COAL TROUBLE

'Coal will dominate at least for the coming 200 years'

ALEX C TOOHEY, a chemical engineer, is the chief executive of the World Coal Institute (WCI), London. The WCI is a non-profit, non-governmental …

Corn against mercury

Quarry in quagmire

Caught in a death trap, Jharia residents await doomsday. While BCCL openly displays a let-them-die attitude and the government remains silent, …

Coal storage

Book>>Report>>A moving story, but sans villains--humankind is pitted against nature's fury. But the Centralia inferno was created by …

Burnt fingers

It is a great shame when the World Bank tells us how to rehabilitate our people

Cleansing solution

Next phase of India's clean coal initiative in the pipeline

100-year Jharia fire: SC asks amicus curiae to help in rehabilitation

Apex court directs Centre, Jharkhand, Bengal, other authorities to assit Gaurav Aggarwal

Fuelling pollution

How coal plants will avoid complying with new emission norms

An analysis by non-profit Centre for Science and Environment finds active help from the Ministry of Power and Central Electricity Authority

Consigned to flames

Central and state authorities fiddle while underground coalfields burn in Jharia in the state of Jharkhand

धुआं-मुक्त ‘सिटी ऑफ जॉय’

धुएं की बढ़ती समस्या ने आधिकारिक चिंता और घबराहट पैदा क�…

Who’s afraid of auctioning coal?

Centre continues to allocate coal blocks despite calls for competitive bidding

Moving from monopoly to competition, Centre opens up coal mining to private sector

The decision will increase competitiveness and allow the use of best possible technology into the sector

मौत की मांग

मुआवजे के लिए 35 साल से संघर्ष कर रहा है एक गांव। ग्रामीणो�…

Adani should bow out gracefully from its Carmichael coal mine

With the last major court case cleared, Adani is free to proceed with its Carmichael coal mine. But the business case is not looking good

Environment ministry panel exempts public hearing for companies seeking coal mine expansion

Doing away with public hearing will seriously undermine the EIA notification in letter and spirit

NTPC gearing up to meet new emission norms

India’s largest generator is planning FGD installations and SCR pilot projects to meet the new norms

Mine collapse kills six in Jharkhand, 12 feared trapped

The caved in mine saw illegal extraction of coal

विकास की राख और धुआं

गिरीडीह में औद्योगिक प्रदूषण ने स्थानीय लोगों के स्वास�…

कोयले के व्यवसायिक खनन का रास्ता खुला

भारत सरकार ने 20 फरवरी को कोयला खनन के दरवाजे निजी कंपनिय�…

Coal blocks on offer

Under new policy, Centre offers 17 blocks with total reserve of 8.5 billion tonnes to state-run firms

'Rat-hole coal mining must be discontinued'

There is no such thing as environmentally acceptable and safe rat-hole coal mining 

Who will pay for Adani’s Carmichael coal mine project?

While the mining firm has given a green light to the Carmichael project, essential loan for its realisation has not been secured

Is coal mineral or bioresource?

Biodiversity board in Madhya Pradesh challenges coal companies