Carbon Dioxide Emissions
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Elon Musk announces USD 100 million prize for developing technology to capture carbon dioxide emissi
World | Jan 22, 2021, 12:09 PM ISTTesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has announced to donate $100 million towards a prize for the best carbon capture technology.
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World carbon dioxide emissions drop 7% in pandemic-hit 2020
World | Dec 11, 2020, 08:33 AM ISTA locked-down pandemic-struck world cut its carbon dioxide emissions this year by 7%, the biggest drop ever, new preliminary figures show.
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'Green inhalers' may lower carbon footprint and med costs: Study
Science | Oct 31, 2019, 12:07 PM ISTLooking at the prescription data from England in 2017, researchers, including those from the University of Cambridge in the UK, collated the carbon footprint data on inhalers -- commonly used for conditions such as asthma -- and compared the financial and environmental costs of different inhalers.
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India 4th highest emitter of carbon dioxide; emissions expected to grow by 6.3 per cent in 2018: Study
India | Dec 06, 2018, 04:43 PM ISTIn India, emissions are expected to grow by a solid 6.3 per cent in 2018, pushed by strong economic growth of around 8 per cent per year.
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Internet emits 830 million tonnes of carbon dioxide
World | Jan 06, 2013, 04:36 PM ISTMelbourne,Jan 6: Internet and other components of information communication and technology (ICT) industry annually produces more than 830 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2), the main greenhouse gas, and is expected to double by 2020,