Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item titled "Ahmedabad Surat landfills among worst three methane hotspots in India" appearing in the Times of India dated 07.02.2024. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of a news item titled "Ahmedabad Surat landfills among worst three …
Global consumption of meat needs to fall - to ensure future demand for food can be met and to help protect the environment - a study says. Research from Cambridge and Aberdeen universities estimates greenhouse gases from food production will go up 80% if meat and dairy consumption continues to …
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (CCAC) has released a report, titled ‘Time to Act – To reduce short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs).' The report details the causes and sources of SLCPs, and outlines the potential benefits of control measures. According to the report, SLCPs are …
U.K. lawmakers proposed to tighten shale-gas regulations, including a requirement to disclose the chemicals used and monitoring methane in groundwater, in amendments tabled by the main opposition Labour party. The party, leading the ruling coalition in opinion polls before an election scheduled for May, presented proposed changes to the Infrastructure …
Scientists have been left shocked by the surprising appearance of hundreds of methane vents off the US East Coast. More than 500 vents have been found where methane is seeping into the ocean. And there is concern that these increased amounts of gas could be caused by global warming. A …
Human conversion of forest ecosystems to agriculture is a major driver of global change. Conventionally, the impacts of the historical cropland expansion on Earth’s radiation balance have been quantified through two opposing effects: the release of stored carbon to the atmosphere as CO2 (warming) versus the increase in surface albedo …
In an effort to decentralise management of waste in the city, the BMC, with technical support from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), will soon set up a 20-metric tonne biogas plant at Deonar Abattoir by year-end. The new plant will replace the current dysfunctional four-metric tonne plant and will …
When it comes to wildfires, carbon dioxide is not the sole problem. The black and brown carbon, which are also released in biomass burning, cause much more global warming per unit weight. A new study by Stanford University Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Mark Z Jacobson indicates that burning biomass …
This paper examines the status, future prospects, environmental implications, investment and infrastructure requirements, and risks of alternative energy sources such as solar resource, wind power, and unconventional gas. Solar resource is considered excellent across developing Asia, while the wind resource is strong in several economies. While shale gas is a …
Large spikes of methane being released into the atmosphere above Siberia may be tied to the mysterious craters which have appeared in the landscape, according to a US scientist. Dr Jason Box, a professor in glaciology at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, has highlighted increased levels of methane …
Putting off expensive measures to curb climate change will only cost the United States more in the long run, the White House said on Tuesday in a report meant to bolster a series of actions President Barack Obama has proposed to address global warming. "Each decade we delay acting results …
Coal miners took on skiers, and environmentalists dueled with business groups as the public debated sweeping rules from the Obama administration to combat global warming in a nationwide series of hearings yesterday. At the one in Denver, the ski industry said that without the proposed curbs on carbon emissions from …
Putting off expensive measures to curb climate change will only cost the United States more in the long run, the White House said on Tuesday in a report meant to bolster a series of actions President Barack Obama has proposed to address global warming. "Each decade we delay acting results …
Putting off expensive measures to curb climate change will only cost the United States more in the long run, the White House said on Tuesday in a report meant to bolster a series of actions President Barack Obama has proposed to address global warming. "Each decade we delay acting results …
Thermokarst lakes formed across vast regions of Siberia and Alaska during the last deglaciation and are thought to be a net source of atmospheric methane and carbon dioxide during the Holocene epoch. However, the same thermokarst lakes can also sequester carbon, and it remains uncertain whether carbon uptake by thermokarst …
Say what you want about oil spills. At least when you're standing in one it's hard to miss. That's not true of methane spills, which are invisible and -- unless it's a potentially explosive concentration of gas -- unsmellable. Persistent, low-grade methane leaks are of interest for a couple of …
Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) has taken measures to utilize methane gas produced at Dhanwapur sewage treatment plant to meet its electricity requirement. SDO B D Yadav said 1750kW power is needed to run the two STPs of 168 million litre per day (MLD) capacity. However, with the construction of …
In November 2010, three combatants gathered in a sleek office here to build a carbon emissions policy that they hoped to sell to the Obama administration. One was a lawyer who had been wielding the Clean Air Act since his days at the University of California, Berkeley. Another had turned …
A major study into the potential of fracking to contaminate drinking water with methane has been published. The British Geological Survey and the Environment Agency have mapped where key aquifers in England and Wales coincide with locations of shale. The research reveals this occurs under nearly half of the area …
As part of the President's Climate Action Plan — Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing updates to its air standards for new municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills. These updates would require certain landfills to capture additional landfill gas, which would reduce emissions of …
