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 …
Australia’s parliament on Tuesday passed a landmark carbon tax legislation that will force the top 500 polluting companies to pay A$24 per tonne for carbon emissions from July 1 next year. The Clean Energy Act, which includes investments in renewable energy sources, would result in the continent country cutting its …
Australia's parliament passed landmark laws to impose a price on carbon emissions on Tuesday in one of the biggest economic reforms in a decade, giving new impetus to December's global climate talks in South Africa. The scheme's impact will be felt right across the economy, from miners to LNG producers, …
The Centre on Saturday emphasised on the need for tapping the hydro power potential of North-East states which could contribute to more development of the region and improve socio-economic condition of people there. Union Minister of State for Power K C Venugopal called for concerted efforts from all quarters in …
‘Let it be laid on coastal bed instead of cutting across fertile land’ As many as 32 families residing in Kariangala Gram Panchayat limits (in Kariangala and Ammunje Village) unanimously proclaimed non co-operation to the proposed Kochi-Kootanad-Bangalore-Mangalore Natural Gas Pipeline Project of Gas Authority of India (GAIL), which will be …
GAIL India says it has big plans for the fast-emerging shale gas sector. Its move in September to take a 20 per cent stake in Carrizo's Eagle Ford shale asset in America was part of a larger scheme to go deeper into the business. Chairman and managing director B C …
A working group on petroleum & natural gas sector for the 12th Fiver Year Plan (2012-17) has been constituted by the Planning Commission with participants from different departments of Government of India, energy experts and concerned public & private sector oil companies. The working group report reviews the achievements of …
The IEA’s annual flagship publication, the “World Energy Outlook 2011,” stresses that increasing investments in high-carbon infrastructure are making the 2°C international climate change goal more challenging and expensive to meet. The report, which looks at three energy scenarios to 2035, warns that, “Without a bold change of policy direction, …
Although rural energy access is a recognized priority, the issue of energy access for urban poor populations has not been given the requisite focus or priority in research and policy. Nevertheless, there are examples of successful approaches in providing energy access to the poorest segments of society. The goal of …
The government is planning to allow companies exploring coal bed methane (CBM) to simultaneously mine coal from the same block. Currently, CBM blocks, characteristically much larger than coal blocks, are out of bounds for coal mining until the CBM venture is completed. This has reduced the area available for coal …
DIBRUGARH: Panic prevails in the Bordubi area in Tinsukia district following oozing out of natural gas from Oil India Limited’s well number 285 at Deosal Tea Estate under Bordubi police station from last 15 days. The situation turned worse when heavy emission of natural gas has been witnessed from 50 …
Eni SpA, the Italian energy giant, has made a very large natural-gas discovery off the coast of Mozambique, big enough that it could turn the East African country into a major exporter of gas to Asia. The company's first well in a deepwater exploration campaign has found about 15 trillion …
The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a pipeline safety bill on Monday that would require strength-testing of old pipes and hike fines for safety violations after a series of accidents and explosions. The legislation was sparked by an explosion a year ago in San Bruno, California, on a line owned by …
AGARTALA: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is now ready to supply gas to two major thermal power projects, Palatana in South Tripura district and Manarchak in West Tripura district, official sources said today. ‘The ONGC is fully ready to supply 1.9 MMSCMD gas per day to cater to the …
Rounding the northernmost tip of Russia in his oceangoing tugboat this summer, Capt. Vladimir V. Bozanov saw plenty of walruses, some pods of beluga whales and in the distance a few icebergs. With an icebreaker leading the way, the Vladimir Tikhonov, carrying gas condensate, passed Cape Dezhnev in late August. …
The European Union must make a drastic shift from fossil fuels and derive more and more of its power from renewable sources, driving up electricity costs over the next two decades, according to a draft document seen by Reuters on Monday. The 2050 energy road map to be published by …
Natural gas and imported liquefied natural gas could soon become cheaper if Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s plea to states to lower taxes on them is accepted. In a letter to the empowered committee of state finance ministers, PM has made a strong pitch for a ‘declared goods’ status for both …
The UN’s talks on climate change are daft and crippled by finger-pointing and the need for consensus, the president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, was quoted on Thursday by Le Monde as saying. Nasheed also said emerging economies were as much to blame for global warming as rich nations. In …
U.S. lawmakers will urge Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday to reject the proposed route of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline, saying they are concerned the approval process has been tainted by alleged conflicts of interest. Representative Earl Blumenauer, a Democrat, will send a letter to Clinton, signed …
The Power Ministry has asked the Oil Ministry to allocate gas to 10 power projects that are running at half of their generation capacity due to non-availability of the fuel. “We have written to the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas to provide 8 mmscmd (million standard cubic metres per …
Notwithstanding China’s objections, India is expected to further intensify its cooperation with Vietnam in the hydrocarbon sector. The issue is likely to figure prominently during talks between Vietnam President Truong Tan Sang and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Wednesday. Indian officials said the Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) …
