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TopicCarbon capture

Topic: Carbon capture

What is CCUS technology and why did Sitharaman push for a Rs 20,000 crore investment?

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her Budget speech, proposed investing in the controversial CCUS technology as a way to reduce emissions.

The scientists who popularised carbon capture have a warning about It

The problem is that carbon capture was meant to cancel out past emissions. Instead, it’s bred overconfidence that the strategy can substitute cuts to fossil fuels.

Is carbon capture tech more viable than renewable energy? Stanford study has an answer

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Modi govt plans to rejuvenate 13 rivers, hopes it’ll boost forest cover & carbon sequestration

Detailed project reports of the rivers were prepared by Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education & released Monday. Project looks at creating riparian forests for river rejuvenation

Carbon Capture might help reverse the effects of global warming, but it isn’t enough

Even if the world manages to keep global warming at 2 degrees Celsius — the goal of the Paris climate agreement — consequences will be severe.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.