Despite Farooq Abdullah being the Union Cabinet Minister for New and Renewable Energy, the use of solar energy in the state is quite low.

Italy will have to double its renewable energy capacity and invest 50 billion euros ($73.29 billion) to meet the European Union's climate change targets for 2020, chairman of Italy's renewable energy body said on Monday.

The government is set to develop four satellite towns surrounding the capital to ease the housing crisis and pressure on utilities on the capital.

The four towns, each equipped with one 100,000 accommodation facility, will be implemented under public-private partnership initiative, state minister for housing and public works Abdul Mannan Khan said in an exclusive interview with bdnews24.com.

Developing emissions markets to encourage farmers in poor countries to store more carbon dioxide in soil should be a key topic on the U.N. climate talks agenda, global warming activist Al Gore said.

A group of 500 businesses and nonprofit executives on Tuesday urged global governments to take action on climate change, saying failure to do so would result in catastrophe for the planet and global markets.

The downturn and frequent power cuts have forced several puja committees to think out of the box and opt for the

Chandigarh: Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday urged new and renewable energy minister Farooq Abdullah to enhance the Central subsidy for solar water pumping systems for irrigation and allied purposes from Rs 30 per watt to Rs 100 per watt to make the system viable for small and marginal farmers.