Sulphuric acid: The next resource crisis that could stifle green tech and threaten food security
Rapid growth in the green economy and intensive agriculture could see demand rise to over 400 million tonnes by 2040
Post-COVID-19 focus must be on dropping fossil fuels: UNEP Emissions Gap report
By using a green pandemic recovery to get a head start and pushing on with real systemic change, the world could hit the 2°C target of the …
Why green hydrogen may be the clean fuel for future
Declining costs of renewables and urgency to curb greenhouse gas emissions is accelerating potential growth of hydrogen in political and business …
All you need to know about the energy conservation bill
Bill has provisions for regulating energy consumption by equipment, appliances, buildings and industries
World Environment Day 2021: Greenwashing will not help anybody
The political-industrial complex has been slowly hijacking the new global narrative of transformation and building back better
Lighting up a solution
Prem Shankar Jha makes a case for solar energy while tracing the history of global warming
Thar Desert was once ever tropical forest, new fossil discovery reveals
A set of rare wood boring trace fossils in Barmer region show that the area was under tropical forest and even had vast river network 55 million …
Fossil footprints prove humans populated the Americas thousands of years earlier than we thought
Until now, scientists believed humans only travelled south into the Americas when this ice barrier began to melt, at the earliest, 16,500 years ago
Widespread natural gas adoption in Africa can create millions of jobs: Study
Despite holding over 8% of the world’s proven reserves of natural gas, Africa remains the most energy-poor continent
What will the National Green Hydrogen Mission mean for India?
The idea is to bring down the production cost from Rs 350-400 per kilogram to about Rs 100 per kg
As world converges for an African CoP, the continent’s east bets on geothermal
Ethiopia, Kenya are actively making efforts to generate geothermal power; but experts have concerns
Bye-bye Pumpjack? Report says renewable energy to power geopolitics
The document by the International Renewable Energy Agency says the nations that focus on innovation and research related to renewable energy will …
Loyalty to scriptures should not breed hostility to science
Lately, a slew of remarks by political leaders in the country had nixed established scientific principles
Is Kamala Harris a reliable climate leader?
Harris, the democratic vice-presidential candidate, expressed support for the Green New Deal, but has represented the establishment wing of the …
Tanzania’s gas boom that never was — when local hopes are dashed by global realities
Perceptions of what gas could bring in the future changed; the industry shattered dreams and left environmental effects such as pollution …
Southern African countries can do better at infrastructure: What the choices might look like
Decision makers need to employ strategic foresight to better navigate uncertainty, upheaval and inevitable change
What Big Oil knew about climate change, in its own words
Heads of oil industry had been privately informed by their leaders that their products would alter the climate of the planet long ago; they …
Things go North - Update I
Formal negotiations are once again on hold while discussions take place behind closed doors
G-20 countries deceive the world by promoting fossil gas production
Shifting reliance from one fossil fuel to a relatively lesser polluting fossil fuel will not lead to de-carbonization
The Green World Order: India vs China — who can lead?
The world is sitting on the brink of a catastrophe. Neither the US nor China is keen to safeguard the world through their roadmaps on the Green …
Green fuel targets for NCR industries: Here are some learning points from Alwar, Bhiwadi
Almost half the industries in Alwar moved to cleaner fuels, a survey by the Centre for Science and Environment shows
Wealthiest oil producing countries must phase out oil and gas by 2034, poorest by 2050
The world will exhaust the carbon budget for 1.5°C warming in a decade at current rate of emissions
The far side
If the world is serious about addressing climate change it will have to immediately start moving out of fossil fuel technologies.
Chemistry Nobel for development of lithium-ion batteries
John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino are recipients of the prize for 2019
Study finds increased concentration of black carbon in Gangotri region during tourist seasons
A study finds remarkable increase in concentration of black carbon in the atmosphere near the pilgrim town of Gangotri in Uttarakhand during two …