There’s rising need for global co-operation to decarbonise industries
The initiatives at COP28 send out a clear message for the need of international cooperation to achieve accelerated industrial decarbonisation
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Water v industry: where is the question?
Wasteland or wetland?
Three panels’ reports later, green tribunal wants re-evaluation of Nirma project site
An exercise in flippancy
Planning Commission report for a low-carbon future disappoints
8% FOREVER
Per capita emissions will remain competitively low
Some sectors will struggle to be the best, some can’t as they operate in tropical India
Nirma whitewash
Detergent company Nirma gave false information to obtain clearance for its cement plant in coastal Saurashtra. Environment ministry to inspect …
Meghalaya limestone quarries closed
Smokestacks lightening?
Emissions are bound to increase. The power sector improves, but others will spew more, especially iron and steel
Cement industry misses deadline for new pollution norms
The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change asks the cement industry to submit an action plan by April to meet the new norms
Some sectors perform at the global best levels, others can reach there
Resource war India after 2020
If the developing world today is the locus of climate change mitigation, including reduction in emissions, then there surely must exist a …
Roman secret to durable architecture? Self-healing concrete
Quicklime, pozzolanic material ‘hot-mixed’ to make concrete can endure for millenia; It can also help reduce environment …
Bhopal to Germany
Airlifting Union Carbide waste requires amending Indian law, violates Basel Convention
‘Green’ steel, cement for clean energy? Not yet there, says IEA; here’s why
In order to achieve net zero emission target, battery manufacturing capacity for electronic vehicles has to multiply by six times the present …
Sand slips
Where there is a river, there is sand. Called a minor mineral, it fulfils a major requirement of the booming construction industry. No wonder, …
Concrete without sand?
The world is sitting over a landfill of possible substitutes for sand