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fossil fuels
Coal keeps powering India as booming economy crushes green hopes
In recent months, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has green-lit a fresh wave of power station development and extended the lifespan of many existing coal assets. It’s a decision that puts India at odds with global allies who’re shunning the fuel on climate grounds
16 April 2024, 03:38 IST
Coal keeps powering India as booming economy crushes green hopes
16 April 2024, 03:38 IST
March marks yet another record in global heat
Each of the last 10 months ranked as the world's hottest on record, compared with the corresponding month in previous years, the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said in a monthly bulletin.
09 April 2024, 02:50 IST
March marks yet another record in global heat
09 April 2024, 02:50 IST
Energy security or plastic profits?
Fossil fuel and chemical industries’ interests are influencing India’s positions in various multilateral environmental and trade agreements related to climate, plastics, and chemicals.
27 March 2024, 20:53 IST
Energy security or plastic profits?
27 March 2024, 20:53 IST
COP28 president urges countries to set plans for fossil fuel transition
COP28 president Al Jaber said countries must update their plans to tackle climate change, known as nationally determined contributions or NDCs.
20 February 2024, 11:19 IST
COP28 president urges countries to set plans for fossil fuel transition
20 February 2024, 11:19 IST
New coal mines to be added, existing ones expanded to meet higher demand: Coal India chairman
Coal India plans to start operations in 5 new mines and expand 16 existing ones to address growing demand, said Chairman P M Prasad
15 February 2024, 06:06 IST
New coal mines to be added, existing ones expanded to meet higher demand: Coal India chairman
15 February 2024, 06:06 IST
Coal, hydropower energy transitions in India involve state-sanctioned violence, arrests: Study
While the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has declared that all coal production must be phased out by 2050 to avoid dangerous levels of global warming, India is in the midst of a fossil-fuelled transition toward increased coal production, the research from the University of California Irvine, US, found.
23 January 2024, 09:30 IST
Coal, hydropower energy transitions in India involve state-sanctioned violence, arrests: Study
23 January 2024, 09:30 IST
A multi-trillion dollar showdown over energy’s future
The biggest problem facing the global energy transition over the next decade isn’t technology or politics. It’s money.
20 December 2023, 04:56 IST
A multi-trillion dollar showdown over energy’s future
20 December 2023, 04:56 IST
Until we are a developed country, India shall rely on coal: Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav
India and China strongly resisted the targeting of coal at the COP28. From 1850–2022, India has emitted 15 gigatonnes (GtC) of carbon dioxide which is just 3 per cent of the world's total compared to 115 GtC emitted by the US'.
19 December 2023, 07:29 IST
Until we are a developed country, India shall rely on coal: Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav
19 December 2023, 07:29 IST
Oil and gas should not be demonized, Elon Musk says
Musk said he considers himself an environmentalist and added that it is important that, in the long run, industries reduce the billions of tons of carbon they take from the earth and release into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels.
16 December 2023, 16:25 IST
Oil and gas should not be demonized, Elon Musk says
16 December 2023, 16:25 IST
Kuwait refuses inclusion of fossil fuels phase-out call in COP28 draft deal
However, the minister said his country deeply believes in the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions to protect environment.
12 December 2023, 01:08 IST
Kuwait refuses inclusion of fossil fuels phase-out call in COP28 draft deal
12 December 2023, 01:08 IST
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