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 …
Democrats in Congress worked on Thursday to win over US lawmakers sceptical of climate change legislation, while climate leader California took another major step with low-carbon rules on fuels that could be copied nationwide. The two moves signalled growing political momentum behind efforts to curb greenhouse gases, which President Barack …
California's newly adopted low-carbon fuel standard may mark the beginning of the end of ethanol's coveted status as the sole US alternative motor fuel. The US state with the most cars late on Thursday approved the world's first-ever regulations to slash emissions of planet-warming carbon dioxide from vehicle fuels. The …
The Obama administration's declaration that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health comes as Congress prepares legislation to significantly reduce those emissions and spur the use of cleaner alternative fuels. Friday's announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency was widely expected among lawmakers. Nonetheless, it could influence the debate that is unfolding …
By JAD MOUAWAD Published: April 7, 2009 The Obama administration wants to reduce oil consumption, increase renewable energy supplies and cut carbon dioxide emissions in the most ambitious transformation of energy policy in a generation. But the world
In what could be a historic moment in the struggle against climate change, the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday confirmed what most people have long suspected but had never been declared as a matter of federal law: carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases constitute a danger to public health and …
The US Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it is seeking public comment on whether to allow a higher level of ethanol to be blended into gasoline. Growth Energy and more than 50 ethanol manufacturers petitioned the EPA last month to raise the maximum blend level for ethanol in gasoline from …
Russian companies, frustrated by slow legal reforms, have abandoned costly projects to produce bioethanol from grain and are instead trying to make the environmentally friendly fuel component from other sources. One Siberian plant has started production and two projects are under development, a far cry from the dozen projects mooted …
US greenhouse gas emissions rose 1.4 percent in 2007, compared to the previous year, the US Environmental Protection Agency reported on Wednesday. The report also indicates that US emissions of climate-warming gases such as carbon dioxide and methane rose 17.2 percent from 1990 to 2007. The increase in 2007 was …
Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) is holding a seminar here on National Bio-Diesel Programme on May 18 for strategizing commercial scale production of bio-diesel in the country. The recommendations of the seminar will assist in consolidating the policy and regulatory framework for bio-diesel currently being formulated by AEDB.
A Florida utility and a real estate developer are aiming to bring the country's first solar-powered city to the Sunshine State. FPL Group Inc's utility Florida Power & Light is working with the realty group Kitson & Partners to construct what the utility says will be the world's largest photovoltaic …
It's corn planting time in the U.S. Plains, and that means Kansas corn farmer Merl "Buck" Rexford is worrying about the weather -- and hoping there is enough water. Rexford plans to start seeding his 7,000 acres near Meade, Kansas, this week and he is relishing a recent heavy snow …
Iran inaugurated its first nuclear fuel manufacturing plant on Thursday and said it had increased its capability to enrich uranium. The developments came a day after the United States said it would participate in talks with Iran and other nations over Tehran
The National Electric Power Authority (Nepra) has announced simplification of licencing procedures and a major cut in the licence fee for small scale renewable energy projects. Private investors intending to set up renewable energy projects with power generation capacity of 500KW would now be required to pay Rs24,000 while applying …
Participants of a multi-topic international symposium have overwhelmingly demanded reversal of the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) privatisation, observing that the private management has failed to enhance the utility
The United States should provide Pakistan with coal-fired technology for electricity generation to cope with its ever-increasing demand for power, which is direly needed for sustainable economic and agriculture growth. The demand was raised by founder Chairman Pak-US Business Council and VP SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Iftikhar Ali …
Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf on Tuesday said the government was committed to attract investors in power sector as electricity demand in the next five years will increase to around 36,000MW. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of 165MW Attock Gen Ltd power project, the minister said after providing …
The Obama administration wants to reduce oil consumption, increase renewable energy supplies and cut carbon dioxide emissions in the most ambitious transformation of energy policy in a generation. But the world
Emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases can be reduced significantly using existing technologies, but stabilizing concentrations will require a technological revolution because it will require fundamental change, achieved within a relatively short period of time. Inspiration for a climate technology revolution is often drawn from the Apollo space program …
With the recent dwindling of traditional petroleum supplies, some energy corporations have shifted their attention to oil sands, a mixture of sand, water, and a viscous form of petroleum called bitumen. Despite economic uncertainties in the oil sands market, many in the United States see the resource as a stable, …
Mangalore University Department of Biosciences in association with Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and Karnataka Rajya Vijnana Parishath is organising a seminar cum workshop on
