Why Homes Used to Be Less Airtight And How That HelpedHomes of the past were naturally ventilated, offering health advantages by expelling pollutants. Modern construction prioritizes energy eff...
01 Apr, 2026, 05.47 PM IST
Will EU's carbon border tax crash COP30 party?Europe's new carbon tax on imports is causing global friction. This policy aims to level the playing field for EU industries. However, othe...
10 Nov, 2025, 12.53 PM IST
CBAM to cost India 0.03 pc of GDP, domestic carbon tax can blunt impact: AnalysisA new study indicates India's GDP could decline due to the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) if implemented without a domestic...
13 Aug, 2025, 04.15 PM IST
ONGC, ISRO in talks to use satellites to track methane leakONGC collaborates with ISRO to utilize its satellites for accurate and cost-effective methane leakage detection across India, aiming to cut...
07 Oct, 2024, 11.52 PM IST
India will work to maintain WTO guiding principles, says Piyush GoyalIndia's Commerce and Industry Minister, Piyush Goyal, stated that at the upcoming meeting in Abu Dhabi, India will advocate for upholding t...
23 Feb, 2024, 11.39 PM IST
EU carbon tax to hurt global trade, not to stop carbon leakage, says think tankThe think tank in its report claimed that the real reasons the EU introduced CBAM are to protect uncompetitive local industries from cheape...
10 Dec, 2023, 10.59 AM IST
Can't put India and nations with high per capita emissions in same basket: European Parliament memberIndia's per capita carbon dioxide emissions rose by around five per cent last year to reach 2 tonnes of carbon dioxide but these were still...
09 Dec, 2023, 10.33 AM IST
Stay on your toes for carbon footprintsPricing carbon is an effective and equitable option. India will have to do this through an administered carbon price or tax, and a market-d...
25 Sep, 2023, 11.31 PM IST
Carbon’s social cost higher than estimated but a carbon tax doesn’t address climate justice at all: Billy PizerWe’ve studied how when a country or jurisdiction acts ambitiously on climate mitigation by itself, it’s likely some of the emissions reduct...
26 May, 2023, 12.30 AM IST
Carbon Border Tax – Why it may have adverse impact on India’s exports to the EUTo combat carbon leakage, the EU is embarking on an experiment that would expand its climate change policies to imports.
03 Feb, 2023, 11.45 AM IST
India and EU can jointly shape international agenda on climate change and global commons: Envoy"EU-India are ideally placed to steer the discussions in such forums. We have to do this in our interest the interest of all countries and ...
27 Oct, 2021, 06.23 PM IST
Solidarity in tackling climate change is not about altruism but has hard core of self interest: Timmermans"CBAM is about one thing only: how to avoid carbon leakage; it is not a trade measure. We will introduce CBAM in a way that it is fully in ...
25 Oct, 2021, 08.35 AM IST
How green champion Sweden could end up exporting its carbon sinsSweden's dilemma encapsulates one the challenges facing nations meeting in Glasgow for the U.N. COP26 climate talks: how to show they are n...
18 Oct, 2021, 11.01 AM IST
From coal to gas for low-carbon shiftIndia’s energy security gets a boost, with the Union Cabinet’s nod last week for the coal-gasification urea plant at Talcher, Odisha. It wo...
30 Apr, 2021, 12.46 PM IST
Possible gas leak caused death of 4 workers at Rourkela Steel plantAccording to an official statement, Rs 10 lakh compensation was given to the kin of all four victims by the contractor and a permanent job ...
15 Jan, 2021, 09.54 AM IST
Government panel seeks 7 more days to submit report on Bhilai plantThe four-member panel, headed by former CMD of Mecon K K Mehrotra, was earlier asked to submit its final report to the Steel Ministry by Ju...
17 Jul, 2014, 06.34 PM IST
- Another day, another gas leak
Another leakage of industrial gas affected 25 people in West Bengal.
16 Jul, 2010, 03.49 AM IST