Natural Gas

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding violation of environmental norms by a tyre pyrolysis plant, village Sakauti, Shamli, Uttar Pradesh, 28/05/2025

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 …

UK's oil, coal and gas 'gone in five years'

In just over five years Britain will have run out of oil, coal and gas, researchers have warned. A report by the Global Sustainability Institute said shortages would increase dependency on Norway, Qatar and Russia. There should be a "Europe-wide drive" towards wind, tidal, solar and other sources of renewable …

Norway bets on global warming in Arctic oil and gas drive

Norway wants to let oil and gas companies drill in Arctic seas that were frozen as recently as the 1980s even though some climate experts say it is too early to trust global warming to keep the ice away. Russia is also showing new interest in the Arctic despite high …

Gas reserves found in Sujawal

ISLAMABAD: The Mari Petroleum Company, a joint venture of the government and the Fauji Foundation, announced on Monday a ‘significant’ gas and condensate discovery with estimated reserves of about 20 billion cubic feet (BCF) in Sujawal district of Sindh. “We have been blessed with a significant gas and condensate discovery …

Saudi Arabia's green decree brings hopes of sustainability

The kingdom has given construction developers five years to go green. How will this change life in the oil-rich kingdom? Happy days are here for Saudi Arabia's environmentalists. In early March, the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) announced a decree giving all companies five years to meet new air, …

Chile Green Tax on Coal Increases Cheap Shale Gas Gamble

Chile is gambling on overcoming a looming energy crisis in the biggest copper-producing country by generating more power with U.S. shale gas, just as prices of the fuel are rising. President Michelle Bachelet will unveil an energy plan this week that will rely on liquefied natural gas to ease the …

Ukraine crisis shows Europe must not turn its back on renewable energy

Renewable energy sources could reduce EU dependence on imported fossil fuels, often supplied from conflict-ridden countries If we needed a reminder of how politics and energy are inextricably linked, the Ukraine crisis has done us all a timely service. The price and supply of gas is rapidly becoming a major …

US failed to inspect thousands of at-risk oil and gas wells, report finds

The government has failed to inspect thousands of oil and gas wells it considers potentially high risks for water contamination and other environmental damage, congressional investigators say. The report, obtained by the Associated Press before its public release, highlights substantial gaps in oversight by the agency that manages oil and …

Cleanest Fossil Fuel is Wall Street Bet on Climate Change

Wall Street’s idea of investing in climate change means investors are piling into natural gas, the least polluting fossil fuel. Energy accounted for almost two-thirds of the $8 billion of inflows into sector-based exchange-traded funds this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. In the absence of federal mandates for …

10 staff to monitor 800 environmental projects: report

Only 10 staff monitored 800 environmentally-sensitive projects across the country in 2011, a new report on Gladstone Harbour reveals. And federal environment department officers did not take any notes - and appeared to have no knowledge that a protective bund wall in Gladstone Harbour was leaking - five months after …

Industry Sees Costly Rules After Obama’s Climate Report

President Barack Obama’s choreographed rollout of a dire new climate report is sending a signal to the fossil-fuel industry: look out. Supporters and opponents saw the Obama administration’s full embrace of the National Climate Assessment yesterday as laying the groundwork for wide-ranging new efforts to curb emissions blamed for global …

HC upholds state’s right of land use for gas pipeline

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has upheld the Punjab Government’s right of land use for laying a pipeline to transport natural gas. The acquisition of right of user in land was part of the process to provide natural gas through the pipeline to the entire country. Challenging the acquisition, …

Half U.S. Population Vulnerable to Climate Change: Report

More than half the U.S. population lives in coastal areas that are “increasingly vulnerable” to the effects of climate change, which will ripple throughout the U.S. economy, a White House advisory group’s report concluded. The report released today said the impact of the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere …

Germany Must Swap Gas for Coal to Meet Green Goals, Study Finds

The money Germany is spending on expanding renewable energy won’t help it meet climate goals unless it also replaces coal-fired generators with cleaner natural-gas-fueled plants, according to a new study. As things stand, carbon output would exceed the national target by 35 percent in 2040 even if renewable energies are …

Report to show gas, solar production rising in US: White House

A White House climate report due to be released on Tuesday will be the most comprehensive source of scientific information ever produced about how climate change would impact all regions of the United States. It is the third national climate assessment, John Podesta, senior adviser to the President, said Monday …

Tracking clean energy progress 2014

Tracking Clean Energy Progress 2014 examines progress in the development and deployment of key clean energy technologies. This Energy Technology Perspectives 2014 (ETP 2014) excerpt tracks each technology and sector against interim 2025 targets in the IEA 2014 Energy Technology Perspectives 2°C scenario, which lays out pathways to a sustainable …

Rich nations' greenhouse gas emissions fall in 2012, led by U.S.

Industrialized nations' greenhouse gas emissions fell by 1.3 percent in 2012, led by a U.S. decline to the lowest in almost two decades with a shift to natural gas from dirtier coal, official statistics show. Emissions from more than 40 nations were 10 percent below 1990 levels in 2012, according …

Rich nations’ greenhouse gas emissions fall in 2012, led by US

Industrialized nations’ greenhouse gas emissions fell by 1.3 percent in 2012, led by a US decline to the lowest in almost two decades with a shift to natural gas from dirtier coal, official statistics show. Emissions from more than 40 nations were 10 percent below 1990 levels in 2012, according …

Rich nations' greenhouse gas emissions fall in 2012, led by U.S

Industrialized nations' greenhouse gas emissions fell by 1.3 percent in 2012, led by a U.S. decline to the lowest in almost two decades with a shift to natural gas from dirtier coal, official statistics show. Emissions from more than 40 nations were 10 percent below 1990 levels in 2012, according …

Coal politics in an unequal world

Australia is a coal country. It is big business; miners are important in politics and black gold exports dominate the country's finances. But dirty and polluting coal evokes strong emotions in environmentally concerned people. Coal-based power provides 40 per cent of the world's electricity but emits one-third of global carbon …

Delhi has no gas for its power plants

While the demand for power is expected to go up to around 6,200 MW this peak summer, non-availability of natural gas is hampering production in power plants of the Capital. Of the city’s six power plants, four are gas-fired, two have been shutdown due to lack of gas and the …

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