"Alternative fuel helps us tide over oil crises"

LUIS FERNANDES, Brazil's deputy minister for science and technology, talks to T V JAYAN about his government's biodiesel project and its other …

Is Kamala Harris a reliable climate leader?

Harris, the democratic vice-presidential candidate, expressed support for the Green New Deal, but has represented the establishment wing of the …

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

Mixed reactions: COP28 focuses on fossil fuel role in climate change but disregards equity, says CSE

Inclusion of fossil fuels in Global Stocktake important starting point, rest a mixed bag

Biofuels more dangerous than fossil fuels

Mara II Mahan coal block in MP’s Singrauli is emblematic of India’s ongoing energy dilemma

The coal block will power India’s energy needs, as we are still highly reliant on fossil fuels; but what about the local people of the area,…

Not just lungs, carbon particles can penetrate into placenta of pregnant women

A new research has found evidence that air pollutants pass from lungs to the placenta

The obvious choice

COP28: Global Stocktake adopted, final text attempts stronger language on fossil fuels

Language calling out production of fossil fuels is now missing — a trade off for not making actions optional

US treasury supports international financing of gas-fired power plants despite government restrictions

Four power plants will emit over 6 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent a year at their lowest estimates 

Simply Put: Fossil fuel lobby at CoP26

Warming the world

Polluted cities

Air pollution in several US cities was severe this summer, says a recent report

Clinton's agenda in India

Consuming bill

US energy bill passed by house of representatives

G-20 countries deceive the world by promoting fossil gas production

Shifting reliance from one fossil fuel to a relatively lesser polluting fossil fuel will not lead to de-carbonization

Tanzania’s gas boom that never was — when local hopes are dashed by global realities

Perceptions of what gas could bring in the future changed; the industry shattered dreams and left environmental effects such as pollution …

Southern African countries can do better at infrastructure: What the choices might look like

Decision makers need to employ strategic foresight to better navigate uncertainty, upheaval and inevitable change

What Big Oil knew about climate change, in its own words

Heads of oil industry had been privately informed by their leaders that their products would alter the climate of the planet long ago; they …

Things go North - Update I

Formal negotiations are once again on hold while discussions take place behind closed doors

COP23 at Bonn: “US still in”, say dissenting senators, but sense of crisis still palpable

Democratic Senators try to assure rest of the world that the people of US are committed to fulfill climate obligations

Energy tax alternative still remains elesive

The US senate is in a dilemma because every alternative they have thought up to the contentious energy tax has received loud protests from some …

A step too small

The government fails again to take the right decision and carries on with its lopsided fuel policy

The Green World Order: India vs China — who can lead?

The world is sitting on the brink of a catastrophe. Neither the US nor China is keen to safeguard the world through their roadmaps on the Green …

Never to be renewed reality