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LNG's Climate Impact: A Cleaner Alternative Or Hidden Emitter?
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) has positioned itself as a "transition" fuel to replace highly polluting coal. While LNG burns cleaner than coal, its climate impact is darkened by energy-intensive production and frequent leaks from gas fields.
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This Abandoned Ghost Town In US Has Been Burning For 62 Years
According to the state's Department of Environmental Protection, the fire could burn for another century if left uncontrolled.
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2 Brothers Get Death Sentence For Raping, Burning Minor Girl In Rajasthan
Two men convicted of raping and murdering a 14-year-old girl in August last year - by burning her alive in a coal furnace - have been sentenced to death by a special court in Rajasthan's Bhilwara.
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Delhi Man Slept With Stove On To Beat The Cold, Was Burnt To Death
A bouncer who worked in Delhi was allegedly charred to death in his sleep after a fire emanated from a burning coal brazier (angithi) kept in his room in New Manglapuri area of the national capital, police said on Thursday.
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Watch: Street Food Vendor Adds Burning Coal In Chutney, Internet Calls It "Toxic"
The unique chutney video caught the internet's attention. People have expressed their concern over the "toxic food."
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Telangana Student Made To Walk Over Burning Coal By 'Exorcist': Cops
A 19-year-old woman with burns was hospitalised after a person claiming to be an exorcist allegedly made her walk and stand on burning coal to cure her of 'mental illness'
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"No Diesel Generators, Increase Parking Fees": Air Quality Panel On Delhi
Use of diesel generators in Delhi must stop (except for emergencies), parking fees must increase by three-four times, and burning of coal and firewood cannot be allowed at hotels and open-air eateries, the Central Pollution Control Board said today.
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COP26 Aims To Banish Coal. Asia Is Building Coal-Fired Plants To Burn It
On the coastline near India's southern tip, workers toil on a pier carrying a conveyor belt that cuts a mile into the Indian Ocean where the azure waters are deep enough for ships to berth and unload huge cargoes of coal.
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Centre Tweaks Policy To Use Biomass Pellets In Coal-Fired Power Plants
The power ministry has set a revised policy to use biomass pellets in coal-burning thermal power plants, encouraging use of agricultural waste that is otherwise burnt by farmers, causing air pollution.
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Air Quality Panel Asks 11 Thermal Plants Near Delhi To Co-Fire Biomass Pellets
Centre's air quality commission has directed 11 thermal power plants within 300-km radius of Delhi to co-fire biomass pellets with coal, saying this can utilise millions of tonnes of biomass, address issue of stubble burning and reduce air pollution
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Over 5 Lakh People Died Due To Air pollution In 2016 In India: Report
More than five lakh people died prematurely in India in 2016 due to dangerous levels of outdoor air pollution and over 97,000 of the them died after being exposed to pollutants from coal burning, a new report revealed on Thursday.
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Thirteen Miners Dead After Fire Engulfs A Czech Coal Mine
Thirteen miners died and 10 were injured after a fire caused by burning methane erupted in a black coal mine in the east of the Czech Republic
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4 Workers Suffocate In Storeroom Of Wedding Venue In Punjab
Four people working for a wedding resort in Punjab's Tarn Taran suffocated in a storeroom where they had kept burning coal to keep warm, police said.
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Household Burning And Coal Combustion Are Responsible For 75% Pollution-Related Deaths
Exposure to household burning emissions and coal combustion were the main reasons behind 75 per cent of air pollution-related deaths in India in 2015 which came chiefly from rural areas, reveals a report.
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Power Major NTPC Plan To Buy Farm Stubble Raise Hopes Of Cleaner Air
Raising hopes that farmers would not need to burn crop residue that has contributed to the dense smog in north India this year, the country's largest power producer has decided to buy crop residue from farmers and blend it with coal at its power plants.
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LNG's Climate Impact: A Cleaner Alternative Or Hidden Emitter?
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) has positioned itself as a "transition" fuel to replace highly polluting coal. While LNG burns cleaner than coal, its climate impact is darkened by energy-intensive production and frequent leaks from gas fields.
-
This Abandoned Ghost Town In US Has Been Burning For 62 Years
According to the state's Department of Environmental Protection, the fire could burn for another century if left uncontrolled.
-
2 Brothers Get Death Sentence For Raping, Burning Minor Girl In Rajasthan
Two men convicted of raping and murdering a 14-year-old girl in August last year - by burning her alive in a coal furnace - have been sentenced to death by a special court in Rajasthan's Bhilwara.
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Delhi Man Slept With Stove On To Beat The Cold, Was Burnt To Death
A bouncer who worked in Delhi was allegedly charred to death in his sleep after a fire emanated from a burning coal brazier (angithi) kept in his room in New Manglapuri area of the national capital, police said on Thursday.
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Watch: Street Food Vendor Adds Burning Coal In Chutney, Internet Calls It "Toxic"
The unique chutney video caught the internet's attention. People have expressed their concern over the "toxic food."
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Telangana Student Made To Walk Over Burning Coal By 'Exorcist': Cops
A 19-year-old woman with burns was hospitalised after a person claiming to be an exorcist allegedly made her walk and stand on burning coal to cure her of 'mental illness'
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"No Diesel Generators, Increase Parking Fees": Air Quality Panel On Delhi
Use of diesel generators in Delhi must stop (except for emergencies), parking fees must increase by three-four times, and burning of coal and firewood cannot be allowed at hotels and open-air eateries, the Central Pollution Control Board said today.
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COP26 Aims To Banish Coal. Asia Is Building Coal-Fired Plants To Burn It
On the coastline near India's southern tip, workers toil on a pier carrying a conveyor belt that cuts a mile into the Indian Ocean where the azure waters are deep enough for ships to berth and unload huge cargoes of coal.
-
Centre Tweaks Policy To Use Biomass Pellets In Coal-Fired Power Plants
The power ministry has set a revised policy to use biomass pellets in coal-burning thermal power plants, encouraging use of agricultural waste that is otherwise burnt by farmers, causing air pollution.
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Air Quality Panel Asks 11 Thermal Plants Near Delhi To Co-Fire Biomass Pellets
Centre's air quality commission has directed 11 thermal power plants within 300-km radius of Delhi to co-fire biomass pellets with coal, saying this can utilise millions of tonnes of biomass, address issue of stubble burning and reduce air pollution
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Over 5 Lakh People Died Due To Air pollution In 2016 In India: Report
More than five lakh people died prematurely in India in 2016 due to dangerous levels of outdoor air pollution and over 97,000 of the them died after being exposed to pollutants from coal burning, a new report revealed on Thursday.
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Thirteen Miners Dead After Fire Engulfs A Czech Coal Mine
Thirteen miners died and 10 were injured after a fire caused by burning methane erupted in a black coal mine in the east of the Czech Republic
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4 Workers Suffocate In Storeroom Of Wedding Venue In Punjab
Four people working for a wedding resort in Punjab's Tarn Taran suffocated in a storeroom where they had kept burning coal to keep warm, police said.
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Household Burning And Coal Combustion Are Responsible For 75% Pollution-Related Deaths
Exposure to household burning emissions and coal combustion were the main reasons behind 75 per cent of air pollution-related deaths in India in 2015 which came chiefly from rural areas, reveals a report.
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Power Major NTPC Plan To Buy Farm Stubble Raise Hopes Of Cleaner Air
Raising hopes that farmers would not need to burn crop residue that has contributed to the dense smog in north India this year, the country's largest power producer has decided to buy crop residue from farmers and blend it with coal at its power plants.
