India Expands 10 Plastic Parks With 50% Grant to Boost Polymer Sector

India Expands 10 Plastic Parks With 50% Grant to Boost Polymer Sector

India is accelerating the development of its polymer-based industrial ecosystem through the expansion of Plastic Parks, aimed at strengthening domestic plastic manufacturing, attracting investment, and promoting sustainable practices. The initiative, overseen by the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, is being implemented under the New Scheme of Petrochemicals. As part of the scheme, the government supports […]

Bitcoin Mining: Researchers find it environmentally unsustainable, threat to future energy

Bitcoin Mining: Researchers find it environmentally unsustainable, threat to future energy

Taken as a share of the market price, the climate change impacts of mining the digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin is more comparable to the impacts of extracting and refining crude oil than mining gold, according to an analysis published in Scientific Reports by researchers at The University of New Mexico. The authors suggest that rather than being considered […]