India to get 25 solar parks

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to spend Rs 4,046.25 crore on developing the parks

COP27: Dash for natural gas on a scale that threatens 1.5°C goal, says report

Cumulative emissions from LNG are estimated to be over 40 Gigatonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalent (CO2) higher between 2020 and 2050

Is time ticking for coal

Business-as-usual will not work to combat climate crisis. Difficult targets must be set to reduce carbon emissions

Practical matters

Despite growth in renewables, coal-based power will continue to fulfil a large share of India's power needs. Instead of resisting the new …

2022 too short, too far: How close did the world move towards the clean energy dream?

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022

Environment ministry makes forest rights Act irrelevant in initial stage of forest clearance

Letter from MOEFCC regarding Western Coalfields projects in Maharashtra also shun tribal ministry’s concerns

Can biomass pellets reduce emissions in coal plants?

NTPC’s move to use biomass pellets can prove to be a shot in the arm to thermal power plants in Delhi-NCR 

The truth about US emissions

A close look at the inventory published by the US Environmental Protection Agency shows emissions rose and dipped due to market forces and …

Silence is the best policy

Some sectors perform at the global best levels, others can reach there

Mining sans social consent

Andhra Pradesh coal firm’s plan to convert underground mine to open cast will affect people of eight villages

As told to Parliament (March 17, 2021): Indian Railways eye 20 GW solar power from vacant land by 2030

All that was discussed in the House through the day

China unveils new energy strategy to cut coal usage by 2020

It will rely more on natural and shale gas

Green bonds: Is it green finance or green-washing?

A foremost requirement to develop a robust green bond market is to harmonise international and domestic guidelines and standards for …

MoEFCC revises fly ash notification

Fly ash to be given free of cost for agricultural and construction purposes says MoEFCC official at CSE conference

Leading financers who pledged Net Zero are still backing fossil fuel expansion, finds report

Over 100 major coal, oil and gas players given $269 billion by financial institutions part of GFANZ

King Coal is dethroned in the US – and that's good news for the environment

For the first time ever, natural gas overtook coal as the top source of US electricity generation

Chhattisgarh activist, Ramesh Agrawal, bags Goldman prize

He used RTI to block big corporations, such as Jindal group, that have mining and steel interests in the state

South Asia

Can carbon capture be new hope for mitigating CO2 emissions?

NTPC Vindhyachal implements carbon capture technology

Maharashtra power plant agrees to set up desulphurisation unit

MAHAGENCO Koradi will be the second inland freshwater-based FGD installation in India

Opencast expansion at Chhattisgarh mine violates NGT order

The EAC recommended that the coal mine be expanded to 1.5 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) from 1 MTPA through opencast method

New MoEFCC notification on fly ash includes solar, wind power plants for reclamation

Manufacturers raise concern as price of fly ash bricks to be decided by CPWD’s schedule of rates

India’s environment dealt a double blow by NDA government

Small coal mining projects have been exempted from public hearings; moratorium on expansion of industries in critically polluted areas has been lifted

COP28 recap: 5 insider highlights from negotiation rooms of Global Stocktake text

The two-week long battle of negotiations saw many competing priorities from countries influencing the text