India surpassed China as the top developer of coal-based steel production last year, but the sector is at risk of “stranded assets” as these facilities clash with net zero proposals, US think tank Global Energy Monitor (GEM) has said. Global coal-based steelmaking capacity increased significantly last year, to 380 million tonnes
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Reducing our reliance on fossil fuels is going to require a transformation in the way we make things. That’s because the hydrocarbons found in fuels like crude oil, natural gas, and coal are also in everyday items like plastics, clothing, and cosmetics. Now Visolis, founded by Deepak Dugar SM ’11, MBA
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Consumers in the richer, developed nations will have to accept restrictions on their energy use if international climate change targets are to be met, warn researchers. The big challenge is to identify the fairest and most equitable way that governments can curtail energy use, a process known as energy demand reduction. In
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The Nigerian Navy has excavated and dismantled oil equipment of a suspected oil syndicate on Oil Mining Lease-18 in Elem Krakama Creek in the Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. The Navy said it dismantled the equipment used in siphoning crude precisely on Oil Well 17 operated by the Nigerian
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Previous beliefs have been overturned by the discovery of irregularly arranged structures. For many, the word “crystals” conjures images of shimmering suncatchers that create a prism of rainbow colors or semi-transparent stones thought to possess healing abilities. But in the realm of science and engineering, crystals take on a more technical
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Nigerian oil and gas firms, including top international oil companies, have been ranked among some of the worst offenders in the implementation of the 2015 Paris climate deal, multinational nonprofit platform, CDP has said. According to a report by Reuters, Nigeria, Russia, the Arab Gulf, Algeria, Libya, Venezuela, Iraq and Iran
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The switch from the use of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, to autogas will save about N1.84tn monthly for commercial vehicle operators in Nigeria, the Federal Government has said. It disclosed this in a document put together by the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology, where it explained that a typical
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Offshore wind farms bring environmental benefits throughout their life cycle. This understanding emerges from a study published in the international journal Sustainable Production and Consumption in which researchers from Politecnico di Milano analyzed the potential environmental impacts of a floating offshore wind farm undergoing authorization off the coast of Sicily. "Results
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Since the mid-1600s, chemists have been fascinated with brightly colored, coral-like structures that form by mixing metal salts in a small bottle. Until now, researchers have been unable to model how these deceptively simple tubular structures —called chemical gardens — work and the patterns and rules that govern their formation. In a
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The Federal Government, on Wednesday, warned carbon emission reduction traders who were trading without recourse to designated authority to desist from such activity. Carbon trade is the buying and selling of credits that permit a company or other entity to emit a certain amount of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases. The
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