Cement, Energy and Environment

Quality & Standards 19 • STRENGTH DEVELOPMENT 19- 23 • ENERGY EFFICIENCY & CONSERVATION Energy Security & Management 23 0 COAL CONSUMPTION TO CROSS 2 BN TONNE BY 2030:MINISTER 23 • COAL INDIA TO PRODUCE 461 .5 MILLION TONNES OF COAL IN FY 2011 23 • ENERGY SECURITY WITH COAL- A TOUGH AND CHALLENGING PROPOSITION 23-26 Energy Efficiency 27 • ENERGY EFFICIENCY MISSION TO KICKSTART IN APRIL 27 • GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY 27 • INDIA: FUEL EFFICIENCY STANDARDS FOR AUTO SECTOR BY 201 1 27 • ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING DESIGN:CONTRIBUTION TO ENERGY SECURITY 27-28 Energy Conservation 28 , • ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM- WITH POWER PROFILE OF A CEMENT PLANT 28- 2~ • ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION & RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 33 Pollution Control 33 • CENTRE HAULS UP SIX CEMENT PLANTS OVER ENVIRONMENT VIOLATION 33 USEPA-PROPOSED PORTLAND CEMENT NESHAP: A CURE WORSE THAN THE DISEASE? 33-36 • GOVT TO BRING ENVIRONMENT BILL IN NEXT SESSION 36-37 Environmental Improvement 37 • FLY ASH SPILLING HAZARD, STRICT ACTION ALSO AGAINST ILLEGAL TRADERS 37 Climate Change & Global Warming 37 ~ • UNFCCC GETS GHG COMMITMENTS FROM 55 COUNTRIES 37 • A FEW GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN THE FIELD OF GLOBAL WARMING & CLIMATE CHANGE 38-39 INDIA TO PROVIDE INSTITUTIONAL INPUTS TO UN CLIMATE CHANGE PANEL 39-40 • TOP SCIENTISTS TO REVIEW IPCC'S PAPERS 40 • 'ANOTHER UN CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT FLAWED' 40 - 41 • GOVT RINGS ALARM BELLS ON RISING SEA LEVEL OFF INDIA COAST 41 • CLIMATE CHANGE WORRIES TEA GROWERS 41 • STATES WARMING UP TO CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES 41 - 42 J " • 'IN JUST 60 VAS, WORLD MAY LOSE ALL ITS TOP SOIL' 42-43 ,, • CLIMATE CHANGE- DATA FROM INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT 43 FORESEEING A CLIMATIC CATASTROPHE FOR MUMBAI! 43 NITROGEN- T~E POTENT GLOBAL WARMER? 43 - 44 Clean Development Mechanism (COM) & Carbon Trading 44 CARBON CREDIT MARKET OVERVIEW 44-45 • CARBON CREDIT EARNS PROFIT 45 • INDIA COMMITS TO 20-25% CUTS 45-46 • INDIA STRONGLY COUNTERS ANY ATTEMPTS TO IMPOSE CARBON TAX ON INDIAN EXPORTS BY DEVELOPED ECONOMIES 46