fossil fuels

Pune, March 13 Amid concerns over supply disruptions triggered by the West Asia crisis, researchers at CSIR-NCL have highlighted dimethyl ether (DME) as a potential indigenous alternative to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), particularly for domestic cooking fuel.In a release, the Pune-based...

New Delhi, March 9 Global warming has accelerated significantly since 2015, according to a study that accounts for natural fluctuations in the warming rate and the influence of El Niño events, volcanic eruptions, and variations in the solar cycle on temperature data.Researchers, including...

Pune, March 6 The petroleum lobby, which has a vested interest in the import of fossil fuels worth Rs 22 lakh crore, will not easily allow the country's aim of shifting to alternative fuels, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Friday.Addressing the IFGE's compressed bio-gas conclave in Pune...

United Nations, March 6 – According to US Energy Secretary Chris Wright, the only way to improve the lives of hundreds of millions of people living in poverty is to massively increase energy production.During a briefing on “Energy, Critical Minerals, and Security” on Thursday, he cited the...

Guwahati, March 5 – Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday welcomed the discovery of India’s lowest-ever price for green hydrogen in a tender floated for supply to Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL), calling it a major step towards strengthening the country’s clean energy...

New Delhi, March 2 (PT) Asian countries are the most vulnerable to disruptions in oil and gas supply through the Strait of Hormuz, with Japan facing the highest risk, followed by South Korea and India, according to international research group Zero Carbon Analytics.The Strait of Hormuz lies...

New Delhi, February 28 While the generation of renewable electricity has continued to grow as the world shifts away from fossil fuels, the speed of this transition may not be as fast as one would have hoped, said Ita Kettleborough, director of the Energy Transitions Commission.She noted that...

Mumbai, February 17 Moving away from fossil fuels was not originally a standalone item on the formal COP30 agenda, and the lack of consensus led the conference presidency to launch a separate, voluntary process focused on both the transition from fossil fuels and ending deforestation, a UNFCCC...

February 13, New Delhi: US President Donald Trump has announced the repeal of a scientific finding that greenhouse gas emissions pose a threat to human health, effectively removing the legal basis for federal climate regulations.This decision also ends subsequent greenhouse gas emission...