Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 29, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
‘India is serious about bio-CNG’
Bio-CNG is a clean and green fuel that fulfils the aspirations of various government schemes, says Bijay Kumar, in-charge of the Centre's SATAT …
Denmark legally binds farmers to reduce GHGs emission by half in 9 years
Denmark had adopted this plan in December 2019; 3 sectors — transport, energy and agriculture — account for the country’s …
Climate colloquy: All about net zero
An exclusive series based on CSE’s new book Climate Change: Science and Politics to answer your climate change queries.
Physical stores emit more GHG than home delivery, less than online stores
Study by European researchers assessed three types of shopping including traditional and two types of online
IIT Madras inks pact with ExxonMobil to boost biofuel research
The five-year agreement is focused on data analytics, gas conversion and transport and is aimed towards finding low-emission solutions
Not a single cool month in the last 628 months
India, which just experienced one of the hottest Septembers in the last century, loses at least 400 people to heat waves every year
Four Indian companies among 100 global businesses with highest carbon footprint
Coal India tops the list with 2,014 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emission, which is about 86 per cent of country’s total CO2 emission
Inaction on climate change risks leaving future generations $530 trillion in debt
This would be the cost of “negative emissions” technologies required to remove CO₂ from the air
Vishakhapatnam gas leak: What were the errors and what are the lessons
Industrial management methodologies have to be fine-tuned in line with the COVID-19 pandemic, not only to ensure safety but to function effectively
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 26, 2020)
Silent threat
Studies show modern kitchen is not as safe as believed. Use of exhausts, effective ventilation can reduce household pollution
Dahej chemicals factory blast: Is it another case of negligence?
Chemical industries usually neglect the availability of skilled workforce and operate with untrained employees, despite knowing the …
Seizure of LG Polymers: Was it a good or bad decision
While some aspects of the Andhra Pradesh High Court were well thought of, others could have been given more consideration
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 7, 2022)
'Cheap gas makes renewables appear less attractive'
Researcher and professor at University of Maryland, Klaus Hubacek, explains the costs of the natural gas boom in terms of its impact for overall …
Pay and take
A High Powered Committee on efficient allocation of natural resources and telecom spectrum puts market above people
Canada’s latest climate plan bets on expensive and unproven carbon capture technologies
Bill C-12, if passed, commits Canada to “binding” targets every five years as of 2030 with the goal of achieving net-zero emissions …
Nitrogen pollution: the forgotten element of climate change
Nitrogen emissions such as ammonia, nitrogen oxide and nitrous oxides contribute to particulate matter and acid rain
2015's record-breaking temperatures will be normal by 2030—it's time to adapt
Current greenhouse gas emissions trajectory suggests that global temperatures like 2015 will be normal by 2030
Methane emissions from fossil fuels much higher than current estimates
Methane emissions from fossil fuel and natural geological seepage are 60 to 110 per cent greater than current estimates, says a study published …
Lethal landscape
India has 134 contaminated hazardous sites and another 192 'probable' contaminated hazardous sites, which includes seven sites around the …
Even after 4 years of Ujjwala, dealers travel 92 km to deliver cylinders: CAG
17 % beneficiaries still come to dealers’ warehouses for getting cylinder refills
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 …
Parts of Germany will phase out coal-fired power by 2030, war in Ukraine notwithstanding: EU MP Matthias Ecke
As a response to the natural gas crises, Germany has built LNG terminals near ports to import fuel from elsewhere, says Ecke