Fossil Fuels

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Unilever pledges to eliminate fossil fuels in cleaning products by 2030

Chemicals used in its cleaning and laundry products make up 46% of company's Home Care division's carbon emissions across their life cycle

02 Sep 2020 9:15 AM

Coal Minister asks chief ministers to not import coal, source domestic fuel. (PTI Photo)

Coal Ministry asks States not to import coal, domestic supply from CIL

The ministry asked the states to take the domestic supply of coal from Coal India Ltd which has ample availability of the dry fuel

12 Apr 2020 2:03 PM

Sitharaman said the government has already proposed reducing a national goods and services tax (GST) from 12 per cent to 5 per cent to encourage sales.

Owning an electric vehicle to give tax benefits in India

India wants electric vehicles to account for 30 per cent of all passenger vehicle sales in India by 2030.

06 Jul 2019 10:31 AM

Ice is broken up by the passing of the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica as it sails through the Beaufort Sea off the coast of Alaska. (Photo: AP)

New hope for saving the Arctic

Trump administration revaluating its controversial offshore drilling plans after strong opposition from people and lawmakers alike.

26 Apr 2019 3:01 PM

The industrial societies have already burnt about 25 per cent of Earth’s fossil fuels within the past 160 years (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

How humans have negatively impacted the Earth’s climate

Here’s a look at how mankind has derailed the Earth’s climate in just 160 years.

24 Apr 2019 8:48 PM

E-bikes being recently launched in India, the creators and innovators hope to address the problems of pollution and bring about a healthy lifestyle for Delhiites.

Time to go E-way

With pollution levels in the capital worsening, the advent of e-bikes would stem the burning of fossil fuels.

18 Feb 2019 12:05 AM

State-owned sovereign wealth funds are designed to invest their countries’ public money for the long term.

Six major wealth funds agree to encourage greener economy

The funds hope to send a signal that will impact the international financial system.

07 Jul 2018 8:46 AM

New research suggested that long-term exposure to traffic-related pollution significantly increases the risk of pediatric asthma. (Photo: Pixabay)

Here is why your home should be away from roads

Children living less than 100 meters from a major road had nearly three times the odds of current asthma.

02 May 2018 4:31 PM

As we grow more living carbon through agro-ecology and organic farming, we have more fertile soils that produce more food and hold more water, thus increasing resilience to drought and floods.

Our biodiversity, our life, our future

Living systems evolve, adapt and regenerate; they are not engineered.

06 Oct 2017 6:26 AM

Earth likely to warm over two degrees this century: study

Using statistical tools, the study found only a five percent chance that Earth will warm two degrees.

01 Aug 2017 4:59 PM

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fossil fuels

Unilever pledges to eliminate fossil fuels in cleaning products by 2030

Coal Ministry asks States not to import coal, domestic supply from CIL

Owning an electric vehicle to give tax benefits in India

New hope for saving the Arctic

How humans have negatively impacted the Earth’s climate

Time to go E-way

Six major wealth funds agree to encourage greener economy

Here is why your home should be away from roads

Our biodiversity, our life, our future

Earth likely to warm over two degrees this century: study

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