Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amit Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant has raised a grievance against setting up of a tyre pyrolysis plant by M/s Adideva Carbon LLP. According to the applicant, the tyre pyrolysis plant has …
The shine is coming off once bright prospects for natural gas as the future fossil fuel of choice in Asia as power companies in India and Southeast Asia tap abundant and cheap domestic coal resources to generate electricity. Asian loyalty to coal is shrinking the space available for natural gas …
The influence of El Nino will probably push temperatures in Europe above seasonal norms this month, increasing the bearish outlook for natural gas prices already near their lowest since 2009. Temperatures in November will be above normal for the time of year, according to all six meteorologists surveyed by Bloomberg …
Beijing said on Monday that it will further strengthen supervision and promote clean energy for heating in an effort to reduce winter air pollution. The announcement came on the same day that public heating systems began trial operations, two weeks before the normal heating time. Key areas for inspection are …
The United States and other rich nations are doing less than their fair share to fight climate change under a U.N. accord due in December while China is outperforming, a report by 18 civil society groups said on Monday. Overall, governments' pledges for curbs on greenhouse gas emissions are not …
Oil companies and Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited (MNGL) are collaborating to make Pune India’s first carbon-free city by 2040, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan has said. Here to launch the pilot of a slew of new initiatives for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and piped natural …
Reliance Industries got Rs 8,500 cr of gas from ONGC’s KG block, says D&M.; In 2000, two deep-water blocks in the Krishna-Godavari (KG) Basin were awarded by the government, one to Reliance Industries and the other to ONGC. Private explorer Reliance Industries (RIL) extracted at least 9 billion cubic metres …
Southeast Asia Energy Outlook 2015 draws on the latest available energy and macroeconomic data, as well as policy and market developments, to examine the current status and future prospects for energy markets in this vibrant region and considers their implications for energy security and the environment. For the purpose of …
Order of the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming in the matter of State of Wyoming & Others Vs United States Department of the Interior & Others dated 30/09/2015 regarding regulations applying to hydraulic fracturing on federal and Indian lands. Know More
The UK has dropped out of the top ten of a respected international league table on renewable energy for the first time since it began 12 years ago. In its quarterly report published on Wednesday, EY said the new Conservative government had sentenced the renewable energy industry to “death by …
The Task Force on Shale Gas released its third report looking at how the development of a UK shale industry would affect overall climate impact. The report’s overarching finding is that shale gas has a role to play as an interim baseload energy source in the UK energy mix over …
At its weekly cabinet meeting yesterday, the government approved a plan to reduce air pollution in the Haifa Bay area up to half by 2018. The plan was submitted by Environmental Protection Minister Avi Gabbay, together with the ministers of finance, transportation and health. The plan will cost 115 million …
Natural gas mining could cause issues for human health. It turns out that endocrine disruptors from these activities could potentially harm human development and reproduction. More than 15 million Americans live within one mile of unconventional oil and gas operations (UOG) that combine directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing to release …
The Dutch government will appeal against a district court ruling ordering it to cut emissions of greenhouse gases faster than currently planned, in a politically sensitive case that is being closely watched by policy-makers abroad. Deputy Minister for the Environment Wilma Mansveld wrote in a letter to parliament on Tuesday …
A report from America’s 3rd-largest bank asks why we’re not transitioning to a low-carbon economy Citi Global Perspectives & Solutions (GPS), a division within Citbank (America’s third-largest bank), recently published a report looking at the economic costs and benefits of a low-carbon future. The report considered two scenarios: “Inaction,” which …
The cost of producing electricity from renewable sources like solar and wind has dropped significantly during the past five years, while rising for power generated from natural gas, coal and nuclear, according to the International Energy Agency “The cost of renewable technologies -- in particular solar photovoltaic -- have declined …
ROME — The Italian energy company Eni S.p.A. announced on Sunday that it has discovered a “supergiant” natural gas field off the coast of Egypt, describing it as the “largest ever” found in the Mediterranean Sea. Eni’s chief executive, Claudio Descalzi, met on Saturday in Cairo with President Abdel Fattah …
Victoria is not ready for an unconventional gas industry, with environmental controls too few and the risks of the industry not fully identified, a wide-ranging report from the state's Auditor-General's Office has warned. Potential resources of unconventional gas in the state were unknown, while risks connected to unconventional gas activities …
Renewable electricity generation outpaced natural gas this month to become the second largest source of electricity worldwide, according to the International Energy Agency. Globally, coal remained king with 9,613TWh of electricity produced, around 41% of global electricity production compared to 5,130TWh (22%) from renewable energy sources. In OECD economic zone …
Brazil's Subsalt Polygon, an offshore area that has already yielded some of the world's largest recent oil finds, may hold enough undiscovered petroleum and gas to supply the world's current oil needs for more than five years, researchers said. The Polygon, which covers most of Brazil's Santos and Campos offshore …
When was natural gas discovered? Natural gas, which is inflammable hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane and ethane, has been known to human beings for thousands of years. It is believed that the concept of eternal fires in the fire worshiping religion of ancient Persia came from natural gas seeps found …
