Environmentally friendly process to produce hydrogen

After 250 research articles, Jim Dumesic, a professor of chemical engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, would much rather …

Delhi to go greener

After CNG, the national capital is all set to run its public transport fleet on biogas

Montreal Protocol: A successful treaty?

Even as the fate of HFCs hangs in uncertainty, there remains much at stake for the Montreal Protocol

Kudankulam meltdown

The spectre of Fukushima continues to haunt the world, forcing governments in most parts of the globe to rethink their plans to tap this …

Test drive to Mars

India’s first inter-planetary flight is now well on its way. Once the satellite orbits the Red Planet, the country will become the fourth …

Methane's metal link

Fresh evidence suggests that the presence of certain metals is essential for the natural production of methane

Methane halt

Gassed into surrender

Excise duty imposed on methane produced by effluent treatment plants has been withdrawn

Beware the technology bait

A methane market?

Methane emitters to convert greenhouse gas into energy

Heating pools

Icy fuel

Absorbing methane

Good riddance to bad rubbish

The nastiest greenhouse gas in the world meets its match

Methane, inorganically

No fart tax

Parched ricefields emit less methane

It's hard to picture paddy fields without water puddles. But by draining flooded rice fields for two days before the flowering stage, methane …

Pollution, not rice accumulated methane

Cooking disaster, for free

West Delhi hutment residents use methane emanating from an abandoned garbage dump for fuel

Electrifying vapours

Right stop

Atmospheric levels of methane have stabilised

Death trap

Methane on the decline

Gas on demand

Depleting gas resources can be overcome by creating natural gas... artificially!

Drilling down the dumps

Household garbage produces large quantities of methane which leaks into the atmosphere and contributes to the greenhouse effect. A Swedish …