‘Zombie Worm’ awakens after 24,000 years: Scientists revive a frozen worm that can survive freezing, starvation and even reproduce without partner‘Zombie Worm’ revived by scientists: A 24,000-year-old microscopic worm, a bdelloid rotifer, has been revived from Siberian permafrost, ast...
13 May, 2026, 04.34 PM IST
Old coal mines are hiding a clean energy secret, and this one town just figured it outThe former coal-mining town of Cumberland is becoming a powerful example of how abandoned fossil-fuel infrastructure can be repurposed for ...
11 May, 2026, 07.14 PM IST
Amazon signs $30 million deal to buy carbon credits from Indian rice farmersAmazon has signed a $30 million (around ₹280 crore) agreement with the Good Rice Alliance, backed by Bayer, Temasek’s GenZero and Shell, to...
22 Apr, 2026, 11.36 AM IST
Two waste sites in India among top methane emitters globally, says reportTwo Indian waste sites in Telangana and Maharashtra are identified as major methane emitters globally. A new report by UCLA highlights thes...
21 Apr, 2026, 09.01 PM IST
Reliance, Essar top bidders for coal-based methane gas exploration blocksThe bidding frenzy for coal-bed methane blocks heats up as Reliance Industries and the Essar Group step into the ring. The Directorate Gene...
20 Apr, 2026, 03.55 PM IST
20% DME-LPG blend can cut imports by 6.3 MT, save around Rs 34,200 cr yearly: ReportIndia can significantly cut LPG imports by blending 20 per cent dimethyl ether, derived from coal gasification. This move could save 6.3 mi...
19 Apr, 2026, 02.28 PM IST
Comet 3I/ATLAS gushed a greenhouse gas 80 times more powerful than CO₂ at warming Earth’s atmosphere as it passed the SunInterstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, the third of its kind, is revealing its composition as it heads back into deep space. Scientists detected incr...
18 Apr, 2026, 09.36 AM IST
Study finds big gap in Australia's methane emissionsAustralian coal mines may have vastly underestimated historical methane emissions, according to analysis of the potent greenhouse gas publi...
16 Apr, 2025, 06.38 PM IST
TotalEnergies, Oil India to collaborate on methane emissions detectionTotalEnergies and Oil India Ltd (OIL) partnered to detect and measure methane emissions at OIL's sites using TotalEnergies' AUSEA technolog...
19 Nov, 2024, 07.28 PM IST
Google-backed MethaneSAT satellite to track global oil industry methane emissionsThe MethaneSAT satellite will add to a growing fleet of spacecraft in orbit that are meant to help fight climate change by publishing data ...
04 Mar, 2024, 09.17 PM IST
ONGC signs agreement with TotalEnergies to detect, measure methane emissionsDuring the India Energy Week 2024 in Goa, ONGC and TotalEnergies signed a cooperation agreement to conduct methane emissions detection and ...
07 Feb, 2024, 09.45 AM IST
ONGC seeks partners to cut gas flaring, zero methane emission by 2030India's top oil producer, ONGC, is planning to cut gas flaring and achieve zero methane emissions by 2030 as part of its ambitious decarbon...
01 Jan, 2024, 04.41 PM IST
EU reaches deal to reduce highly polluting methane gas emissions from energy sectorEuropean Union negotiators reached a deal on Wednesday to reduce highly polluting methane gas emissions from the energy sector across the 2...
15 Nov, 2023, 02.55 PM IST
India should phase out biodegradable waste disposal in landfills to check methane emissions: CSE reportA report by the Centre for Science and Environment recommends that India conducts a nationwide study to accurately estimate methane emissio...
26 Sep, 2023, 01.19 PM IST
Biden tightens methane emissions rule amid push for more oilBiden was set to announce on Friday a supplemental rule cracking down on emissions of methane - a potent greenhouse gas that contributes si...
11 Nov, 2022, 04.35 PM IST
Oil and gas methane emissions could be solved this decade, experts sayCurrently, oil and gas extraction, processing and distribution is responsible for 23% of global methane emissions, according to a 2021 asse...
04 Oct, 2022, 05.59 PM IST
There is scope to slash methane emissionsGlobally, 32% of anthropogenic methane emission is from livestock; but since the Indian diet is primarily plant-based, our emission reducti...
12 Nov, 2021, 11.41 PM IST