ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: The working group on environment set up by the Planning Commission for preparation of the 10th five-year People

Pune An issue that really kept the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on its toes in 2009 was the solid waste management, which came under attack for the lack of proper collection and processing systems. But come 2010, and the civic body is all set to roll out an ambitious plan of a garbage container-free city in tandem with reforms in solid waste management.

The first national executive meeting of the CII India Green Business Council was in the recesses of the Lonavala hills in Maharashtra. For the businessmen present here was an opportunity not only to reduce the pressure on the planet

The Industrial Policy of Delhi 2010-2021 that has come out after 1982 aims to promote non-polluting and clean industries with focus on hi-tech, knowledge-based and IT-based Industries. It also envisages operation and maintenance of existing industrial areas and development of new industrial areas on private partnership basis.

This report summarizes the potential role of nuclear power in mitigating global climate change and its contribution to other development and environment challenges, as well as its current status, including the issues of cost, safety, waste management and nonproliferation.

The IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report puts the contribution of the solid waste and wastewater management sector to global greenhouse gas emissions at 2.7%, which might at first sight appear to be comparatively low.

This report published by Exnora Green Pammal (EGP) and UNICEF illustrates examples of the implementation and impact of solid waste management innovations in five localities in Tamil Nadu. The solid waste management systems in these localities are widely regarded as successes that deserve replication.

Almost a week after the order of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, a high powered committee constituted by the court to look into the reasons of fire at Shimla

PRASHANT PANDEY
NEW DELHI

Delhi seems to be lagging behind some of the other cities when it comes to solid waste management, providing effective storm water drainage system and adequate water supply

Option Energy Private Limited, a company into bio-waste- based power production, is planning to set up an organic waste-based plant to produce power and Bio-Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), based on US technology, at Fatehabad soon.

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