‘Approval of GM mustard may threaten food security, increase pesticide tolerance’ Subject :Environment Context- Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), which functions in the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, might approve the commercial cultivation of modified mustard. This would be the first time since 2002 for such approval to grow GM […]

    Why producing CBG, LBG, hydrogen, methanol from biogas can be beneficial Subject :Environment Biogas, a renewable fuel produced using the anaerobic digestion process from organic feedstock, is primarily composed of methane (50-65 per cent), carbon dioxide (30-40 per cent), hydrogen sulfide (1-2.5 per cent) and a very small fraction of moisture.  It was […]

    Tamil Nadu’s mission to save the critically endangered vultures Subject :Environment Context- The Tamil Nadu Government formed a State-level Committee to set up an institutional framework for the effective conservation of vultures, which almost went extinct in the country at the beginning of the 21st century. Tamil Nadu is a pioneer. It banned […]

    Global warming is forgotten as soaring energy prices and supply disruptions drive a return to coal Subject :Environment Context : Coal prices breached the $200 per short tonne (0.907 metric tonnes) mark in the US, with high grade Northern Appalachia coal averaging $204.95 in the first week of October — the first time […]