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

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

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

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

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  

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 …

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

Time to bid adieu

Acid rain in Orissa?