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 …
Black carbon in soot is the dominant absorber of visible solar radiation in the atmosphere. Anthropogenic sources of black carbon, although distributed globally, are most concentrated in the tropics where solar irradiance is highest. Black carbon is often transported over long distances, mixing with other aerosols along the way. The …
For the first time in North America, the Canadian province of British Columbia has introduced a consumer-based tax on carbon emissions. Announcing a budget plan for the year, finance minister Carole Taylor said all fossil fuels, including petrol, diesel, natural gas, coal, propane and home-heating fuel, will be taxed on …
Coal is our cheapest and most abundant source of fossil-fuel energy. We probably have enough to keep the world powered for hundreds of years. Trouble is, the carbon emissions from burning it all would make the planet uninhabitable long before then. Is there a way to get the energy without …
Could biofuels do more damage to the climate than the fossil fuels they replace? That's the fear casting doubt on the wisdom of a law that from next month will require a certain proportion of vehicle fuel to come from biological sources.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the Mauna Loa CO2 record, the longest continuous record of CO2 in the atmosphere. Initiated by Charles D. Keeling of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the record provided the first compelling evidence that the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere …
Deutsche Asset Management, the $800bn fund unit of Deutsche Bank, plans to launch the world's first private equity fund specialising in climate change, or green investments. "We're developing the product," Kevin Parker, DeAm chief executive, told the Financial Times. "We are already the biggest climate change investors in the world. …
"It's the sun, stupid,' is probably how James Carville would summarize the message of Daniel G. Nocera, a chemist and professor of energy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, when he addressed a meeting on environmental issues that began in Aspen Wednesday night. The event is the first Aspen Environmental …
Abstract Black carbon in soot is the dominant absorber of visible solar radiation in the atmosphere. Anthropogenic sources of black carbon, although distributed globally, are most concentrated in the tropics where solar irradiance is highest. Black carbon is often transported over long distances, mixing with other aerosols along the way. …
On mercury emissions: The US Environmental Protection Agency has violated the Clean Air Act by adopting a cap-and-trade rule that allowed oil and coal-fired plants to purchase credits to cover excessive emissions rather than installing pollution controls, a federal appeals court said. The lawsuit was filed by 18 US states …
Investments in solar power, wind energy, bio-fuels, and fuel cells surged 40% last year to $US77.3 billion ($A83.6 million) and will more than triple in the next decade, according to industry group Clean Edge. Revenue from alternatives to oil, coal and other fossil fuels will reach $US254.5 billion by 2017, …
South Asia being an energy-deficit region, there is a strong case for developing regional cooperation in this sector. This may take different forms. India has surplus petroleum refining capacity while other countries in the region are importers of petroleum products. The real benefits will accrue from cooperation in power generation.
We should not wait to cut back on burning fossil fuels until we have developed greener technology to supply our energy needs, despite what many economists are advising their respective governments. Such a waiting game may have deadly consequences. Feb 27, 2008
EVERY silver lining has its cloud. At the moment, the world's oceans absorb a million tonnes of carbon dioxide an hour. Admittedly that is only a third of the rate at which humanity dumps the stuff into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels, but it certainly helps to slow down …
A GLOBAL Biofuels Biopact between rich and poor countries can help alleviate poverty in the developing world while helping to solve the problems of global warming and energy security in the developed world, says a new paper in the journal Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining published by SCI and John Wiley …
The driver of the car shows the gas cannister stored in the trunk of the car. The Minister of Environment, Energy and Water Ahmed Abdulla has welcomed the fact that Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) was being used to power a taxi for the first time in Maldives. According to a …
The International Energy Agency on Friday called on the United States to do more to curb energy use and fight global warming, saying pricing was the best way to curb demand. The world's biggest economy and energy consumer has made progress toward a more sustainable energy system but is lagging …
"India is more difficult...it now reco-gnises the reality of man made climate change...does not put its shoulder to the wheel. Its basic attitude...are that western governments created the problem so western governments must solve it'. "They point out that if you look at emissions per capita they are not a …
The US Department of Energy has pulled out of a flagship project to build the first 'clean' coal-fired power plant in the United States, a move that will kill the project unless supporters can rouse Congress on its behalf.
In the News Focus Story, "Greening the Meeting" (5 October 2007, P. 36), B. Lester compares the fossil fuel energy required to transport scientists to and from a conference by airplane to the energy used by "2250 Honda Civics during a year's worth of normal driving." Another way to put …
