Energy and environment in 21st century India

Decentralised small grids hold the key to India’s energy impasse

Reform in fossil fuel subsidy is a mitigation opportunity

Money saved from the phasing out of fuel subsidies can be used for social and development programmes

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Norway divests from coal, fossil fuel

Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global, the world’s richest sovereign wealth fund, has removed 114 companies from its portfolio

Will Rio+20 change the way the world is growing?

Green substitute

Age of dinosaurs

The greatest threat to cleaner, new age technologies is from fossil fools

UN climate change chief urges alma mater to divest from fossil fuels

Swarthmore College has an estimated $139 million in fossil fuel holdings

Electrifying ride

REVA leads the charge for electric vehicles in India

Earth’s natural cooling process offset global warming in past decade

No reason to become complacent in the fight against climate change, warn researchers

Earth’s natural cooling process offset global warming in past decade

No reason to become complacent in the fight against climate change, warn researchers

Mercury-laced food

Sun, sea and snow bring mercury down to the Earth and in the food

China unveils new energy strategy to cut coal usage by 2020

It will rely more on natural and shale gas

Climate change to cut South Asia’s growth by 8.8 per cent by end of century: ADB

GDP loss for Maldives projected at 12.6 per cent, for India 8.7 per cent

Methane time bomb ticks under melting Arctic ice

Global warming releasing large amounts of dangerous greenhouse gas from permafrost

Lessons from Japan: Diversify energy options

The nuclear mess in Japan has raised many questions. There were glaring technological errors at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. A section of US …

New NASA video shows how carbon dioxide flows in Earth’s atmosphere

Nearly all emissions of the greenhouse gas originate in the Northern Hemisphere

World Bank should clean up its act, say UK MPs

Renewable energy: areas of concern for Union Budget 2013-14

There is a need for mainstreaming renewable energy, but the budget outlay proposed in the 12th Plan is grossly inadequate

China's per capita carbon emissions surpass EU's

India has one of four highest CO2 emissions in the world, says report

Institutional investors call for carbon pricing to tackle climate change

Ahead of Ban Ki-moon’s Climate Summit, 340 global institutional investors call on governments to phase out subsidies on fossil fuels and …

G20 nations subsidise fossil fuel exploration by $88bn a year: study

Study carried out by US and UK experts is the “most detailed breakdown yet of global fossil fuel subsidies”

Putting carbon back in the land is just a smokescreen for real climate action

Storing carbon on land is useful for combating climate change, but it is no replacement for reducing fossil fuel emissions

China eyes more coal-fired power plants despite production surplus, pollution woes

As the power demand growth has slowed from 10 to three per cent or less per year, China now risks wasting half a trillion dollars on new coal-…

India, please don't make the same mistakes we made in industrialised world: Swiss President

President Leuthard urged India to explore the possibility of close collaboration between research institute and policymakers on clean energy