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 …
The U.S. Energy Department said on Wednesday it will provide up to $408 million in funding for two projects aimed at developing advanced "clean coal" technologies. The department said it will provide up to $308 million to Hydrogen Energy International LLC in California and up to $100 million to Basin …
The first biofuels produced using new generations of biomass raw materials could be available in commercial volumes from 2010 at the earliest, German junior Environment Michael Mueller said on Monday. But the exact time scale was still unclear, Mueller said at the European Biomass conference in Hamburg. Germany is among …
States that have set the U.S. agenda on addressing greenhouse gas emissions are lining up behind a federal climate bill, fearing signs of dissent would weaken a plan that still faces hurdles. Nearly half the U.S. states have moved toward curbing greenhouse gas emissions and want the federal government to …
The climate bill nearing a vote in the U.S. House will reward farmers who plant trees or take other steps to control greenhouse gases and it will remove for five years an obstacle to corn-based ethanol, said the House Agriculture Committee chairman on Wednesday. Chairman Collin Peterson said negotiators hoped …
Jatropha (Jatropha curcas Linn.) is a non-edible oilseed plant with adaptability to marginal semi-arid lands and wastelands. The Indian Government is promoting jatropha to reduce dependence on the crude oil and to achieve energy independence by the year 2012, under the National Biodiesel Mission. Adaptive trials on J. curcas were …
Ajay Modi / New Delhi June 24, 2009, 0:52 IST Following the doubling of the crude oil prices from a low of $32.40 barrel in December last year, biodiesel prices too have started looking up globally. Since April, biodiesel prices in Europe have jumped over 72 per cent on a …
Suman Sahai THE BIOFUEL craze was started by the United States. It is rooted in the US politics of keeping corn prices high in the Midwest and its refusal to sign the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Huge amounts of genetically-engineered (GE) American corn was stockpiling because the …
State Bio-fuel Action Force President Y B Ramakrishna has said that a marketing unit will be set up at every depot of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC). Addressing reporters here on Saturday, after having a discussion with Deputy Conservator of Forest, Assistant Conservator of Forest and Range Forest …
By Janardhan Roye India is the second largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world. Of the 370 million tonnes of fruits harvested globally, India accounts for 30 million tonnes. In a startling revelation at a fruit and vegetable summit last May, P K Mishra, secretary in the ministry
Biofuels could be used to replace jet fuel in less than five years following recent tests by plane-maker Boeing, while the industry says it is putting billions of dollars into improving its environmental impact. Boeing's director for environmental strategy Billy Glover told Reuters that results from recent test flights using …
Pacific Bio-Fields Holdings Plc said it has received approval to use 400,000 hectares of land to plant coconut trees in the Philippines to make alternative auto fuel, which it aims to sell to Japanese users in five years. The company, which plans to list on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative …
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is implementing research and development projects on development of advanced batteries, super capacitors and components of electric vehicles (EVs). EVs are environmentally benign and reduce the consumption of oil. The Ministry is supporting projects at different institutions and industries for the development of …
The CNG Station Owners Association of Pakistan (CSOAP) has criticised the government's decision to impose Carbon Tax (CT) on CNG sector, saying that the move would badly hit the industry. Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, Malik Khuda Baksh said that association had rejected the decision made in this …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Students from an engineering college in the district have developed an alternative fuel system aimed at eliminating petrol. The fuel system, named Hydrogen Ethanol Combustion (HECS), was developed by four students of the Mohandas College of Engineering as part of their academic project. The students, Chintu Salam, Sonu John, …
Mangalore, June 7 All the buses of KSRTC (Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation) in Karnataka are likely to run on bio-fuel by the end of 2010-11. At present, around 2,000 buses in KSRTC are being run by fuel blended with ethanol. In an informal chat with Business Line here on …
R. Balaji Chennai: Nearly a decade after the Centre decided on an ethanol-blended petrol programme, it is yet to expand the supply countrywide despite a law that makes it mandatory. Lack of priorities, conflict of interest between the States and the Centre and pricing issues have stymied the programme, say …
NEW DELHI: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) is planning to invest around Rs. 614 crore in two sugar mills it had bought in Bihar to manufacture ethanol to be blended with petrol. The HPCL board had already given its approval to the investment proposal. Official sources said the two plants …
