Rajya Sabha passes coal mining bill

Amendments suggested by members of Parliament rejected

Coal scam: spare 46 coal blocks, Centre urges SC

BJP government seeks to protect 46 mines, already producing coal, from imminent cancellation by Supreme Court. Cites investments and a looming …

Jharkhand tribals up against mining companies

Let forests be mined: coal ministry

It asks Cabinet to remove restrictions on mining areas

Tussle over coal blocks in forests

35 per cent of nine coalfields are ‘no-go’ areas

Cabinet committee approves auction method for coal blocks

Coal ministry directed to follow environment ministry guidelines on inviolate areas, forests and wildlife habitats

Norms for coal mines

Compliance tax

Cleansing solution

Next phase of India's clean coal initiative in the pipeline

Highway subsides

Centre approves evacuation in fire zones

Centre stops mining near Tadoba

Leases to Adani group near tiger reserve to be cancelled

EU bloc picture of contradiction as fossil fuel dependence continues despite ambitious climate goals

Just as the world prepares to negotiate phase out of all fossil fuels at COP28, the EU bloc, a prominent Global North member, is split on the issue

Delhi-NCR coal ban: Industrial units complain of soaring gas prices, difficulty to meet emissions standards

Centre for Science and Environment spoke with industrial associations about their experience of moving away from coal

Plastic production accounts for much larger carbon footprint than previously thought

Global carbon footprint of plastic doubled since 1995, reaching two billion GtCO2-tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2015 

UNEP production gap report: Net-zero targets by countries are empty pledges without plans

Governments are planning to produce more than double the production of fossil fuels than what the world requires to limit global temperature rise …

No new coal by 2021: Zimbabwe, South Africa may become outliers, flags report

The two southern African countries have new coal projects in the pipeline amid clamour to move away from coal to cleaner fuel

Is the Modi government serious about climate change?

Unlikely since nobody knows where and how it has spent environmental cessess, such as the coal cess, meant to mitigate climate change 

Is this ‘legitimate rape’?

The official response to CAG’s report on captive coal mines fails to address serious issues on the loot of natural resources

Stink in the northeast

Unscientific coal mining is threatening the pristine beauty of Meghalaya while affecting the lives of many people

Adani Group denies it is pulling out of Australia’s latest coal project

But speculation over the group’s future role in the project continues

Blackened

A greenscape goes black

Meghalaya becomes a quarry for uncontrolled coal mining

Researchers convert carbon dioxide in to coal

Researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia have for the first time developed a process to turn CO2 into coal. The new process uses …

Supreme Court terms coal block allocations 'illegal'

Bench headed by chief justice says Centre made the allocations in an arbitrary and unfair manner