File photo: Union minister Piyush Goyal (Picture credit: PTI) Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is likely to harm European industries more than its intended targets, including India. “There is a lot of opposition to CBAM in the EU also. EU’s infrastructure will…
President Trump has expressed little interest in fighting climate change. One of his key cabinet officials has even sought to evaluate whether humanity benefits from a warming climate, in a bid to undermine environmental rules. Yet even as he works to accelerate oil and gas production, Mr. Trump’s economic approach may inadvertently reduce greenhouse gas…
India joined 62 other nations in voting in favour of the world’s first-ever global carbon tax on the shipping industry, a landmark decision adopted by the United Nations’ shipping agency in London on Friday, PTI reported.The measure, passed after a week of intense negotiations at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), aims to cut greenhouse gas…
Miller Gardner, the 14-year-old son of the longtime Yankees player Brett Gardner, died of carbon monoxide poisoning while on vacation with his family last month, the Costa Rican authorities said on Thursday. A toxicology report after his death found high levels of carboxyhemoglobin, an indicator of carbon monoxide in the blood, according to a statement…
Hollywood icon Gene Hackman has been found dead at his Santa Fe, New Mexico home, alongside his wife Betsy Arakawa, police confirm. Betsy Arakawa was a classical pianist. Santa Fe County police found the body of the two-time Oscar winner and his wife and their dog on Wednesday afternoon. Officials haven’t confirmed the cause of…
This is an AI-generated image, use for representational purposes only. MUMBAI: The green cover in India has absorbed more carbon than it emitted annually in the last decade, but the rate of sequestration declines during extreme climate events such as drought, a study has revealed. The study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science…
The COP29 summit in Baku did more than finalise Article 6 of the Paris Agreement – it sent a signal to the world: carbon markets are here to stay, and they can serve to be the financial backbone for climate innovation. For climate tech startups, this is a lifeline. In a world where venture capital…
NEW HOPE: Dayle Haddon, an actor, activist and trailblazing former “Sports Illustrated” model who pushed back against age discrimination by reentering the industry as a widow, has died in a Pennsylvania home from what authorities believe was carbon monoxide poisoning. Authorities in Bucks County found Haddon, 76, dead in a second-floor bedroom Friday morning after…
WAKEFIELD, N.H: Four people died in a New Hampshire home on Christmas Day due to suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities said. Police were called to the house in the town of Wakefield around 4:20 p.m. for a welfare check, said New Hampshire State Fire Marshal Sean Toomey. He said that when officers arrived, they found…
Eleven Indian nationals were among 12 people found dead at a restaurant in the mountain resort of Gudauri, Georgia, the Indian mission in the former Soviet country confirmed. Initial reports suggest the deaths were likely due to carbon monoxide poisoning. According to a statement released by the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs on December 14,…