Renewable energy accounted for 64% of power additions in FY21 – CEEW-CEF
Renewable Energy (RE) dominated capacity addition in the fiscal year 2020-21 (FY21), accounting for 7.7 gigawatts (GW), or approximately 64%, of the 12.1 GW …
Green & Environment
Baghjan blowout verdict: NGT flags violations by OIL, offers respite to affected
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on August 7, 2020, accepted the recommendations submitted by a court-appointed committee regarding compensation disbursal to the victims of Baghjan blowout in …
Use app to monitor COVID-19 biomedical waste, SC to civic bodies
The Supreme Court has made it mandatory for all municipal corporations and state pollution control boards to use the ‘COVID19BWM APP’ for tracking biomedical …
Restoring lakes not an engineering task: How some communities did the job
Forests are dying out faster than imagined. So are wetlands, lakes and ponds. Revival, however, is on the cards: Local bodies and activists are …
Land restoration target revised to 26 mln ha: Experts call for strategy overhaul
India revised its land restoration target to 26 million hectares from the previous 21 million hectares in the recently held United Nations Convention to …
Plants can absorb plastic as well, finds study
It’s been long that plastic took over the world — making way into our oceans, national parks and inside marine and land animals. Scientists …
Engineers develop a new way to remove carbon dioxide from air
A new way of removing carbon dioxide from a stream of air could provide a significant tool in the battle against climate change. The …
Coco-Cola yet again top global plastic polluter
The Coca-Cola Co has emerged as the No.1 global plastic polluter for the second consecutive year, according to a report on the top 10 plastic …
How aerosol formation helps brighten clouds, balance climate
Small aerosol particles help in “brightening” of clouds, enabling them to alter Earth’s radiative balance and ultimately its climate, according to a study led by …
IIT Madras inks pact with ExxonMobil to boost biofuel research
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT M) has on October 14, 2019, signed an agreement with ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company for conducting …
