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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
TopicGreenhouse gases

Topic: greenhouse gases

SubscriberWrites: Climate change and gigatonnes of Greenhouse Gas

Greenhouse gas or GHG is any gaseous compound capable of absorbing and emitting infrared radiation, thereby allowing less heat to escape to space and trapping it in the lower atmosphere.

On COP28 sidelines, philanthropists pledge investments worth $450 million to cut methane emissions

The announcement comes as the United States, UAE and China prepare to seek more funds to tackle methane emissions at the ongoing UN climate conference.

Green methanol can be the next clean fuel the world needs. Its market is only growing

Green methanol is produced from low-carbon sources, can reduce carbon dioxide emissions, and be used not only as a transportation fuel but also as a feedstock.

How do you take the sting out of greenhouse gas methane? Break one of nature’s strongest bonds

European scientists have found a way to split the carbon-hydrogen bond in methane, transforming it into less hazardous, even beneficial compounds. Findings published in 'Science'.

Green think tank CEEW suggests EU & Korea-like ‘emissions trade’ for India’s carbon market launch

Council on Energy, Environment and Water's policy brief follows last year's Energy (Conservation) Amendment Bill, which paved way for establishment of domestic carbon market in India.

Earth’s ozone layer on way to recovery, finds UN report, should mend by 2040

A panel examining the implementation of Montreal Protocol said decline in ozone-depleting substance emissions can avoid 0.5 to 1 degrees Celsius of global warming by mid-century.

EV or not, your car battery leaves a carbon footprint. Here’s how you can keep it in check

The Global Battery Alliance has launched the Greenhouse Gas Rulebook for tracking emissions from lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles.

Kigali Amendment — global pact just ratified by India targets greenhouse gases used in your AC

Part of Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, the Kigali Amendment, 2016, seeks to phase out hydrofluorocarbons.

Modi govt commits to phasing down HFCs, greenhouse gases used in ACs and fridges, by 2047

Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), commonly found in ACs and refrigerators, are greenhouse gases that accelerate global warming and contribute to climate change.

India has an air pollution problem — fighting it may lead to more greenhouse gas emissions

The environment ministry in 2015 imposed caps on emissions of toxic gases from power plants, allowing operators two years to retrofit facilities. That deadline has been extended due to financial challenges.

On Camera

India has 30 days to pull off fast reform. Hold crash meeting of Centre & state

In India, we are accustomed to glacial change. We love appointing Committees to ‘look into’ reform. Unfortunately for us, the rest of the world moves fast.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.