Pune gets grant to clear the air innovatively

The us Trade and Development Agency has recently awarded a us $296,000 grant to Pune to reduce the city's vehicular air pollution through innovative measures.

Ambanis play power games with nuclear energy and ethanol

Although the Ambani brothers have parted ways, Anil Ambani and Mukesh Ambani are busy in their pursuit to expand their businesses in the energy sector. While Anil is taking the nuclear route, Mukesh is focused on ethanol. And in both cases, experts fear the companies may not play fair. Besides, existing laws do not allow entry of private players into the nuclear power generation programme yet.

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Jatropha plantation policy has gaping holes

The Planning Commission's approach draft for the 11th Five-Year Plan has raised concerns regarding the environmental and socio-economic impacts of the ongoing jatropha plantations for developing bio-diesel in various parts of the country. The report says being a water-intensive crop jatropha plantations could lead to a drinking water shortage, and encroach on pastoral lands and animal habitats.

Glycerin will be future chickenfeed

a team of us poultry scientists has found that glycerin, a high-volume by-product of biodiesel production, could be used as a feed additive for broiler chicken.

Oil price hike: quick-fix measures wont work

Railway minister Laloo Prasad Yadav and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu are the clowns of Indian politics. But think of the actions of the two in the past fortnight and you will begin seeing the difference. Sidhu led the protest for the Bharatiya Janata Party against the fuel price hike by riding an elephant. Effective but clearly stupid. Do excuse my intemperate language but the gall of the politicians to believe we are myopic and their complete lack of leadership in this time of crisis makes me mad.

Supplanting petrol

plant-based alternative fuels may be as efficient as petrol, but for now they offer only marginal environmental benefits, according to scientists who have analysed how much energy goes into producing such biofuels, and how much carbon dioxide (co2) they emit as they power vehicles.

"Alternative fuel helps us tide over oil crises"

Tell us about the science and technology priorities of your government Interviewee:  Luis Fernandes

Hydrogen fuel is hostile to stratospheric ozone

by using hydrogen fuel cells -- the best alternatives to fossil fuels -- we may be heading towards another environmental disaster. This is the theory of researchers from the California Institute of Technology, usa. As per their investigation, large-scale use of hydrogen may disturb the balance of atmospheric chemistry and widen the ozone hole.

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