NTPC records 148% growth in coal production from its mines compared to April last year: Power ministry

NTPC recorded 23.2 million tonnes of coal production last financial year (FY) 2023 against 14.02 million tonnes of FY 2022  

IQAir Report: Take the findings with a pinch of salt, says expert

Many developing countries, unlike India, do not have proper air monitoring systems; if they did, India's ranking would be better

Sinking town: Probe NTPC project, say experts as subsidence creates panic in Joshimath

Uttarakhand government to prepare prefabricated buildings to shift people whose houses have cracked  

Repowering: Why Tamil Nadu’s old wind turbines are still awaiting replacement

Benign environmental conditions, low maintenance costs among factors resulting in Tamil Nadu’s 2-decade-old turbines still being in use &…

Palli Sabha at Odisha's Dhinkia opposes steel, cement power plant

Villagers demanded scrapping of proposed power plant over 2,900 acres, which was previously acquired for POSCO's steel project

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 5, 2019)

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

Why are fly ash brick manufacturers in a tough spot?

Though the government has stressed on increasing fly ash utilisation in the country, manufacturers allege that a situation of scarcity is being …

The promise and reality of renewable energy

This is not the time to be complacent with green power growth in India because the challenges have grown too

10 interesting facts on India’s largest solar power plant

When this solar power plant will work to its full capacity, it will account for nearly 10 per cent of India’s installed solar capacity

Crowd at the gate

Everyone wants a piece of the pie in the sky  

Why better policies are needed for sewage water use in thermal power plants

Thermal power plants within 50 km of STPs are required to use treated sewage; but there has not been any positive move on ground

Simply Put: In the name of development

Policy Backfires

Policy design allows dirty fuels like pet coke and furnace oil to flourish 

Four people killed in protests at coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh

Protestors were demonstrating against land forcibly acquired for plant

Now land acquisition stir in Punjab

Farmers protest thermal power project by Indiabulls  

Smog havoc

The great rush

Biomass pellets: CPCB’s revised grants highly inadequate to close demand-supply gap

CPCB has underestimated the cost of setting up a pellet manufacturing unit, say experts

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 12, 2023)

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

Budget 2023-24: Centre lacks clarity on India’s climate change obligations

Government should not allow the ageing units to operate endlessly and instead consider the environmental damage and GHG emissions from such units

Coal crisis: Why Delhi’s coal stock is critical & what other states are doing

Delhi generates 1,107 megawatts of electricity and imports 4,154 MW from neighbouring states

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 17, 2019)

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

Trump’s remark on India’s coal usage highly misleading

This is the second time that US has blamed India and China for pulling out of the climate agreement

Pet coke conundrum

We are buying the world’s dirtiest fuel as if we have no worries of air pollution. This needs to change

Thermal power sector needs to save water, feel experts

Experts suggested various good practices and possible solutions to reduce thermal sectors dependence on water