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The Ama Dablam peak in the Himalayas
INDIA is now the world’s second-largest importer of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), a move that the government is spinning as a push towards green energy alternatives to traditional cooking fuel, such as firewood and cow dung.
LPG is frequently touted as a green fossil fuel because it releases less carbon dioxide than coal or oil. Environmentalists, however, dispute its green credientials.
Chief scientist for Greenpeace UK Dr Doug Parr told the Star: “Gas is a fossil fuel, burning it releases CO2 into the atmosphere, and extracting it in the first place normally entails large accidental methane releases, both of which accelerate climate change and all the environmental disasters that will bring.
The Communist Party of Britain’s Congress last month debated a resolution on ending opposition to all nuclear power in light of technological advances and the climate crisis. RICHARD HEBBERT explains why
One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results
