Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
The plan, expected to be approved by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani soon, contains several suggestions contrary to government policies, like allowing import of second-hand refineries and offering them a tax holiday. The plan calls upon the government to pursue a plan to generate 9,000 megawatts of electricity by 2022, …
Australia's coal and gas producers, including miner Rio Tinto Ltd, said the government must give more assistance to major emitting export industries, and to increase the number of free carbon pollution permits. Mining and gas firms have stepped up their campaign against the government's carbon trading plans, telling a Senate …
Pakistan contributes little to greenhouse gas emission and global climate change. Its total energy-related carbon dioxide emission, measure about 100 million tons, out of which, 46 percent is from oil-related emissions, 45 percent from gas and 9 percent from coal, an Asian Development Bank Study report said. On a per-capita …
Russia launched its $22bn liquefied natural gas project on the Pacific island of Sakhalin yesterday, opening a big new front to supply energy to Asia and on to North America as the Kremlin seeks to diversify energy markets from Europe. The inauguration of the Sakhalin-2 project comes after years of …
This Report of the Standing Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas deals with the action taken by the Government on the Recommendations contained in the Sixteenth Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) of the Standing Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas (2007-2008) on
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora on Friday said that he had sought big time participation of Indian companies in the Russian oil and gas fields, particularly in East Siberia, and had expressed interest in importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Moscow to meet its …
Australia's plans to launch a carbon emissions trading scheme within two years will not be derailed by the global financial crisis, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Tuesday. Australia's second-largest oil and gas producer, Woodside Petroleum Ltd, this week told Rudd's centre-left Labor government that global market volatility and bank …
Press Trust Of India / New Delhi October 14, 2008, 0:51 IST The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Centre and others on petitions challenging government
Rakteem Katakey & Kalpana Pathak / New Delhi/mumbai September 19, 2008, 0:04 IST Fertiliser and power plants, which use gas supplied by Petronet LNG, will see their fuel bills rise by up to 50 per cent from January when the country's largest importer of natural gas goes for a price …
With increased power generation driving up energy demand in Asia the business of energy security and inter-country business alliances has been a major inter-governmental talking point in recent months, as both Pakistan and India seek to shore-up their energy supply by engaging the Iranian government on exports of oil and …
The Climate Pollution Reduction Scheme uses a cap and trade (or emissions trading)scheme as the cornerstone to achieve emissions reductions in Australia. This has significant benefits because it equalises abatement costs across the economy and thereby allows the market to find the lowest cost abatement opportunities. In this sense, emissions …
NEW DELHI: The board of directors of Petronet LNG on Monday gave its nod for entering into a long term deal to import 3.5 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) annually for the Bawana power plant being built in Delhi. The company's board also decided to lease its expanded …
The Ceylon Electricity Board is planning to convert its thermal power plants from diesel and naphtha to Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) with a view to significantly reducing the operational cost of thermal power plants. This project will review the relevant existing feasibility studies and prepare an Environmental Impact Assessment and …
Looking down from space, the night sky in the Gulf of Guinea offshore Nigeria is lit up by the flares that burn natural gas from oil fields. This gas is burned without a use and contributes greenhouse gases to the global warming problem. This gas is not only an untapped …
PERTH, Australia: Petronas, the Malaysian state-owned oil company, said Thursday that it would buy a 40 percent stake in the Gladstone liquefied natural gas project from the Australian energy firm Santos for up to $2.51 billion. Petronas hopes to bolster its position as Asia's largest LNG producer. Investment in the …
The debate on the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline has generated more heat than light. There has been a wide chasm between rhetoric and reality, with little informed public debate. It is indisputable that the booming but energy-starved Indian economy needs to tap every possible source of power that is economically …
Gas pipeline from Iran is a high-stakes game by Bhagyashree Pande The scramble for oil resources poses a unique challenge to Indian oil diplomacy. It requires us to explore new engagements or alternatively imbue traditional political relationships with a new, hydrocarbon-related value, according to Talmiz Ahmed, the present Ambassador to …
With India having spurned U.S. advice on dealing with Iran, the one-day visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to New Delhi on April 29 will have energy as the focus. The pending $22 billion LNG deal, the $7.4 billion Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline and exploration and production joint ventures in Iran will …
Increasing awareness of the need for green living has prompted considerable research activity in every walk of life in the US. The vigorous effort to identify sustainable sources for generation of clean energy is a case in point. For quite some time, , ideas of a "bridging fuel' have diverted …
Energy is in the spotlight. Consumers and businesses are grappling with tight oil and gas supplies, while oil companies and a host of new players struggle to come up with sustainable energy sources that cut CO2 emissions. It's a bafflingly complex challenge that is unlikely to be solved anytime soon. …
