Fossil Fuels

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mining in village Leta, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh, 23/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …

Renewable Energy Can't Be An Afterthought In The Quest To Meet Climate Goals

A new report from the Electric Power Research Institute noted that in order to meet climate goals, the U.S. power industry must implement a full portfolio of technologies. While we agree that we'll have to pull out all the stops in the race to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, we must …

Alternative transportation fuels and vehicle technologies: challenges and opportunities

This report presents a side-by-side comparison of fuels and vehicles with the recognition that future technological advances or additional research into unresolved issues, such as the land-use impact of biofuel production, could alter findings and make certain options more or less attractive. The report examines the benefits and challenges of …

Assessment of energy and greenhouse gas inventories of Sweet Sorghum for first and second generation bioethanol

The assessment of energy and greenhouse gas balances is part of a larger effort by UN-Energy to provide decision making tools and aids to Governments and others involved in the planning and implementation of bioenergy development. The report

Policy options for reducing GHG emissions from transportation fuels

Transportation is the second largest contributor to total U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and responsible for about one-third of U.S. carbon-dioxide emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels. There are a variety of policy strategies that can be used to address GHG emissions from the transportation sector; this paper focuses …

America turns red, white and green

The US's stance on climate change has shifted beyond recognition. President Barack Obama's science adviser John Holdren tells Graham Lawton how the US will put its house in order, secure a deal at the make-or-break summit in Copenhagen, and lead the world's fight against dangerous climate change.

India Seeks Help Building Low-CO2 Future

India's booming economy has huge potential to shift to a low-carbon future but needs a little hand-holding by rich nations to keep it on the right path, a top Indian climate change negotiator said. About 500 million Indians, or about half the population, do not have access to electricity and …

Indonesian official eyes fuel subsidy cuts

Indonesia may cut subsidies for fossil fuels and introduce policies requiring state electricity firm PLN to use renewable energy sources for part of its supply within a year, a senior environment official said Monday. Ranked the world's third-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in a 2007 World Bank report, Indonesia is …

Offshore wind could be next wave for United States

The Cape Cod resort area, famous for sandy beaches and centuries-old fishing villages, could in the next few years claim a new title of home to the United States' first offshore wind farm. The United States has experienced a surge in investment in wind power over the past four years, …

UK "Carbon Budgets" Seen As Model For Others

The world can learn from a British plan for "carbon budgets" to fight climate change even though London often promises more than it delivers, a senior government adviser said. Jonathon Porritt, who steps down as chairman of the Sustainable Development Commission on Monday, gave the Labour government a mixed report …

Power of power

Power sector in India is quite phenomenal and it continues to grow Power generation, transmission and distribution for a huge country like India with its myriad geographical, physiological, demographic, natural and environmental variations pose a great challenge. The Indian power sector is under the ministry of power, which is entrusted …

Craig Venter, renewable oilman

Genome pioneer Craig Venter has teamed up with Exxon Mobil to turn living algae into mini oil wells. How will they do it? (Interview)

Pakistans 27m-acre saline land fit for biofuel production

Pakistan can use its 27million acre of saline lands to cultivate algae, which is the best alternative feedstock to biofuel production, says a researcher at the Mie University of Japan. Algae is a diverse group of simple plant like organisms, growing in fresh water and sea water, and a specific …

U.N. Seeks $10 Billion Aid As Good Start To Climate Pact

Aid of $10 billion from rich nations would be a "good beginning" to launch a U.N. climate treaty due to be agreed in Copenhagen in December, the United Nations' top climate official said on Thursday. Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, also told the BBC World …

Brazil CVM Says Carbon Credits Are Not Derivatives

Brazil's securities regulator has recommended that carbon credits be treated as investments separate from derivatives since they are used mainly as instruments to trim greenhouse gas emissions. In a decision published late on Tuesday, the Rio de Janeiro-based securities regulator, known as CVM, said it would consider some carbon credit …

No firm evidence of global warming

Experts at a seminar yesterday claimed that there is no firm evidence of global warming. They said available data is contradictory and there is little consensus within the scientific community. The knowledge-sharing seminar titled 'Global warming: A closer look at climatic processes and evidences' was organised jointly by Digital Equality …

China Offers Big Solar Subsidy

China has launched an unprecedented plan to offer hefty subsidies to independent solar power projects, a move that sparked a rally in the sector on Tuesday. Shares of Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd soared 9 percent, Yingli Green Energy Holding Co Ltd climbed 10 percent, Trina Solar Ltd rose nearly …

G8 Agrees To Limit Global Warming; China, India Resist

The G8 agreed on Wednesday to try to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius and cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent, but it failed to persuade China and India to join a bid to halve world emissions. With only five months until a new U.N. climate pact …

G8 Summit To Set 2 Degrees Celsius Global Warming Goal

G8 leaders were due to agree a goal of limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels at a summit in Italy on Wednesday. Here are some facts about the target, previously adopted by European Union nations and due to be widened to the United States, …

Gore Says Climate Deal Needs More Public Pressure

Public awareness about the "catastrophe" of climate change is not high enough to pressure politicians into taking action, former Vice President Al Gore said on Tuesday. Gore, who shared a Nobel Prize in 2007 for his environmental campaigning, said politicians will only do more once the people who elect them …

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