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A 400 billion euro ($774 billion) plan to power Europe with Sahara sunlight is gaining momentum, even as critics see high risks in a large corporate project using young technology in north African countries with weak rule of law.

Shimla : The Union Ministry of Renewable Energy has agreed in principle to develop Shimla and Hamirpur towns as solar cities and Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, and National Institute of Technology (NIT), Hamirpur, as energy parks.

To Resist Attempts To Link Trade With Climate Change, Fight Penalties
Saibal Dasgupta | TNN

Beijing: India and China on Monday agreed to jointly fight any attempt by Western nations to link trade with climate change and impose trade-related penalties on developing countries that fail to meet environmental standards.

JAIPUR: The hospitality sector, a major area of Rajasthan

The Prime Minister

WASTE is a major problem for any city, and a city without a proper solid waste management system is a hazard to public health.

Islamabad is one such city. The municipal dumping site in H-10 sector is not the only place that stinks in Islamabad.

Europe looks set to build slightly more wind capacity this year than in 2008, despite weakening electricity demand due to the economic crisis, the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) said on Friday.

About 8,600 megawatts of new wind energy capacity will be installed in the European Union's 27 nations in 2009, 1 percent higher than the 8,484 megawatts installed last year, EWEA estimated.

Two German ships set off on Friday on the first journey across Russia's Arctic-facing northern shore without the help of icebreakers after climate change helped opened the passage, the company said.

- 10km fence, powered by the sun

New Delhi, Aug. 23: After setting a target of generating 20,000 MW solar power by 2020 under the Solar Mission, the Prime Minister