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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
'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
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