India has been identified as one of the top three countries in reporting, setting targets, and reducing carbon emissions. The country ranked behind only China and Brazil. However, despite this achievement, overall global progress remains slow.
Records from World War II show that compulsory food rationing was more acceptable to the UK public than voluntary changes to diet when resources became scarce.
When economists claim that Malthus neglected the potential for technological advance, we note that economists on their part neglect the environmental damages caused by modern farming. Yes, the global farm system feeds the planet, but it does not do so in an environmentally sustainable way. Until the global farming system itself is a sustainable activity, we should not be too quick to brush Malthus aside
The team quashed the previously believed condensation model saying that the gas molecules that carry carbon would not be available to build the Earth because once carbon vaporises, it does not condense back into a solid state
'Efforts are on to increase the use of natural gas capacity four times during this decade, and work is also on to nearly double the oil refining capacity in the next five years.'
Expressing his happiness over the discussion, the minister said "this is the first time that discussion over an issue continued for three days in the Lok Sabha".
The energy white paper, adopted by the Cabinet Friday, said Japan faces an "urgent task" of reducing carbon emissions coming from utilities that have relied heavily on fossil fuels to make up for shortages of cleaner nuclear energy.
State-owned Coal India will come up with three coal bed methane and coal mine methane projects in Jharkhand and West…
