Environment
Sunderlal Bahuguna
Dams, Environmentalists, Forests, Himalaya, Tehri, India, Chipko Movement, Sunderalal Bahuguna
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Renewable Energy
18 Feb 2013
Small Hydro Power: A tradeoff between local economic development (if and when it happens) and environmental Impact. Who defines the limits for the latter?

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Abhinav Goyal
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Clean Energy
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Small Hydro Power: A tradeoff between local economic development (if and when it happens) and environmental Impact. Who defines the limits for the latter?



Abhinav Goyal

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Energy, Poverty, Economic Development, Electricity, Hydroelectricity, Rudraprayag (D), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Renewable Energy, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Himalaya, Ecosystems, Fisheries, Rivers, Freshwater Ecosystems
Water Management
Nepal Water Conservation Foundation
Nepal, South Asia, Water Management, Himalaya, Water Resources
Energy

Market assessment of solar water heating systems in the himalayan region

At present, use of SWH is rather limited and scattered in Indian Himalayas. Most of the existing systems are in commercial and institutional buildings (hotels, resorts, hospitals, defense establishments, etc); in general the use of solar water heaters in the domestic sector is very scarce.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2011
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
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Solar Water Heaters, Himalaya, India, Subsidies, Solar Energy, Electricity, Solar Radiation, Energy
Environment

Ecologists gun for Raid de Himalayas

Mandi: The high-profile Raid-de-Himalayas motor sport rally that reached today at Keylong in snowbound Lahaul-Spiti raised the ire of environmentalists, farmers and tribal writers.

Publication Date: 
15/10/2010
Tribune (New Delhi)
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Himalaya, Lahul & Spiti, Mandi (D), Himachal Pradesh, Pollution, Apple
Energy

Wake up to a Himalayan opportunity

Smriti Bhargavai, Shrawan Nigam

Publication Date: 
13/07/2010
Financial Express (New Delhi)
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Himalaya, Global Warming, Renewable Energy, Geothermal Energy, Energy, Geological Survey Of India (GSI), Financial Express (New Delhi)
Agriculture

Sikkim makes an organic shift

Gangtok: The next time you stop by in Sikkim, you might want to look for a souvenir with a difference

Publication Date: 
07/05/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Ecology, Pollution, Soil Capability, Himalaya, Agriculture, Sikkim, Times Of India (New Delhi), Sustainable Development
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Climate Change
21 Jan 2010
Glaciating the climate debate

The recent controversy on the IPCC report regarding Himalayan glaciers has been all over the media.

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Chandra Bhushan
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Climate Calculus
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Hazardous Waste

Environmentalists oppose thermal plant

Joining issue with villagers of 10 panchayats, the Himalaya Niti Abhiyan has also lent support to the cause of villagers who are opposing the 30 MW captive thermal plant being set up at Bagheri by the JP Associates.

This organisation was a coalition of environment activists and community movement leaders from across Himachal.

Publication Date: 
24/08/2009
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Pollution, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Himalaya, Industrial Pollution, Thermal Power Plants, Panchayats, Himachal Pradesh, Solan (D)

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