Deaths linked to PM2.5 2nd highest in India: Study

In India, coal accounted for 16% deaths linked to air pollution in 2015 and 17.1% in 2017

Is Rs 5-crore penalty on fly ash polluters really enough?

The NGT penalty, when compare with the profit coal power plants make, doesn’t look very effective

Delayed by decades: Centre-state tussle and red tape withhold compensation for land acquisition in Jharkhand’s coal belt

Many of those who were to be compensated, have become destitute

Death in the pit

Poison alarm

Polls take their toll

China struggles for safe mining

But many believe closing over 7,000 coalmines would be futile

No smiling matter

G20’s coal declaration is cosmetic and too little, too late

With a Code Red for humanity, the world expects nothing less than absolute withdrawal from all new investment in coal

South Africa’s Eskom seeks $10 billion for strategic closure; transition to renewables

The development is significant as the South African utility is biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in the country

Coal ministry to set up sustainable development cell

It will advise on, plan and monitor mitigation measures taken by coal companies to minimise environmental impact of mining

CAG audit points out loss of mining revenue in Odisha

The state government has accepted under assessment and other deficiencies worth Rs 773.44 crore in 180 cases out of 191 identified by CAG

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Deliberate poisoning

Will a study induce government to check contamination of waterbodies by arsenic from coalmines?

India’s coal demand to increase to 1.5 billion tonnes by 2030: Economic Survey 2021-22

Are we really planning transition to cleaner economy?  

Supreme Court cancels allotment of 214 coal blocks

All the operational mines have been asked to wind up their production by March 2015

Coal blocked

Near Tadoba Andhari reserve

EU’s top 10 emitters are all coal plants — and 7 of them are repeat offenders

Poland, Germany dominate Europe’s emissions; long-term trend of coal power emissions shows a decline

‘Anti-coal lobbying detrimental to developing economies, needs a check’

Some participants at Japan symposium talked about the need to a form a new alliance to tap the resource  

Japan symposium demands another chance for coal

Participants bat for clean coal in energy mix as Asia’s energy needs are set to double

White uprising

How fungi stopped coal formation

Terms of relief

Modernising energy