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 …
Could biofuels do more damage to the climate than the fossil fuels they replace? That's the fear casting doubt on the wisdom of a law that from next month will require a certain proportion of vehicle fuel to come from biological sources.
Inflation management has to remain centre stage in macroeconomic policymaking. The price of everything is likely to be determined by what the oil cartel can squeeze out of us today. THIS column last month had in its title
Brazil, the world's largest ethanol producer, has thrown open its doors to investment by Indian companies in sugarcane farming, extracting ethanol and exporting it back home for mixing in petrol. "Yes, yes sure. They can buy ethanol manufacturing companies, invest in cane farming and producing ethanol,' visiting Brazalian Minister of …
Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora on Wednesday announced that the percentage of ethanol blending in fuel would be raised to 10 per cent from the present 5 per cent even as the world's largest ethanol producer, Brazil, urged Indian companies to invest in sugarcane farming, extracting ethanol and …
Banning use of virgin habitats or ensuring that bio diverse ecosystems are not lost in the pursuit of bio fuels is well intentioned. However such noble objectives are hard to deliver on the ground. Even if all of the American land under cultivation, today, is used to produce bio fuels, …
The then advisor to Prime Minister on Power Yasin Malik has said that solar energy is the best solution to the ongoing power crisis in the country. This he said while addressing as a chief guest the 2nd International Conference on Alternate Energy and Power held here at Expo Centre …
Today, with the world already reeling from the initial ravages of climate change, the big question before us is whether we can trust the developed countries that are responsible, in the first instance for bringing the world to the brink of a climate holocaust, to change their unsustainable life styles …
The Alternative Energy Development Board has provided land to 24 potential investors in Sindh for installing wind energy mills to produce 1,200 megawatts of power. This was stated by the AEDB CEO, Shahid Hamid, while talking to newsmen after attending the inaugural session of a conference on alternative energy on …
Air quality crisis in cities is attributable mainly to vehicular emissions. Transportation systems are expanding everywhere. This paper examines the pollutant emissions from automobiles and identifies that the capacity of routine monitoring networks and impact assessment in India is usually limited to criteria pollutants.
Mitigating the impact of climate change and generating energy for development do not have to be mutually exclusive goals. Scientists, academics and public and private industry representatives from across the country are collaborating with their counterparts in the U.K. to accelerate the development of low-carbon technologies such as hydrogen, fuel …
So at a time when most companies are scrambling for a prime seat on the green bandwagon, why not a company-branded wind farm? John Deere Wind Energy is building an eight-turbine, 10-megawatt wind farm in Panhandle, Tex., that is scheduled to open in May. Steelcase, the big furniture company in …
When police bring the traffic to an abrupt halt in Raipur, capital of the remote Indian state of Chhattisgarh, drivers know what to expect next. Soon, flashing red lights atop speeding government vehicles come into view. Raman Singh, Chhattisgarh's chief minister, is passing through. Government motorcades are a common sight …
Alternate fuel research has been the topic of the highest priority in the context of depletion of fossil fuels at alarming rate and increasing of pollution levels of the engines with conventional fuels. Alcohols and vegetable oils are major alternate fuels for diesel fuel as they are renewable in nature. …
Tata Chemicals, India's leading manufacturer of inorganic chemicals, has firmed up an investment of Rs 750 crore in next three to four years to pursue its foray into ethanol. In the beginning, the company would invest Rs 50 crore for the development of a prototype 30 kilolitres/day sorghum-based ethanol project …
Despite their green intentions, buyers of blended biofuel may not be getting quite what they are paying for. Chris Reddy, an environmental chemist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, has developed a test which reveals the proportions of biodiesel and conventional diesel in the fuel mix. It works …
It now delivers electricity, hot water to Japanese homes A prototype of a fuel cell battery for mobile phones, a file picture. Hiratsuka: Masanori Naruse jogs every day, collects miniature cars and feeds birds in his backyard, but he is proudest of the way his home and 2,200 others in …
A scientist who mapped his genome and the genetic diversity of the oceans said on Thursday that he is creating a life form that feeds on climate-ruining carbon dioxide to produce fuel. Geneticist Craig Venter disclosed his potentially worldchanging "fourth-generation fuel' project at an elite Technology, Entertainment and Design conference …
Virgin Atlantic head honcho Richard Branson made news with a flight powered by a mixture of traditional aviation fuel and biofuels made from nuts, including coconuts. Virgin Atlantic head honcho Richard Branson made news with a flight powered by a mixture of traditional aviation fuel and biofuels made from nuts, …
Most prior studies have found that substituting biofuels for gasoline will reduce greenhouse gases because biofuels sequester carbon through the growth of the feedstock. These analyses have failed to count the carbon emissions that occur as farmers worldwide respond to higher prices and convert forest and grassland to new cropland …
Increasing energy use, climate change and carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels make switching to low-carbon fuels a high priority. Biofuels are a potential low-carbon energy source, but whether biofuels offer carbon savings depends on how they are produced. Converting rainforests, peatlands, savannas or grasslands to produce food crop-based biofuels …
