China-based car manufacturer BYD stops making fossil fuel cars

BYD Auto said it has stopped making fossil fuel cars since March, becoming the world’s first automaker to do so. The market is watching if more Chinese automakers will follow suit. In March 2022, the company sold more than 104,300 passenger cars, the first time it exceeded the 100,000 benchmark. The sales included 50,674 plug-in

Vedanta’s steel business on path to green transition

Vedanta Sesa Goa Iron Ore Business has said it is working on a solution to use hydrogen instead of coke in its manufacturing process. It is doing so as to reduce carbon emissions as part of its plan to shift towards “green steel”. Vedanta said it is looking for a tie-up with IIT-Bombay to carry

Methane in atmosphere increased by record high in 2021

Atmospheric levels of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, increased by a record amount for the second year in a row in 2021, according to US government data. The concentration of methane in the Earth’s atmosphere jumped by 17 parts per billion (ppb) in 2021, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) monitoring found, the largest annual

EU parliament votes for full import ban on Russian fossil fuels

The European Parliament has overwhelmingly upheld a call for a swift and full embargo on Russian oil, gas, coal and nuclear fuel imports. The resolution was approved on Thursday with 413 votes in favour, 93 against and 46 abstentions and goes much further than a raft of new sanctions proposed by the European Commission this

Taiwan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050

Taiwan’s government has announced a roadmap to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, including goals that all new scooters and passenger cars should be electric or powered by hydrogen by 2040. The long-awaited roadmap was announced by the National Development Council (NDC) during a press conference on March 30, attended by officials from economic, technology, and

In defiance to its own netzero targets UK to drill more oil and gas

The UK government is set to order more drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea in defiance of its own net zero targets, while neglecting alternative measures that experts say would provide much quicker relief from high energy bills and reduce greenhouse gas emissions instead of raising them. The energy security strategy to

IPCC warns to avoid fossils as emissions peak high

Limiting warming to 1.5°C will be out of reach if the world does not bring down global emissions by 48% by 2030 in comparison to 2019, warned the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in the third instalment of its Sixth Assessment Report released recently. The United Nations body said the world is currently off-track

Ramping up fossil fuel production will make earth unlivable

The Global Climate and Health Alliance has issued its position on the Mitigation of Climate Change report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The communique proposes drastic action to provide humanity with a chance to limit overall global warming to within Paris Agreement targets. In a statement on Tuesday, the global coalition of

Clean energy transition must be fast and fair

Emissions will have to be cut swiftly and deeply across economies to limit global warming to internationally agreed temperature limits, they said in a new flagship science report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). But “if you do that at the expense of justice, of poverty eradication and the inclusion of people, then

Mangalore refinery purchases Russian crude

Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) has bought 1 million barrels of Russian Urals crude for may loading via tendering process. The purchase is said to be driven by huge discount on offer. Refiners from the country have been snapping up Russian Oil through spot tenders since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia on February