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Iran war energy shock drives India's interest in ethanol and other biofuelsIndia and Southeast Asian nations are boosting biofuel use amid global fuel disruptions. This move aims to reduce reliance on imported oil ...
Lab-grown meat hits major milestone, dramatically reducing land, water use, and climate impactAs the world’s demand for protein skyrockets, traditional livestock farming, particularly beef, is taking a heavy toll on the environment t...
Powering a greener future: How modern biogas technology cuts emissions and creates valueModern biogas technology significantly reduces methane emissions, offers clean energy, and promotes biofertilizer use. This helps lower rel...
Why Denmark is taxing the burps, poops, and farts of pigs and cowsDenmark introduces a groundbreaking tax on cow and pig emissions. The tax aims to reduce methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Farmers will rec...
Protect the environmentThe drawbacks of a polluted environment include a decline in the pure, cool qualities of the oceans and lakes, leading to the creatures dwe...
Cut aid for livestock farms to help climate fight, World Bank saysEnsuring that environmental and health costs are fully priced into emissions-intensive foods made from animals would curb consumer demand f...
How climate change threatens global agricultureAgriculture represents nearly a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions -- largely from livestock and fertilisers.
As Delhi’s AQI crosses 400, Anand Mahindra urges farmers to use regenerative agricultural techniques for curbing pollutionA holistic approach to agriculture, regenerative agriculture combines land management, social justice, and environmental protection, along ...
Rising livestock emissions undermine world’s climate fightThe climate footprint of the food industry accounts for nearly a third of global greenhouses gases. Livestock releases potent methane and m...
Bio-CNG plant: Gobhar Dhan Yojana will set benchmark in sync with Swachh Bharat Mission goals to reduce pollution, says PM ModiPM Modi said that the government is working on introducing 75 more Bio-CNG plants in 75 other districts and villages to benefit farmers in ...
From Russia, with calf-love and much moo: Gau rakshaks can learn from the spectacle of how Muscovy cows are kept happyIn a hi-tech bid to keep cows happy, Russians are equipping them with special VR spectacles.
PIL filed in Bombay High Court seeking curbs on antibiotics sale without prescriptionThe petition followed investigation by an activist who found that antibiotics under ‘restricted use’ were freely available over the counter...
Exports of frozen beef haven't fallen: Harsimrat Kaur Badal“I don’t think there are any figures to show that it is a reality (fall in figures of frozen beef meat export),” the minister claimed.
Uttar Pradesh slaughterhouses set to face the axeThere are nearly 40 legal slaughterhouses in UP that are duly licensed by the Centre’s Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Deve...
Efforts are on to reduce black carbon content in airThis in turn adversely affects rivers, and the higher rate of melting can mean overflowing rivers and flooding impacting agriculture.
Rajasthan to set up joint venture with GAIL for CNG supplyIn first phase for supply of CNG through GAIL, One mother station would be set up in Neemrana, and a daughter station in Jaipur, Raje said.
- Global intake of beef and lamb threatens UN’s climate target
Rising greenhouse gases emissions from agriculture particularly with global meat and dairy consumption increasing is threatening UN’s targe...
- Smarter use of nutrients will help clean up the planet, say scientists
A new report commissioned by the United Nations Environment Programme highlights how humans have massively altered the natural flows of nit...
India can cut agricultural emissions & subsidies by creating a market for farm offsetsIndia can launch a prototype in Punjab and Bihar, may be under the Sustainable Agriculture Mission under the NAPCC.
- Cow-belch politics
Cattle expel more polluting gases that trigger climate change than cars.