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Govt to promote cactus plantations in low-irrigation areas to help treat degraded land: Giriraj SinghThe Indian government is considering the promotion of cactus plantations in low-irrigation areas to rejuvenate degraded land and explore bi...
India-Italy partnership: Energy Transition and Circular EconomyItaly, with its experience from a legislative and regulatory point of view and important companies which are world leaders in many sectors ...
Tractors, power tillers allowed to be retrofitted with bio-fuel enginesThe transport ministry has allowed tractors, power tillers and other agricultural vehicles and equipment that run on diesel and petrol to b...
White House asks EPA to study whether electric vehicles can generate renewable fuel creditsUnder the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard, oil refiners must blend biofuels such as corn-based ethanol into their fuel mix or buy tradable cre...
What is the science behind the moo-ve from cattle methane emissions?Scientists have worked for years to reduce methane emissions from cattle burps by changing what cattle eat, or through research on vaccines...
Pandas, slugs and ants hint at shortcut to greener biofuelScientists believe the animals' unique ability to break down tough plant material, including bamboo, could provide clues to ramping up prod...
IIT Kharagpur researchers develop process to manage wet municipal solid wasteThe process novelty lies in the use of water for the reaction thus the moisture in the MSW gets used during the recycling process.
Indore MC plans to run buses on bio-fuel made from vegetable wasteFor better waste management, the city civic body plans to run public transport buses on the bio-Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) made from the ...
New ministerial panel mulls multiple ways to cut oil importsPrime Minister Narendra Modi had in March 2015 set a target to cut India's reliance on imports for meeting its oil needs by 10 per cent to ...
PM Narendra Modi to gift 2 battery buses for MPs to check pollution: Nitin Gadkari"If all goes as per plan, the Prime Minister will donate these two electric buses to Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on December 21," sai...
Soon UPSRTC may introduce 'poo bus' that runs on human and household wasteTransport officials said all cities across the 75 districts could have these buses. The poop of 100 humans, they said, can fuel a 200-km ri...
- Solid waste management earns Pune invite to UN coalition
The Pune Municipal Corporation has been invited to be a member of the United Nations Environment Programme's Climate and Clean Air Coalitio...
Oil ministry reassigns roles of joint secretariesThe oil ministry re-realigned portfolios of joint secretaries after oil minister Veerappa Moily prevailed on petroleum secretary Vivek Rae.
Petroleum secretary Vivek Rae resists Veerappa Moily move to reassign key roles of babusTension is brewing between oil minister Veerappa Moily and petroleum secretary Vivek Rae over realignment of portfolios among bureaucrats.
- Biotech firms go after smart enzymes to fuel energy sector
BIOTECH companies producing industrial enzymes are gradually moving to cellulosic enzymes that help in bio-fuel generation.
- Biogas can gain importance in view of rising LPG prices: PAU
In view of escalating Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) costs, biogas can gain importance, according to PAU experts.
- New technology to convert waste into petroleum
A Mumbai-based company claimed to have developed a technology to convert waste into petroleum fuels in a cost-effective manner.