Green House Gases

Judgment of the National Green Tribunal regarding plywood factories operating in Yamuna Nagar, Haryana, 27/05/2025

Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …

Ecofriendly fire

It may disregard its massive carbon emissions and try to explain away the greenhouse effect. But when it comes to defence equipment, the us is choosing to play it environmentally safe. The Pentagon is paying Minnesota-based Alliant, the world's largest ammunition manufacturer, us $5 million to develop lead-free combat bullets. …

Murky manoeuvre

nowadays the us consistently steers clear of global warming mitigation measures. In one such move, the us Environmental Protection Agency (epa) rejected a petition seeking to regulate greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act (caa). The August 28 decision follows a controversial amendment to the …

Decks cleared

after three years of debate, the world's first international market to sell and purchase greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions is finally being put in place. The European parliament has agreed to trade in emissions within the bloc and the Council of Ministers has given its final seal of approval. The eu …

EU falls short

The EU seems to be slipping in its bid to meet the greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets it has set for itself. The union's 2008-2012 goal is to reduce emission of the six main GHGs by eight per cent on 1990 levels. But the European Environment Agency's latest GHG inventory …

Parched ricefields emit less methane

it’s hard to picture paddy fields without water puddles. But by draining flooded rice fields for two days before the flowering stage, methane emissions can be reduced by as much as 56 per cent. Significantly, draining deprives me thane-producing micro organisms of the oxygen-starved conditions they thrive in. This is …

Big business

The eu market for carbon emissions trading could be worth 1.8 billion euros (about us $1.93 billion) annually by 2012, says a recent business report. The estimate is based on carbon dioxide prices increasing from five euros (about us $5.38) a tonne in 2005, when the eu plans to launch …

Bytes

new mummies: Ancient Britons started mummifying their dead at the same time as the Egyptians. British archaeologist Mike Parker-Pearson has found four Bronze Age bodies showing signs of mummification in the remote Scottish isle of South Uist. The 3,000-year-old bodies are believed to be the first ever discovery of mummification …

Making houses energy efficient

Our houses gobble up energy and spew out carbon dioxide. Shocking, but true. Buildings, primarily residential and commercial facilities, are responsible for approximately 35 per cent of us greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions. Ventilation and insulation are not given adequate emphasis in urban layouts. Consequently, urban sprawls manage to use more …

Canada ratifies Kyoto pact

its finally happened. Canada has ratified the Kyoto Protocol

The future of nuclear power: an interdisciplinary MIT study - executive summary

Over the next 50 years, unless patterns change dramatically, energy production and use will contribute to global warming through largescale greenhouse gas emissions

Compliance tax

In order to generate revenue for its environment agency's projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Japan is mulling over a proposal to impose tax on coal. The proposal seeks to rationalise the fuel tax structure to ensure that the levies cover different types of energy resources. It highlights the fact …

Watered down

Water shortage might be threatening agriculture, but it is proving beneficial for the environment in some ways. A study by researchers from Durham-based University of New Hampshire indicates that using less water for paddy cultivation worldwide has reduced methane emissions by around 12 per cent. As a result of water …

Focus on pledges

future commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are likely to be among the most contentious issues at the eighth climate conference of parties (cop-8) to be held later this month in New Delhi. Several industrialised countries, including Denmark, Canada, Japan, Norway and the uk have indicated that they want to …

Black China

large amounts of soot particles and other pollutants are causing adverse changes in precipitation and temperatures over China, indicates a new research done by Washington dc-based National Aeronautical Space Administration (nasa). The soot is partially responsible for the increased incidences of floods and droughts witnessed by China during the last …

Japan acts on Kyoto pledge

in a bid to meet carbon dioxide emission targets under the Kyoto Protocol, Japan has taken up a project to repair thermal power plants in Kazakhstan. This is Japan's first agreement under the clean development mechanism (cdm) within the Kyoto Protocol. cdm allows industrialised nations to invest in environment-friendly energy …

The politics of empty words

The new buzzword in the climate research circles is vulnerability and adaptation. Just like most of the climate discussion the words have become so dense, that their meaning is lost on most, except the most conversant and involved. It is almost as if the effort is to convolute the science …

Taking emissions into account

A group of institutional investors in the UK have asked the world's 500 strongest companies to disclose information on their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Representing the investors, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has sent a letter to the companies asking them to provide investment-relevant information concerning their ghg emissions within …

Myth exploded

The war against the greenhouse effect may not be as costly as it is made out to be. Two leading climate scientists contend that if by 2100 people across the world will be five times as rich as they are now, tackling the burning issue of global warming would only …

Uncle Sam coming around?

It is for the first time that the Bush administration has linked an increase in global warming to human activities in the us. The Climate Action Report 2002 of the us government says, "Greenhouse gases are accumulating in Earth's atmosphere as a result of human activities, causing global mean surface …

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