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 …
On Friday the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is expected to release the first of four volumes of its fifth comprehensive assessment of scientific knowledge on climate change, known as AR5. The report is expected to state with 95% confidence that most of the observed global warming since 1950 is …
Methane and natural debt and impacts on India’s workers of extreme climate change - a presentation by Kirk R. Smith at CSE Annual South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change, 2013 held in New Delhi from September 18-19, 2013.
Scientists will call for a major push this week to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture through the use of a modified tropical grass. Brachiaria grasses have been found to inhibit the release of nitrous oxide, which has a more powerful warming effect than carbon dioxide or …
Climate change is an inconvenient truth and the world needs to cut emissions drastically and urgently. South Asia is most vulnerable and the poorest – not responsible for climate change – are the worst impacted. These are some of the key points made by Sunita Narain, Director-General, CSE in her …
Natural gas leaks from production wells are lower than previous estimates and below the level that would erase the fuel’s climate benefit over coal, according to a University of Texas study backed by both industry and environmentalists. The study being released on Monday, the first to use actual measurements of …
By the end of this century it’s going to be hotter than ever – the average day temperature in Tamil Nadu, now 32.9 degree Celsius is likely to go up by 3.1 degree Celsius. This was the finding of a study conducted by a team of researchers at the Centre …
The World Bank said on Tuesday it was planning "aggressive action" to help developing nations cut emissions of soot and other air pollutants blamed for causing climate change, in a shift also meant to protect human health and aid crop growth. Of its funding to poor nations, almost 8 percent …
Carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere have increased by about 0.5 per cent every year during the last decade, satellite observations of greenhouse gases have found. The data also shows that recent methane increases are likely due to man-made emissions, researchers said. Atmospheric carbon dioxide and methane are the two …
In a couple of months from now, the food served at the Amma canteen at Saravanampatty will be environment friendly in that the food will be cooked using bio-fuel. The Corporation planned to install a biomethanisation plant to power the stoves with methane gas, said Commissioner G. Latha. The food …
Agriculture is one of the largest contributors of the anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs) responsible for global warming. Measurements of gas fluxes from dung pats suggest that dung is a source of GHGs, but whether these emissions are modified by arthropods has not been studied. A closed chamber system was used …
Berlin: Earthquakes may contribute to global warming by releasing methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas, from the ocean floor, according to a new study. An international team of scientists investigated the aftermath of a magnitude 8.1 earthquake that took place in the Northern Arabian Sea in 1945. They postulated that …
London: The melting Arctic is now being called an “economic time bomb”. Economic modelling shows methane emissions caused by shrinking sea ice from just one area of the Arctic could come with a global price tag of $60 trillion — the size of the world economy in 2012. Researchers from …
The city's waste-to-power dream will soon become a reality, with BWSSB all set to harness energy from one of the 10 sewage treatment plants (STPs) proposed in chief minister Siddaramaiah's budget. Narayana, BWSSB chief engineer (Cauvery project), said the STP set to come up in Koramangala-Challaghatta (KC) valley (along Old …
Essar, Reliance aim to produce 6.5 mmscmd coal bed methane gas in next two years India’s gas supply is expected to get a boost from coal bed methane (CBM) after the government removed uncertainty over its pricing. Essar Oil and Reliance Industries will add about 6.5 million standard cubic meters …
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is planning to harness energy from waste biomass - mainly leaves collected from various streets and plants. Though the AMC at the moment prepares compost out of vegetative waste it collects from the city, senior officials suggested developing a special anaerobic plant to generate methane …
At the US-India Strategic Dialogue in the Capital on Monday, Secretary of State John Kerry and external affairs minister Salman Khurshid reaffirmed their countries’ strong commitment to energy security, combat global climate change and support the development of low-carbon economies to create opportunities. The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) …
Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace released State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2013 report in Barcelona, Spain. According to the report, corporate buyers are flocking to voluntary carbon markets despite the lack of a global agreement to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, funneling millions of dollars into projects that save endangered forests and …
Protests staged at various places in delta districts Cadres of the CPI-affiliated Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam took out rallies and staged demonstrations at various places in Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam districts protesting against the proposed coal-bed methane (CBM) project from the delta districts. Groundwater depletion and pollution is inevitable when …
The Union Urban Development Ministry has submitted before the Standing Committee on Urban Development that a waste-to-energy plant being set up by the Delhi Power Department through the East Delhi Waste Processing Co. Ltd (EDWPCL) at the Ghazipur landfill site is now in an advanced stage of completion and the …
An undulation of hills rise along the eastern fringe of Delhi, towering above the surrounding flat land, and giving a cluster of apartment buildings in the distance a run for their height. They’re easily mistaken for an extension of the Aravalli range that skirts the city — until a putrefying …
