Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Canada's oil-rich province of Alberta has fined a local subsidiary of U.S.-based Murphy Oil Corp C$172,500 ($130,031) for its role in a 9,000-barrel spill in 2015 that went undetected for more than six weeks, the provincial energy regulator said on Tuesday. The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) said Murphy Oil Company …
MANGALURU: We all knew that Mangaluru's ambient air quality was not in the pink of health — if not at all places, but at some major stress points in the city. This has been proved right by the study done by Anti-Pollution Drive (APD) Foundation 'Shudda Gaali' in their #StopSmokyVehicles …
The Cochin Shipyard Ltd.’s (CSL) bid to build a larger dry dock on its campus at Thevara, which will enable it to construct mammoth vessels such as LNG carrying vessels and bigger aircraft carriers, has got a fillip with the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change granting environment …
With India becoming the world's third largest oil consumer and its energy consumption projected to grow 128 per cent by 2035, the annual Petrotech international conference in December will play a key role in preparing a roadmap to satisfying the country's future energy needs, the government said on Thursday. "The …
THIRUVANAMTHAPURAM: The state government has issued an order granting in-principle nod for Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (KINFRA) to set up Rs 1864 crore Petrochemical Park in Kochi. It is planned to procure 600 acre land from FACT complex at Ambalamugal in Kochi to set up the project. "Now, that …
Research shows 94 of 900-plus groups have strategy to meet Paris climate accord goals More than 900 of the world’s largest companies have a plan to cut their carbon pollution but only a fraction are doing enough to meet the goals of the Paris climate change accord, according to data …
State-run Oil India has received environment clearance for Rs 220-crore development drilling project in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan. The company received the green nod for development drilling of 20 wells in Baghewala mining lease block in Jaisalmer district. OIL had discovered natural gas in Jaisalmer sub-basin of Tanot fields and …
Cairn India will be taking up exploratory and appraisal drilling of ten wells in Palar block at the coast in Nellore district Andhra Pradesh with an investment outlay of USD 150 million. An Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change examined and gave its …
BILLINGS, MONTANA – Exxon Mobil Corp. has agreed to pay $12 million for environmental damages caused by a pipeline break that spilled 63,000 gallons (238,474 liters) of oil into Montana’s Yellowstone River and prompted a national debate over lax pipeline safety rules, officials said Wednesday. The payment is meant to …
ExxonMobil Corp. has agreed to pay $12 million to Montana and the U.S. government to restore natural resources damaged or destroyed by a pipeline rupture in 2011 that spilled oil into the Yellowstone River, according to a settlement proposed on Wednesday. ExxonMobil Pipeline Company's Silvertip pipeline burst July 1, 2011 …
India and Sri Lanka will jointly operate 30 oil tanks in Trincomalee, kick-starting a plan to develop the coastal town into a regional petroleum hub, Sri Lanka’s Petroleum Minister Chandima Weerakkody said. He was referring to a proposal that Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced during his March 2015 visit to …
In a major boost to their energy ties, India and Russia today launched a working group for creating an "energy bridge" for a possible direct gas delivery from Russia and also directed their concerned ministries to finalise "concrete outcomes" in key areas of trade and investment by the next month's …
The Chinese government is considering imposing penalties on offshore oil companies that damage marine environment, state media said on Monday, the latest effort by Beijing to clamp down on environmental pollution and tackle risks from oil leaks. The Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council on Monday published an early …
A Centre's green panel has given environmental clearance to Reliance Industries for expansion of its jetty facility in Jamnagar, Gujarat, for handling chemical and petrochemical products at a cost of Rs 750 crore. RIL has an integrated refinery-cum-petrochemical complex in Jamnagar district with a marine terminal in the Gulf of …
The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday slapped an environment compensation of Rs 25 lakh on Assam- based Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) for destruction of forest cover in Golaghat district to construct a boundary wall for a golf course. While directing NRL to demolish the boundary wall near Deopahar protected reserve …
Visakhapatnam: The Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) board has given the go ahead for expansion of its Visakh Refinery in the city. The project envisages expansion of capacity from the current 8.33 mmtpa (million metric tonne per annum) to 15 mmtpa and is expected to bridge the product gap between …
Exxon Mobil and Georgia Tech researchers published findings of a breakthrough in the journal Science on Thursday, saying they had devised a way to slash carbon emissions from chemicals manufacturing by using reverse osmosis instead of heat to separate molecules. Reverse osmosis, which has been widely used for decades in …
Chevron Corp persuaded a federal appeals court on Monday to block enforcement in the United States of an $8.65 billion Ecuadorean pollution judgment that it said, and which the court agreed, was obtained through bribery and fraud. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan upheld a lower court …
More than 13,000 Indonesian seaweed farmers are launching a $200m class action against the company they claim was responsible for Australia’s worst offshore oil spill, which sent millions of litres of oil towards their shores. The action to be filed in the federal court in Sydney on Wednesday follows a …
A new report by Shell unveils pathways to transforming the company’s power, industry, transportation and buildings sectors to reduce carbon emissions. Energy giant Shell has identified a need to transform four sectors of the energy system - power, industry, transportation and buildings - for it to achieve net-zero emissions. The …
