Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amit Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant has raised a grievance against setting up of a tyre pyrolysis plant by M/s Adideva Carbon LLP. According to the applicant, the tyre pyrolysis plant has …
Household bills continued to rise despite a drop in energy use in 2014, attributed to warmer weather driving down demand for heating gas rings on a cooker as consumers face fuel bill rises of hundreds of pounds in the future if the UK stays hooked on gas instead of investing …
The indigenous U’wa people living in north-east Colombia have won what observers call an “historic” and “decisive” victory after state oil and gas company Ecopetrol dismantled a gas drilling site in their territories. The U’wa Association of Traditional Authorities and Councils (Asou’wa) reported in February last year the arrival of …
This report develops an analytical framework that assesses the macroeconomic, environmental and distributional consequences of energy subsidy reforms. The framework is applied to the case of Indonesia to study the consequences in this country of a gradual phase out of all energy consumption subsidies between 2012 and 2020. The energy …
WELLINGTON, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The proportion of New Zealand' s electricity generated from renewable sources last year was the highest in almost two decades, according to a government figures out Thursday. "At almost 80 percent, the share of renewable electricity generation in 2014 was the highest since 1996," Ministry …
The Obama administration issued its first major fracking rules Friday with standards for wells on US federal and Indian lands, requiring disclosure of chemicals and covered storage of waste. While the vast majority of hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, happens on state and private lands, there are more than 90,000 …
Numbers ranging from half a trillion to two trillion dollars have been cited in recent years for global subsidies for fossil fuels. How are these figures calculated and why are they so different? The most commonly used methods for measuring subsidies are the price-gap approach—quantifying the gap between free-market reference …
A list of Australia’s top ten greenhouse gas emitters would look different if fossil fuel firms were seen as responsible for the burning of their products Now as any human of the internet age knows, lists of things are almost as difficult to ignore as compilations of cats falling off …
Germany's oil and gas industry urged the government on Monday to ensure that new gas fracking rules will support future domestic production and technological development. The environment ministry is preparing a legal framework to govern drilling and has promised strict environmental audits, which include a ban on drilling in water …
Cairn India has obtained the regulator's nod to commercially produce gas in its prolific Rajasthan block, making it eligible to seek a longer extension after the contract for the block expires in 2020.Under the production sharing contract (PSC), a block is considered for a five-year extension if it produces oil, …
City becomes first capital in the world to join fossil fuel divestment movement, following demonstration of 1,000 people in February The City of Oslo has committed to selling off its investments in coal companies, citing the environmental damage caused by the fuel. It joins almost 40 cities around the world, …
Hundreds of thousands of academics, engineers and lawyers in Denmark are set to vote on divesting their €32bn (£23bn) pension funds from the fossil fuels that drive climate change. The first of a series of resolutions will be filed on Monday asking six funds to dump their coal investments by …
Scientists have witnessed carbon dioxide trapping heat in the atmosphere above the United States, showing human-made climate change 'in the wild' for the first time. A new study in the journal Nature demonstrates in real-time field measurements what scientists already knew from basic physics, lab tests, numerous simulations, temperature records …
EU policymakers on Wednesday unveiled plans to ensure the free flow of gas and power to every corner of the 28-member bloc, hailing it as the biggest energy shake-up for more than half a century. Since the establishment in 1951 of the Coal and Steel Community, the precursor of the …
Natural resources such as land, timber, water as well as extractive resources have played an important role in igniting and prolonging conflict - particularly in fragile states where management and oversight of such resources is often weak. In parallel, there is a growing recognition of the role of mediation for …
New IEA review of country’s energy policies lauds phase-out of gasoline subsidies as key first reform 17 February 2015 Jakarta Indonesia is enhancing the governance and transparency of its energy institutions and state-owned companies, reducing fuel subsidies and facilitating much-needed infrastructure investments, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said today in …
Despite the dramatic recent weakening in global energy markets, ongoing economic expansion in Asia – particularly in China and India – will drive continued growth in the world’s demand for energy over the next 20 years. According to the new edition of the BP Energy Outlook 2035, global demand for …
This paper outlines a draft recommended methodology for quantifying and reporting the potential emissions from the fossil fuel reserves held by coal, oil and gas companies. It concentrates only on the carbon stored in reserves and attempts to account for the primary routes in which this carbon is released into …
The environment levy on more than 1.62 lakh vehicles has not been paid by their owners during the current fiscal, reveals an RTI query. However, Mumbai scored better than the rest of Maharashtra on this count as most cars in the megapolis are less than 10 years old. The green …
The management consulting firm finds that there is a direct correlation between economic growth and electricity supply and that the region needs power to survive. McKinsey’s report, Brighter Africa: The growth potential of the sub-Saharan electricity sector, explores how power demand will evolve in the region, along with the associated …
This report looks at the nature of Variable Renewable Energy (VRE) and the resulting challenges associated with the integration of VRE technologies into a power system. It provides an overview of the measures available to limit and manage these challenges. This report highlights the importance of increased flexibility when integrating …
