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COVID-19: Why the crisis is different for the crude oil industry

Low prices, sparse storage pressure producers; any consensus may be short-lived

Why e-rickshaws have emerged a winner in transition to electric mobility race

E-rickshaws have proliferated because most of them remain unregistered; there is a need to regulate their operations 

Clean push: Why compressed biogas has an edge over CNG

CBG can replace CNG as a transport and industrial fuel, while dissuading farmers from setting fire to paddy stubble 

Bihar plans all-CNG commercial car fleet for Patna

Vehicle owners wary of cost factor, lack of filling stations

Pollution in news on May 4

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on pollution

Bush discards green

US President George Bush calls for a steep hike in the production of oil, gas, coal and nuclear energy and drilling for oil and gas in Alaska

Delhi to go greener

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

Gas, found and lost

Budget 2021-22 should incentivise clean fuel for pollution control

Transition to cleaner fuels used for combustion, as done in Beijing, is the most dependable solution to clean Delhi’s air

Correcting distortions

India’s power mess

Solar energy could be the silver bullet

Women’s perceptions of cooking fuel hamper transition to clean energy: Study

Policies that promoted improved fuels targeted women as the primary beneficiaries, who mostly believed fuelwood contributed to their well-being more

Only 13 of 132 largest energy cos committed to net zero emissions: Study

The research reveals that the global energy sector has hardly achieved any progress in achieving the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement, four …

Panel suggests measures to tackle crisis in stressed thermal power projects

Report flags erratic coal supply, institutional challenges; suggests closing old thermal power units

India and China will outdo USA in renewable energy

India and China view renewable energy as an investment opportunity, while the US plans to support coal and shale

Whose job is it to protect the Arctic?

There are a number of laws that Arctic states and indigenous peoples can turn to to protect their environment

Is the commodities super cycle slowdown a shock for Africa?

From Nigeria to Angola, South Africa or Zambia, decline in commodity prices is deflating growth and the ripple effect is affecting the reality of …

Energy-efficient Germany feeds on ‘dirty’ US’ coal

Coal imports by the European nation expected to increase as government subsidies end in 2018

Moneymakers

South Asia

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नाल्को, ओएनजीसी पर कैग की रिपोर्ट पेश, उठाए कई सवाल

कैग ने अपनी रिपोर्ट में कहा है कि ओएनजीसी और नालको पर कई शर्तों का उल्लंघन किया है 

Shale trail

The US is seeing a shale gas revolution. Domestic gas prices are historically low and the US is on the verge of exporting it. Chandra Bhushan …

Cess on diesel car