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Biggest CO2 drop: Real-time data show Covid-19's massive impact on global
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 14 (ANI): While the ongoing Corona pandemic continues to threaten millions of lives around the world, the first half of 2020 saw an unprecedented decline in CO2 emissions - larger than during the financial crisis of 2008, the oil crisis of 1979, or even World War II.
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Aviation leaders commit to green recovery amid COVID-19 crisis
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 5 (ANI): Aviation industry leaders have reiterated that long-term climate action should be a priority alongside economic recovery in the coming years.
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Empathy in the team's actions has given a new meaning to the company's wor
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India] September 22 (ANI/BusinessWire India): An exasperated Pawan Kumar fell in a wooden cot in the courtyard immediately after returning from another strenuous trip to Delhi and back in his diesel truck. His nine-year-old son came to tell him there are visitors to see
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Maruti Suzuki commissions 5 MW solar power plant in Gurugram
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): Maruti Suzuki India Ltd said on Friday it has commissioned a five-megawatt carport-style photovoltaic solar power plant in Gurugram to strengthen its commitment towards a greener future.
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India's CO2 emissions drop by 1.4 pc for first time in four decades
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): Economic slowdown, growth of renewable energy and the impact of COVID-19 lockdown have led to the first year-on-year reduction in India's CO2 emissions in four decades, says Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).
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Coal-exit health and environmental damage reductions outweigh economic imp
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 24 (ANI): Cheap and abundant coal fuelled the industrialisation of Europe, North America and Asia. However, the price tag on coal has never reflected the external cost to society; coal combustion produces more than a third of today's global CO2 emissions and is a m
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Scientists find a way to extract and store CO2 from vehicle exhaust
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], Dec 25 (ANI): The fight against climate change has encouraged a group of researchers from Switzerland to device an ingenious method to curb CO2 emissions from commercial vehicles that run on fossil fuels.
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LANXESS to become climate neutral by 2040
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 16 (ANI/NewsWire Gujarat): Specialty chemicals company LANXESS has set itself an ambitious climate protection target. By 2040, the group intends to become climate neutral and eliminate its greenhouse gas emissions from around 3.2 million tons of CO2 emissions today.
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One crore street LED lights installed in country as part of Centre's initi
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 4 (ANI): Under the Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP), the number of streetlights installed in the country has reached to one crore this week, leading to a reduction in CO2 emissions per year by 4.6 million tonnes.
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Carbon emission from Amazon wildfires 4 times worse than thought
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 8 (ANI): According to a recent research, carbon emissions from Amazonian forest fires could be up to four times worse than feared.
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Charcoal remains after fires accelerate CO2 emissions in boreal forests
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 30 (ANI): A study has recently revealed that charcoal remains after a forest fire may help decompose fine roots in the soil and consequently accelerate CO2 emissions in boreal forests.
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Planting trees cannot replace cutting CO2 emissions!
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [INDIA], May 18 (ANI): According to a new study, growing plants and then storing CO2, taken up from the atmosphere, is no viable option to counteract unmitigated emissions from fossil fuel burning.
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