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About 90% consumers in India willing to pay a premium for buying EV: Survey
According to the survey, the top reason for buying an EV is environmental concern, with 97 per cent also stating that the COVID-19 pandemic has heightened awareness and concerns about environmental issues. About 67per cent of those looking to buy an EV feel it is their responsibility to reduce their personal environmental impact, and 69 per cent feel buying an EV is one way to achieve this goal.
Kerala vet doc gets patent for biodiesel from chicken waste
He said 100 kg of chicken waste, procured from slaughterhouses for which he gets paid up to Rs 7 a kg, can produce 1 liter of biodiesel, which offers over 38 km and can be sold at 40 percent of the diesel price now.
After seven-and-a-half years, the Indian Patent Office finally granted us the patent on July 7, 2021, for inventing ‘biodiesel produced from rendered chicken oil’, John Abraham, a veterinary-doctor-turned-inventor, an associate professor at the veterinary college here under the Kerala Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, told PTI from Wayanad.The higher mileage and lower pollution are because chicken waste contains 62 percent fat, offering the key energy content of Cetane at 72, while in normal diesel it is only 64. It also increases engine efficiency by 11 percent due to the presence of more oxygen, and reduces smoke levels by over 47 percent, Abraham said.
Mercedes to be ready for car markets going electric-only with $47-bn push
“The tipping point is getting closer and we will be ready as markets switch to electric-only by the end of this decade,” Chief Executive Officer Ola Kallenius said in a statement. “This step marks a profound reallocation of capital.”
Climate action must happen ‘for our people, not to them’, cities say
Cities have been at the forefront of government climate action over the last decade, with many declaring net-zero emissions goals long before countries or businesses followed suit. Today more than 750 global cities have pledged to reach net-zero emissions by mid-century, said David Miller, director of international diplomacy for C40.
India speeds up Green approvals as environmentalists call foul
“Chasing speed over quality of assessments can pose grave risks.It’s an environment risk as well as a business risk.”Ritwick Dutta, a New Delhi-based environment lawyer said.
EVs double market share in Europe
All-electric vehicles accounted for 7.5 per cent of new car sales in Europe in the three months from April through June, against 3.5 per cent during that period last year.
In absolute terms, sales of battery electric vehicles more than tripled across Europe to reach 210,298 cars.
Shell to appeal landmark climate case in the Netherlands
The ruling came after Milieudefensie, the Dutch arm of Friends of the Earth, sued the company for violating human rights. The court agreed, saying Shell must reduce its total emissions by 45% by 2030 from 2019 levels. That compares with Shell’s own target of reducing the intensity of its greenhouse gas emissions by 20% from 2016 levels.
Over 34 lakh tonnes of plastic waste generated in FY 2019-20: Govt
“There is a complete ban on sachets using plastic material used for storing, packing, or selling gutkha, tobacco, and pan masala. Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change had also issued a draft notification in the Gazette of India on March 11, 2021, for amending Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, inter alia prohibiting the use of identified single-use plastic items by 2022, for public consultation,” Union Minister of State for Environment Ashwini Kumar Choubey said
From China to Germany, floods expose climate vulnerability
“Governments should first realize that the infrastructure they have built in the past or even recent ones are vulnerable to these extreme weather events,” said Eduardo Araral, associate professor and co-director, Institute of Water Policy, at Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
. In Europe, climate change is likely to increase the number of large, slow-moving storms that can linger longer in one area and deliver deluges of the kind seen in Germany and Belgium, according to a study published https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020GL092361 June 30 in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
Climate resilience will be crucial for India’s economic growth and energy transition: Report
According to the Global Climate Risk Index, India is the seventh most climate-affected country in the world. It is increasingly facing rising heat stress, which is weakening the Himalayan glacial mass, affecting monsoon patterns, and contributing to a higher incidence of droughts, storms, and floods.