IndianExpress/PUNE/19th Feb ‘09: Pune is aiming for a safari park each for leopards and deer, with the former planned under the jurisdiction of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and the latter on the terrain of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) The civic bodies are looking to allocate 100 acres for each project, but both will [...]

TOI/PUNE/19th Feb ‘09: The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has decided to undertake water recycling projects in a big way. Initially, the corporation has plans to provide around 120 MLD (million litres per day) of treated water from sewage treatment plants (STPs), for use in industries and gardens.
Speaking to TOI, municipal commissioner Ashish Sharma said that a [...]

The following is from a press release sent out by Pune based Praj Industries.
10 February, 2009, Pune: Praj Industries, the globally leading biofuels technology & solutions Company announced break-through in cellulosic biomass to ethanol technology at Pilot Scale. Praj formally inaugurated its cellulosic ethanol pilot plant at its R & D Centre called Praj Matrix [...]

TOI/PUNE/9th Feb ‘09: While Pune has already been selected as one of the nine cities to implement the Global Environment Facility-funded sustainable transport projects, the Union ministry of urban development has released a report stating the aims of the project, one of them being reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 9.6%.
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) sustainable [...]

NDTV in collaboration with Toyota has organized the Greenathon. They are accepting donations which shall be used to provide electricity in villages.