New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel HD Kumaraswamy on Monday launched the Light Electric-Vehicle Acceleration Forum (LEAF) — an industry-led consortium aimed at strengthening the EV charging ecosystem.The forum has been set up as a neutral platform to bring together stakeholders across the light electric vehicle (LEV) ecosystem, including original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), charging infrastructure operators, component makers and technology providers.It …
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New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Adani Power has been assigned an ESG rating of 80.0 by rating agency CareEdge, placing it in the Leadership category — despite the fact that the company operates in the carbon intensive thermal power sector, it was announced on Tuesday.India’s largest private power generator significantly outperformed industry benchmarks on the environmental pillar, which carries the highest weight for the power sector.The Adani Group company recorded an environmental score of 75.6,…
Washington, Feb 12 (IANS) US President Donald Trump declared himself the “undisputed champion of beautiful, clean coal” as he signed a new executive order aimed at expanding coal use and keeping ageing plants online. “Clean, beautiful coal, clean, beautiful coal,” Trump said at the White House on Wednesday (local time), welcoming miners and industry executives to what was billed as a “Champion of Coal” event. “You’ve never had a better friend in the Oval Office than me.”Trump s…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Maruti Suzuki India Limited on Monday said it has set a new benchmark in green logistics by dispatching over 5.85 lakh vehicles through railways in 2025, a growth of 18 per cent over 2024.Maruti Suzuki’s share of rail mode in outbound logistics has grown exponentially, rising from 5.1 per cent in 2016 to 26 per cent in 2025, significantly reducing carbon emissions, country’s oil imports and easing road congestion, according to the automaker.“The year 2025 marks our …
Melbourne, Jan 24 (IANS) Climate change made early January’s southeastern Australia heatwave five times more likely, scientists say, as the country braces for another 50 degrees Celsius scorcher on Saturday. The Bureau of Meteorology has issued heatwave warnings for Australia’s every mainland state and territory, while the state of Victoria has declared a total fire ban amid extreme conditions. In the state capital Melbourne, extreme heat had forced Australian Open tennis tournament officials to…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) India’s transition to low-carbon green steel is to remain a gradual, long-term process as cost and technological constraints continue to hinder rapid decarbonisation, a report showed on Tuesday.Over the long term beyond 2030, green steel demand in India is projected to accelerate and will be driven by tightening ESG compliance norms, large end-user industries (automotive, infrastructure, capital goods, etc) striving to decarbonise their supply chains, and policy measur…
Rajkot, Jan 11 (IANS) As part of the two-day Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conference (VGRC), a seminar was organised on Sunday based on the theme “From Carbon to Crops: Green Molecules, Higher Yields”. The primary objective of this seminar was to highlight that in the current era of global climate change and rising food demand, innovative and sustainable solutions for agriculture, along with efforts toward green energy, have become critically important.The concept of “From Carbon to Crops” represent…