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 promise, prospects, and public policy trade-offs related to second-generation biofuels in road transport were addressed in an executive session convened at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, on April 7 and 8, 2015. The workshop brought together twenty-eight of the world's leading experts from the fields of policy, …
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari has said that besides Swachh Bharat, the Centre aims to make India a pollution-free country by encouraging the use of alternative fuel on a large scale. He was speaking after inaugurating a bus manufacturing facility of Sweden-based Scania Commercial …
A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) request on Tuesday for comments from cellulosic biofuels makers raised speculation among industry analysts of further delays in the release of government-mandated renewable fuels volumes. The agency, which oversees the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program, has asked for public comments before submitting a request …
PANAJI: Goa will soon boast of a state-of-the-art plant that will convert plastic waste into furnace oil used for boilers and ships. Upon further distillation, byproducts such as kerosene, petrol and diesel will be generated. Chairman of the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB), Jose Manuel Noronha, on Thursday said …
Presentation by Michael P. Walsh, International Consultant at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.
This draft guidelines for granting marketing rights for CNG, as transportation fuel, including setting up CNG stations published by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas for public consultation.
In this present work experimental test have been conducted to evaluate the performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine using the rubber seed oil diesel blends. The properties of neat rubber seed oil like viscosity, volatility and the boiling point are higher than diesel; the rubber seed oil has …
An Act to provide a scientifically planned and evolving framework for the safety of all road users in India, including vulnerable road users, and for enabling the seamless development of a secure, efficient, cost-effective and inclusive transport system for the movement of passenger and freight in the country as well …
As the developing world rapidly urbanizes, the demands on transport systems also grow often at a faster pace than the population. Given the above tendency, an effective and coordinated approach to urban transport requires that sound policies be put into place. Such policies enunciate the direction that a government wants …
This will go a long way in tackling the major problem of paddy straw burning, resulting in irreparable loss to land's fertility and environment Punjab is set to ink a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for setting up of bio-ethanol refinery with a consortium of Beta Renewables, Novozymes and CVC India …
Jakarta’s expanding fleet of motor vehicles is a key target of urgently needed actions to curb the city’s dangerous air pollution. This briefing paper highlights technologies and policies to reduce direct emissions from new and in-use cars, trucks, and buses in the city. Such policies, coupled with the promotion of …
ransportation has become an important part of our day to day life. Due to changing lifestyle, frequent travels whether related to work or leisure has become a common phenomenon. Such lifestyle also demands comfortable transport medium and reasonable availability of fuels. As need of vehicle for transportation is rising, it …
Total SA is exploring ways to convert sugars from plant waste that could be used to fuel aircraft while cutting greenhouse gases, the French oil major said on Tuesday. As commercial production of transportation fuel made from plant waste rather than valuable corn finally starts in the United States, Brazil …
Italy will become the first country in Europe to legally require "advanced biofuels" in cars and trucks, the BBC has learned. Made from waste, the new fuels are said to reduce the amount of land taken out of food production. The world's first commercial scale plant making fuel from straw …
The red-and-white Boeing 737 looked like any other plane on the tarmac at Orlando International Airport. But on a clear day last July, the plane became the first commercial flight powered by a new jet fuel made from sugar cane. The passenger flight, operated by the Brazilian low-fare airline GOL, …
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is awarding a $1 million prize to a Swiss-American research duo for their breakthrough work in converting solar energy into electricity capable of powering transportation. Prof. Michael Grätzel of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland and Prof. Thomas Meyer of the University of North …
In view of the existing garbage treatment plant in Margao and the government's plans to launch a treatment plant in both the districts, the Margao municipal council (MMC) appeared hesitant to give permission for an ambitious plan of the Goa state urban development agency to set up a plant in …
Company will be engaged in the manufacturing, distribution, marketing and retailing of waste to bio-diesel, a non-petroleum based fuel Pune based My Eco Energy (MEE), a bio diesel manufacturing company has launched its product under the brand name 'Indizel', priced at Rs 64 per liter. With this, MEE has begin …
U.S. aerospace giant Boeing says it is working with South African Airways and a Dutch biofuel company to make jet fuel from tobacco seeds. The Dutch firm, SkyNRG, is boosting its production in South Africa of a hybrid, nicotine-free, tobacco crop called Solaris with “biofuel production expected… in the next …
U.S. planemaker Boeing has teamed up with South African Airways to develop jet fuel from a tobacco plant as part of efforts to cut carbon emissions and promote green energy in Africa's most advanced economy. The jet fuel will be made from a hybrid tobacco plant known as Solaris, which …
