WHO, WMA, other health leaders seek legally binding pact to turn off fossil fuels

Over 190 groups ask high-income countries to help others with global phase-out

Biomass co-firing: Why India’s target for coal power plants is challenging

Biomass pellet suppliers fetch better prices from other industries

Simply Put: Zero emission house

Simply Put: Deforestation due to coal

Use of dirty fuels is pervasive in Ghana. What can be done to transition to clean energy

Giving subsidies could help more households use clean fuels

Do India's poor need coal from Adani's Carmichael mine?

Not if it restricts the Indian consumer’s options to source affordable energy

As told to Parliament (March 23, 2022): Thermal plants coal stock at 39% of normative requirement

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Polluting coal power plants may get blanket 20-year extension of compliance deadlines 

Only 5% Category C plants in compliance with emission norms at present

Simply Put: Silencing pollution

Emissions from oil have risen most during last one year; overall global carbon emission reached all time high

Emission reduction reaches a plateau; overshoot to 1.5-degree Celsius rise inevitable; says multiple reports

Two years from now, India will see biggest percentage growth in energy consumption: IEA

Asia will consume half of the world’s power for the first time by 2025

China’s climate pledge and the 2020 irony

Last year China produced a record 3.84 billion tonnes of coal since 2015

Nuclear power or coal plants? Study weighs in on costs and benefits

Environmental costs from both power sources were also examined by the study

Blast in Anpara D power station

Hydrogen leakage from generator suspected to have caused blast

Coal burning responsible for heavy air pollution in India: IEACCC study

Implementing emission norms, running clean coal power need of the hour, the study says

Bengal buys dirtiest coal-based power generated in India: CSE study

TPPs in the state have not taken adequate measures to control pollution

As told to Parliament (December 1, 2021): Lightning strikes killed 2,862 Indians in 2020

All that was discussed in the House through the day

MoEFCC finalises emission standards for small boilers; but silent on whether they’re applicable for Delhi-NCR

Techno-centric policies, cleaner fuels needed to shave off industrial emissions

COVID-19: Why power sector revival will likely be long haul

COVID-19 shocks may prompt major energy transitions to gas, wind and solar sector

Dumping emissions: Countries building new fossil fuel projects in Africa but mostly for export

Planned projects will drive up Africa’s fossil fuel capacity by 116%

UK announces ‘Energy Price Guarantee’, supports shale gas & oil

UK will become a net energy exporter by 2040, Prime Minister Liz Truss says

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 27, 2023)

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

Developed nations should phase out fossil fuels by early 2030s, fund developing nations: Report

US, UK, EU, Japan, and Australia must more than double NDC ambition to reach lower end of their fair share

Winter shutdown of coal plants based on flawed logic, won’t improve Delhi’s air

Stations should comply with environmental norms at the earliest  

As told to Parliament (March 9, 2021): Implementation of farm laws stayed till further orders

All that was discussed in the House through the day