Energy-efficient Germany feeds on ‘dirty’ US’ coal

Coal imports by the European nation expected to increase as government subsidies end in 2018

North Carolina senate passes bill to regulate coal ash ponds

Loopholes in the bill prevent it from being a strong mechanism, say environmentalists and political leaders

Coal mining to be allowed in non-forest areas after Stage I of forest clearance: Government

Environment ministry takes decision after coal ministry complains of delay in projects due to mining ban in these areas

WHO, WMA, other health leaders seek legally binding pact to turn off fossil fuels

Over 190 groups ask high-income countries to help others with global phase-out

Biomass co-firing: Why India’s target for coal power plants is challenging

Biomass pellet suppliers fetch better prices from other industries

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Central panel opens up forest for Adani mine despite Chhattisgarh’s reservation

Forest Advisory Committee gives Stage 1 clearance to Parsa coal mining project under the umbrage of fait accompli despite clear concerns about …

How China is cleaning the highly-polluting coal power sector

The largest producer of coal power successfully cleans the highly polluting sector with strict emission norms and effective implementation

NGT sends notices to THDC, pollution control board on coal-fired power plant in Uttar Pradesh

Questions have been raised over procedural irregularities in granting environmental clearance

Trouble for Adani’s Carmichael project continues as locals go to court

The Carmichael mining project in Australia faces another legal challenge as aboriginal group claims ownership of land

Town today, gone tomorrow

Morwa town, built to serve mining companies, faces the ugly truth of its own displacement

Power Generation and Increasing Water Scarcity: Interview with Barbara Schreiner

The Executive Director of Pegasys Institute in South Africa talks about thermal power generation and water shortage in her country

Much of world’s fossil fuel must stay unburnt to meet climate target: report

Over 80 per cent of coal, 50 per cent of gas and 30 per cent of oil reserves are “unburnable” under the goal to limit global warming

How clean is Delhi’s electricity? Not much, finds CSE study

A third of the Capital’s power is from coal-fired plants that don’t follow emission norms

The bogey of green clearances

Powerless and lost

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 18, 2022)

Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal

Chhattisgarh Assembly passes resolution against Hasdeo coal mining

State’s lawmakers urge Union government to cancel coal blocks allocated in forests; Echo long-standing opposition by tribals, activists

Climate hypocrisy? Germany’s coal-fuelled power sector more polluting than India, China currently

Germany’s measures, while possibly a temporary reaction to an abrupt reduction in Russian gas supplies, call into serious question its …

In a first, fly ash particles found in Antarctic ice, thousands of kilometres from potential source

The sample dated back to 1936, indicating physical markers of fossil fuel combustion have been trapped in ice layers for decades

Coal shortage: With energy prices at record high, will global energy crisis deepen

The prices of natural gas, crude oil, petrol, diesel and coal have all hit new highs in the international market due to rising demand after COVID-…

National centre for clean coal R&D opened

The centre is established as a national consortium on clean coal research and development under Indian Institute of Science’s leadership

India is hedging its bets on coal to bring power to the people

India is at a crossroads: how to bring electricity to millions of people without power, while …