Captive coal block miners, too, must share profits with people
Steel and cement makers who own captive coal blocks spend less on coal than those who have to buy it for their production process
Biodiversity body claims coal
In a first-of-its-kind case, a biodiversity committee in Madhya Pradesh asks for royalty on coal
Damodar - Ten years after
How has the river that flows through one of the most industrialised regions in India fared since it was first written about in 1993? Down to …
Dirty fuel
Even as China reduces carbon dioxide emissions by reducing coal use, US policy encourages it
Abandoned mine behind highway collapse in West Bengal
India coal power capacity static for 6 months: Report
Average share of renewable energy in daily generation goes up to 12.9% from 12.3% in a year
Thermal power sector needs to save water, feel experts
Experts suggested various good practices and possible solutions to reduce thermal sectors dependence on water
Budget 2023-24: Centre lacks clarity on India’s climate change obligations
Government should not allow the ageing units to operate endlessly and instead consider the environmental damage and GHG emissions from such units
What does China want?
The Asian giant is sending out conflicting signals on whether it intends to curb greenhouse gas emissions, pollution
Use of dirty fuels is pervasive in Ghana. What can be done to transition to clean energy
Giving subsidies could help more households use clean fuels
Do India's poor need coal from Adani's Carmichael mine?
Not if it restricts the Indian consumer’s options to source affordable energy
Are we equipped to meet 2022 deadline on emission standards?
Almost seven years since the notification, not even 7 per cent of India’s coal capacity meets the standards issued by the MoEF&CC
Why efforts to clean up charcoal production in sub-Saharan Africa aren’t working
The average person in sub-Saharan Africa consumes 0.69 cubic metres of charcoal per year, 2.5 times more than the amount of wood fuel an average …
India’s coal production to surpass a billion tonnes by 2025: IEA annual report
Russian invasion of Ukraine sharply altered the dynamics of coal trade, prices, supply and demand patterns
Renewable energy sources defeating coal, says report
Lenders prefer renewable energy over coal, especially in 2018: Centre for Financial Analysis Report Coal Vs Renewable
Carmichael approval a death-knell for the Great Barrier Reef
The go-ahead for the Adani Carmichael mine in Australia will be the end of the world’s ocean jewel
More forest diversions likely in Singrauli
Greenpeace report says pollution from coal-fired thermal plants not considered while allowing mining in coal belt
Open cast mining threatens Assam
India didn’t need to let power producers emit more of deadly oxides of nitrogen; here’s why
Limiting NOx emission at 300 mg / Nm3 is doable, claims Finnish state-owned Fortum Oyj; Environment ministry relaxed norms to 450 mg / Nm3 in October
As told to Parliament (March 23, 2022): Thermal plants coal stock at 39% of normative requirement
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Mining rights subject to closure plan
New CSE report advocates incentives and penalties for getting clean power
‘First Run’ urges incentivising power stations that meet revised pollution norms and penalising those that don’t
World Environment Day 2020: Looking ahead of lockdown
The COVID-19 lockdown brought us clean air and a blue sky, but at a cost; What do we need to keep it going? Sunita Narain sets the agenda
Goa increases coal handling capacity of Mormugao Port, a protected natural harbour
Since 2001-02, the port has tripled its coal and coke-carrying capacities, resulting in a disasterous impact on the air quality in the area
The foetal consequences of pollution