Green rated buildings found to be energy guzzlers, says CSE study
Several LEED-rated buildings cannot qualify even for the Bureau of Energy Efficiency’s star label programme
Fiscal Planners: The Class that Failed
Hit where it hurts most. Improving technology to cut emissions is expensive. So let it be. No need to take care of the extra cost -- even if it means compromising on clean air and public health. So obtuse and damaging! But so are our finance mandarins in the North block. They have culled all proposals for a fiscal strategy to meet tighter fuel and emissions standards. This dismissal of fiscal solution to technology transition blocks further negotiation to tighten the dismally weak technology roadmap of the Auto Fuel policy.
CSE welcomes Delhi government's move to make diesel cars dearer
Decision will cut toxic risk from diesel cars and protect public health
Cities evolving fiscal measures to curb vehicular pollution
Several cities in India including Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, have begun to take steps to implement fiscal measures to address the problem of air pollution and congestion.