Day: June 16, 2021

Pakistan has developed only about 9,860 megawatts (MW) of capacity, out of a potential 60,000 megawatts and if it could harness all of its potential capacity, the country could overcome its energy shortage and at the same time reduce spending on imported fuel, says Asian Development Bank (ADB). ADB in an update on its website stated that the nation’s energy mix is dominated by thermal power, with almost 60 percent of electricity generated from oil-, gas- and coal-fired power plants. Fossil fuels are neither environmentally sustainable nor cheap: Generation costs…

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Having big dreams is sexy, but only if there is a plan working quietly in the background to realize them. That’s true for life. It is also true for government policies. Since the PTI government came into power, there have been a few dreams that seem too gargantuan for their own good—5 million houses, 10 million jobs, 30 percent electric vehicles and so on. While there is planning in place slowly materializing, whether or not it is sufficient to combat all the associated risks may be all together another thing.…

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A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) has reviewed a safety initiative of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) that would allow railroads to transport liquefied natural gas (LNG) using tank cars. The congressionally mandated report found that the initiative presented a comprehensive plan of work that built on long-standing safety programs as well as offered opportunities for future research, according to an NASEM press release. The report’s findings will serve as a basis for the second phase of the National Academies’…

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After examining the use of water by the oil and gas industry during Gavin Newsom’s tenure as governor, Food & Water Watch research has found that on Newsom’s watch the industry used more than 3 billion gallons of freshwater for drilling operations that could have been diverted for household use. “Fossil fuel extraction not only hastens climate change and endangers the lives of frontline communities,” said Alexandra Nagy, director of Food & Water Watch’s California campaigns. “It also takes water from Californians struggling through one of the hottest and driest…

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The Leading Pakistani Scientist Prof. Tasawar Hayat Received The Obada-Prize Distinguished Researcher (International) 2021 Award For His Remarkable Work In The Field Of Natural Sciences, Mathematics. Prof. Hayat is a Distinguished Professor at Quaid-I-Azam University. He is Secretary General at Pakistan Academy of Sciences. His work contributions include the developments of fundamental diversified models for modified Darcy’s law, peristalsis, Cattaneo-Christov theory, fractional calculus, complex network systems and climate change thermodynamics. Prof. Hayat is the recipient of forty two awards and honors including (Hilal, Sitara and Tamgha-i-Imtiaz) by the President of…

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