Weary of the scorching heat, buffalos stream in towards the Padma River to quench their thirst and have a relishing bath. The persisting heat wave, coupled with power load shedding and water crisis have disrupted life in northern districts. The hear wave may continue a couple of days more, weather men said yesterday. The mercury rose to 39.4 degrees Celsius in Rajshahi while humidity in air was recorded at 12 per cent yesterday, sending people on streets panting for water and cool air.

More cross-border energy deals are in the pipeline

Chandigarh, Apr 18 In order to ensure adequate power during the summers and ensuing paddy season, in the first meeting of steering committee for power planning (SCPP), chaired by Ashok Lavasa, financial commissioner & principal secretary (power), key issues like demand, availability, shortfall and arrangements to procure electricity from all possible sources were discussed,

The IT industry accounts for about 2 per cent of global carbon emissions - close to the same as the aviation sector - and has an important role to play in the environmental agenda. The main issue for IT is the amount of electricity that computers use. Data centres in particular have come into focus as heavy consumers of power. The average centre uses 50 times more energy than the average office and can cost around

Patrick Getreide is an entrepreneur with a big ambition: to build the world's greenest office block. Energy Plus, his projected 70,000 square metre Paris block, will be carbon neutral and generate more electricity than it uses, saving tenants

Even as it has increased the state's role in the economy, Vladimir Putin's authoritarian administration has presided over one of the world's biggest liberalisations

US President George W Bush plans on Wednesday to call for halting the growth of greenhouse gas emissions by 2025. The three candidates vying to succeed him have made more ambitious proposals. Here is what they are saying about environmental and energy issues: * CLIMATE CHANGE New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, Democrat - Cut US greenhouse gas emissions to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050 through cap-and-trade system; require all publicly traded US companies to file report on climate change risks with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

US President George W Bush on Wednesday unveiled principles for arresting greenhouse gas emissions, months before he leaves office and ahead of a congressional debate on more ambitious goals. Here are the highlights of Bush's announcement: - halt the growth of carbon-dioxide emissions by 2025. - oppose raising taxes, abandoning nuclear power and coal reserves, or imposing trade barriers as ways to reach the goal. - promote electricity production from coal that does not release carbon dioxide.

The National Electricity Policy has envisaged a quantum jump in the per capita consumption of electricity for the next five years, but Asom is at the bottom of the list of States. Asom is lagging far behind the national average in so far as the per capita consumption of power is concerned. The per capita consumption of electricity in Asom during 2006-2007 was only 175 kwh against the national average of 671.89 kwh, and almost lowest among the north-eastern States during the period, sources said.

The United States is working with international donors to realise supply of electricity from energy-rich Central Asian region to Afghanistan and Pakistan, a senior US official said Tuesday. Richard Boucher, the top US official for South Asia, told a Congressional hearing that trade in electricity can benefit both sides, providing "much-needed energy to South Asia and serving as a major source of future revenue for the countries of Central Asia."