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New study reveals biogas and biomethane leak twice more than methane
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 21 (ANI): According to a recent imperial study, though climate-friendly, biogas and biomethane leak twice more than the methane gas as per the previous estimation of the International Energy Agency.
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Chennai: Lake water turns pink after methane contamination, locals demand
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai [India], June 7 (ANI): Residents in Chennai's Perungudi have a new cause for alarm. Just days after the massive fire in the dump yard in the locality was doused, the lake adjoining the landfill turned pink.
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China's frenzy of coal mines creates new sources of emissions
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 26 (ANI): As many as 169 new coal mines in China could add around 10 per cent to the nation's mining capacity in coming years, rather than reducing the fossil fuel as Beijing has promised, according to Global Energy Monitor (GEM).
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Study suggests some strategies to cut methane emissions might not be effec
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], May 15 (ANI): Environmental methane emissions are fuelled by the natural burps and belches from livestock ruminants like cows, buffaloes and other animals.
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Strategies to cut methane emissions from cows, other ruminants not effecti
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], May 11 (ANI): The natural burps and belches from livestock ruminants like cows, buffaloes and other animals contribute most to environmental methane emissions.
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Bhalswa landfill fire: Four-member team to visit Mumbai to study gas sucki
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): A four-member team of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and East and North MCD will visit Mumbai on May 2 to study the city's gas sucking mechanism to regulate the continuously emitted methane gas at the Bhalswa landfill site.
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Bacteria can generate electricity from methane: Study
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 17 (ANI): Methane-consuming bacteria can generate power in the lab, according to recent research by scientists of Radboud University.
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Researchers reveal bacteria can generate electricity from methane
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Houlahan (Nijmegen) [Netherlands], April 13 (ANI): Researchers from Radboud University have demonstrated that methane-consuming bacteria generate power in the lab. Generating power while purifying the environment of greenhouse gases should be achievable using bacteria.
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Methane may be first detectable indication of life beyond Earth: Study
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Santa Cruz (California) [US], April 4 (ANI): According to a new study, atmospheric methane may be the first sign of life beyond Earth. It was detected by astronomers.
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Bangladesh officials meet Assam Minister, export of methanol discussed
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], March 17 (ANI): Assam Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary met with officials from Bangladesh and Assam Petrochemicals Limited (APL) in Guwahati to discuss the export of methanol and formaldehyde from the northeast state to Bangladesh.
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Budget: Govt proposes to reduce customs duty on certain 'critical' chemica
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday presented the Union Budget 2022-23 in Parliament and announced that the government proposes to reduce the customs duty on certain critical chemicals namely, methanol, acetic acid and heavy feedstocks fo
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3 killed, 6 missing in gas explosion in Italy
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], December 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Three people were killed and six others remain missing after a residential building collapsed in a methane gas explosion in Italy's Sicilian town of Ravanusa, the National Fire Corps tweeted on Sunday.
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