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Energy in news on May 3

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on energy

LED bulbs to be available at Rs 10 instead of Rs 400

Government move aimed at making best use of the energy savings potential of LED lights

Swachh Bharat is now about toilets built, not change in attitude: Experts

At a book launch in New Delhi, sanitation experts say the scheme has defeated the purpose of community-led total sanitation approach

Environmentally conscious former PM Vajpayee no more

Two old timers recall the contributions that Vajpayee made to the field of environmental governance in India

A wake-up call to reclaim the forgotten darkness in our lives

Light pollution is playing havoc with age-old rhythms of life—of sleep, procreation, metabolism, migration and foraging

UN report finds 80% Gazan women relying on food aid

Urges Palestinian women’s leadership in humanitarian efforts in Gaza and West Bank

'Relations between non-profits & govt are waning since liberalisation'

In the wake of arrests of 5 human rights activists by Maharashtra police, Down To Earth speaks to activists about what is bringing …

How companies got their way on biodiversity

Amendments to the Biodiversity Act let companies off the hook on having to share the benefits of using biological resources

Glyphosate: Greenpeace opposes, ABLE disposes

Debate over health and environment concerns  

Agartala to be first LED-illuminated city in northeastern India

Switch to LED-based street lighting is expected to save city corporation at least Rs 2 crore

Report on GM crops unfortunate: industry

The parliamentary committee on agriculture has strongly criticised the regulatory system on genetically modified (GM) crops in the country, …

Inventors of blue LEDs win Nobel Prize in physics

Their invention could help provide light to billions of people who still have no access to electricity

Breakthrough in impasse over toxic export ban

Parties take a step forward to make it easy to enforce Basel Ban Amendment

India's National Action Plan on Climate Change needs desperate repair

India's National Action Plan on Climate Change has been slow to start and its sectoral missions are not aligned with the schemes the government …

Rich nations can’t dump toxic waste on poor nations

178 nations agree to enforce Basel Ban Amendment

Basel final day: Rich nations can’t dump toxic waste on poor nations

178 nations agree to enforce Basel Ban Amendment

New rules to make FRA effective

Tribal affairs ministry's draft rules under Forest Rights Act give more authority to the community in the process of settling forest rights

Polavaram's revised tender award manipulated: Andhra high power committee

It recommends awarding contract to consortium led by Transstroy, a firm owned by Congress MP from Guntur

Will disability rights bill get passed by Parliament this session?

Activists divided over provisions of the bill

Budget: Thumbs down from farmers and GM industry

Say does not increase farmers’ income

Hong Kong Convention in way of ban on toxic exports

Could prove the death knell for Basel Convention

Push to strengthen Basel Convention regional centres

Centres in turn will assist in ratifying ban on toxic exports from rich nations to the poor

Supreme Court questions viability of river linking project

Directs Centre to submit detailed report on project cost and land acquisition

GM crop field trials: anti-GM activists protest outside Moily's office

Moily’s approval will now allow event selection trials of rice, castor, cotton and a few other genetically modified crops ÒÇÇ