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Reports claim that environmental dilapidation can cause a loss of PKR 365 billion every year and hence, it can even deteriorate the economy! Climate change primarily is global warming caused by emission of greenhouse gases via human activity and is responsible for the large-scale alterations in the weather pattern. Human activity burns fossil fuels to produce energy which releases carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This greenhouse gas traps heat energy from the sun causing a greenhouse effect. Climatic scientists highlight that Pakistan is particularly susceptible to climate change impacts because…

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The Punjab government has decided to shift government offices, schools, colleges, universities and health units across Punjab to solar power under the Green Energy Programme through which Rs108 billion will be saved annually. A comprehensive plan has been formulated to increase the use of solar energy in the light of the directives issued by Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar. In the first phase of the programme, government offices and educational institutions in Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan and Sahiwal will be shifted to solar power while in the second phase, government offices…

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Shell and its European rivals are seeking new business models to reduce their dependency on fossil fuels and appeal to investors concerned about the long-term outlook for an industry under intense pressure to slash greenhouse gas emissions. Shell will present its strategy on Feb. 11 and unlike Total and BP the company will focus more on becoming an intermediary between clean power producers and customers than investing billions in renewable projects, the sources said, giving previously unreported details of the plan. Shell announced in October it would increase its spending…

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Pakistan is facing an oil and natural gas shortage due to a considerable decrease in local production this year. The official data revealed that the commercial supply of oil decreased by 19.8 per cent in the financial year 2018-19 compared to the past years. The Hydrocarbon Development Institute of Pakistan, under the Ministry of Energy has published the Pakistan Energy Yearbook 2019. It states that the country has seen a 6.7 per cent increase in total energy consumption during the last six years. An increase in consumption of over 130 per…

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