Lithium extraction should be sustainable

In our efforts to make the planet cleaner, we cannot repeat the mistakes we made with fossil fuels

Coal a human history

Methane mystery: fossil fuels spewing less methane, but gas continues to accumulate

New research finds that methane estimates from the 1980s and 90s underestimated emissions. But measuring methane is getting better

Gluttons for oil

It's high time the Indian economy became leaner and adopted a low oil diet

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

When oil goes bust

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Simply Put: Fossil fuel lobby

It only takes a few countries to kickstart a decarbonisation revolution

New research shows it only takes a few countries to kick-start the kind of global transformation required to meet the Paris Agreement’s long-…

Investors, insurers ask G20 economies to stop fossil fuel subsidies

The G20 governments were urged to establish a deadline for phasing out fossil fuel subsidies for a steady decline in greenhouse gas emissions

Auction for green drive

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Energy aplenty

Methan-ol vs ethanol

The US Environmental Protection Agency gets a rap on its knuckles

New fuel

How a common industrial chemical becomesfuel

Shrub oil - Roadworthy

White hope

Pollution disturbs cloud chemistry for good?

Lighting up a solution

Prem Shankar Jha makes a case for solar energy while tracing the history of global warming

Thar Desert was once ever tropical forest, new fossil discovery reveals

A set of rare wood boring trace fossils in Barmer region show that the area was under tropical forest and even had vast river network 55 million …

Growing appetite for charcoal destroying Nigeria's tropical forests

The top producer of crude oil in Africa is exporting cheaply made charcoal to the world, especially EU, which is often labelled incorrectly as '…

The twin sword of technology

Engineering solutions like carbon capture and storage create risks that necessitate even more ingenious fixes

Tax recycling pays

Fuel for warming the globe

A collapse in the price of fossil fuel means bad news for efforts to curb global warming

Big polluter

Microchips stomp heavily on the environment

Stop trashing computers

To conserve precious resources

The rich polluter

ExxonMobil has emitted five per cent of CO2 pollutant since 1882

Futuristic ride