The New York Times has had an India theme this week:
1. The Dawn of E2K in India – Thomas Friedman op-ed. “E2K stands, in my mind, for all the energy programming and monitoring that thousands of global companies are going to be undertaking in the early 21st century to either become carbon neutral or far more energy efficient than they are today. India is poised to get a lot of this work….
So, mom, dad, tell your kids: if they’re looking for a good stable-growth career — green consultants, green designers, green builders are all going to be in huge demand. And if they can speak a little Hindi — all the better.
2. New Delhi Air Quality Is Worsening, Group Says: “Air quality in New Delhi has deteriorated significantly in the past two years, exposing the capital’s residents to heightened risk of a range of respiratory diseases, a leading environmental research group warned Tuesday.” Looks like India is joining China in being a victim of its own coal-fueled growth.
3. And this story, “Cuts Urged in China’s and India’s Energy Growth,” discussed here.
Previous in TP Climate Progress
NASA scientists studying data have discovered an immense wintertime pool of pollution over the northern indian state of Bihar.
while high pollution levels were found over much of india,a concentrated pool of particles was discovered over bihar,alargely rural area with a high population desity.Pollution levels are five time larger than normal.A large source contributing to the Bihar pollution is the inefficient burning of variety of biofuels durig cooking and other domestic use.