Supreme Court judge Justice M B Lokur today questioned the government over non-utilisation of amounts, collected as compensatory afforestation funds for environmental purposes, and justified judicial activism, saying it hadContinue Reading
The phenomenon of urban heat islands, in which concrete and built areas in cities experience higher temperatures than surrounding rural areas, may get accentuated with rapid urbanisation. This is theContinue Reading
In December of 2015, when Chennai was flooded and people were marooned, a team of scientists from Anna University was collecting groundwater samples along the Adyar river to investigate ifContinue Reading
The leather industry is on the threshold of a new path. Long vilified as one of the most polluting, it may soon see an image makeover with adoption of newContinue Reading
The first crop of Salicornia grown at the site of the Seawater Energy and Agriculture System (SEAS) pilot in Masdar City was harvested recently by the Masdar Institute of ScienceContinue Reading
London’s long awaited “T-Charge” went into effect in the city last week, effectively limiting access to central London by those driving the oldest and most heavily polluting vehicles still onContinue Reading
The BMW Battery Storage Farm Leipzig has now been officially commissioned, with the second-life BMW i3 battery storage facility now slated to provide storage capacity to local wind energy generation,Continue Reading
Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL), wants to ensure that the charging infrastructure for 500 electric sedans, which is being procured from Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra by the endContinue Reading
