirk R. Smith, Professor of Global Environmental Health University of California, Berkeley at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.

Kirk R. Smith
Tags:
Green House Gases, Chulhas (Cookstoves), Biomass, Poverty, Black Carbon, China, United States Of America (US), Health Effects, Methane, Haryana, India, Indoor Air Pollution, Household Energy, Biogas, LPG, Kerosene, Firewood, Crop Residues, Animal Dung, Air Pollution, PM 2.5, Anil Agarwal Dialogue
Air Pollution

Assessment of atmospheric trace element concentrations by lichen-bag near an oil/gas pre-treatment plant in the Agri Valley (southern Italy)

The atmospheric concentrations of 17 trace elements (Al, Ca, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Li, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, P, Pb, S, Ti and Zn) were measured by means of the "lichen-bag" technique in the Agri Valley (southern Italy). The lichen samples were collected from an unpolluted site located in Rifreddo forest (southern Italy), about 30 km away from the study area along the north direction. The bags were exposed to ambient air for 6 and 12 months. The exposed-to-control (EC) ratio values highlighted that the used lichen species were suitable for biomonitoring investigations.

Publication Date: 
23/02/2015
R. Caggiano, S. Trippetta, S. Sabia
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
15
325–333
Tags:
Air Pollution, Italy, Vehicular Pollution, Heavy Metals, Aerosols, Biomass, Crop Residues, Fossil Fuels, Fly Ash

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