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 …
This paper seeks to shed light on the costs of carbon capture by reviewing and comparing the available material on costs of capture for both mature technology and early plants, attempting to account for differences where possible. It mainly refers to US costs, for which the greatest amount of published …
Secure, reliable and affordable energy supplies are needed for sustainable economic growth, but increases in associated carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and the associated risk of climate change, are a cause of major concern. The IEA analysis in Energy Technology Perspectives 2008 (ETP) projects that the CO2 emissions attributable to the …
It was the biannual gathering of over 100,000 Protestants in Bremen, a small town in Germany. As the articulate minister for environment, Sigmar Gabriel, came to participate in a discussion on energy security for a climate-secure world, many stood up. Soon the hall was full of blue placards, held high, …
Technology to capture carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants and store them underground will be ready by 2015 and could be in wide use in the United States by 2020, according to the top executive at American Electric Power Co Inc. Mike Morris, CEO of Columbus, Ohio-based AEP, one of …
Europe has started moves to help China develop technology to trap and bury carbon dioxide (CO2) underground in the fight against global warming. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), a process of burying harmful gases, is seen by some as a potential silver bullet to curb coal-fired power plants' emissions, which …
Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of UK, delivered a speech on the Roadmap to Copenhagen manifesto on the challenge of climate change and development in London on Friday 26th June 2009.
A spokeswoman for the parliamentary group of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives said the group will reconsider the carbon capture and storage (CCS) law again in two weeks. In the meantime, the economy and environment ministries will attempt to resolve questions about the bill, which has already given rise to public …
Boosting investments in the conservation, rehabilitation and management of the earth's forests, peat lands, soils and other key ecosystems could deliver significant cuts in greenhouse gas emissions and avoid even more being released to the atmosphere, said a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The UNEP's rapid …
It could save the rainforests of Borneo, slow climate change and the international community backs it. But a plan to pay tropical countries not to chop down trees risks being discredited by opportunists even before it starts. A forest carbon market is emerging in anticipation of a global, U.N. climate …
The Norwegian government said on Wednesday it would assess the impact of climate change on financial markets and urged global investors to join forces. The finance ministry will undertake the study in its role as owner of Norway's $350 billion sovereign wealth fund which invests the country's oil wealth in …
The United States wants to forge a partnership with China, bringing the world's two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases together to address global warming, Washington's top climate diplomat said on Wednesday. This bilateral relationship could be a "positive anchor" for overall U.S.-China relations, possibly easing dialogue on such issues as …
The CEO of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP said on Tuesday that the pipeline giant will not enter the market to sock away heat-trapping greenhouse gases in underground reservoirs unless the U.S. government settles who is legally liable if the gas leaks out. Houston-based Kinder Morgan, which already owns the …
The WCI believes that the information is available now to permit CCS to be included under the CDM. The large body of experience, in both Annex I and non-Annex I countries, gained during the operation of CCS activities and related technologies should provide Parties with the confidence that CCS can …
Industry refuses to invest in carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects without strong state support because of a lack of clarity on future emissions rules, Norway's StatoilHydro said on Friday. Norway's biggest oil and gas producer StatoilHydro is one of the world's most active companies in CCS, with two field …
Large cuts in emissions of greenhouse gases are needed if we are to avoid the worst effects of global climate change. This rapid assessment report describes the vital contributions which ecosystems can and must make to improve these efforts. It presents carbon capture and storage through a Green Economy lens, …
The CO2 emission performance standard policies outlined in this paper could complement a cap-and-trade program that puts a price on carbon and serve to significantly reduce the CO2 emissions from coal use for electricity generation. Emission performance standards have a long history in the United States and have been successfully …
This latest World Bank document stresses on the inclusion of ecosystem-based approaches to national and regional adaptation strategies. It points out that access to funds will help communities to address climate change at all levels. Current efforts to address climate change focus mainly on reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, mainly …
