Global industrial emissions: Steeling through?
The sector is not adopting cutting-edge technologies, switching fuels, or even working on energy efficiency and demand reduction
Sustainable climate policy cannot dodge the question of consumption
Climate policy rooted in aggressively perpetuating consumption cannot guarantee more than a temporary respite from ecological crisis
New method to fabricate graphene sheet fabricated from camphor
With the new technology, the layer can be extracted and transferred to other substrates depending on the application
100-year Jharia fire: SC asks amicus curiae to help in rehabilitation
Apex court directs Centre, Jharkhand, Bengal, other authorities to assit Gaurav Aggarwal
Fossil fuels have no place in COVID-19 recovery plans: UN chief
“We can invest in fossil fuels that are lethal or we can invest in renewable energy which is reliable. We have a choice,” said Antonio&…
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
A plateau? Global CO2 emissions rose less than initially feared in 2022, says IEA
Clean energy growth offset much of the impact of greater coal and oil use, according to the IEA analysis
GOBAR-Dhan: CSE’s roadmap can address the challenges faced by Bio-CNG in India
CSE worked closely with the Ministry of Jal Shakti & identified the opportunities that can be tapped to realise the potential of organic …
‘Green’ steel, cement for clean energy? Not yet there, says IEA; here’s why
In order to achieve net zero emission target, battery manufacturing capacity for electronic vehicles has to multiply by six times the present …
Battery electric vehicles might beat hydrogen fuel in a cost-benefit analysis, at least for now
Currently in India, battery electric vehicles are more viable than green hydrogen & biofuels. But that may change as technologies are scaled up
University of Houston takes a leap forward in sodium-ion battery tech
Develops electrolyte that enables reversible sodium plating; May help replace unsustainable lithium-ion batteries
How surging oil prices threaten world’s climate goals
Over half carbon dioxide emitted from fussil fuel burning in 2020 was from oil, natural gas
Why green hydrogen may be the clean fuel for future
Declining costs of renewables and urgency to curb greenhouse gas emissions is accelerating potential growth of hydrogen in political and business …
DTE Coverage of World EV Day 2023
DTE delved into various aspects of vehicular electrification in both, India and the Global South
India’s coal production to surpass a billion tonnes by 2025: IEA annual report
Russian invasion of Ukraine sharply altered the dynamics of coal trade, prices, supply and demand patterns
Are we equipped to meet 2022 deadline on emission standards?
Almost seven years since the notification, not even 7 per cent of India’s coal capacity meets the standards issued by the MoEF&CC
Why efforts to clean up charcoal production in sub-Saharan Africa aren’t working
The average person in sub-Saharan Africa consumes 0.69 cubic metres of charcoal per year, 2.5 times more than the amount of wood fuel an average …
‘Signing RCEP will mean no duties on solar products’
Amit Gupta, director of legal and corporate affairs, Vikram Solar, talks to Down To Earth about the solar industry’s perspective on …
Carmichael approval a death-knell for the Great Barrier Reef
The go-ahead for the Adani Carmichael mine in Australia will be the end of the world’s ocean jewel
World’s 60 largest banks pumped $5.5 trillion into fossil fuels after the Paris Agreement: Report
$673 billion spent on fossil fuel financing in just 2022; clean energy finance has been largely stagnant
New CSE report advocates incentives and penalties for getting clean power
‘First Run’ urges incentivising power stations that meet revised pollution norms and penalising those that don’t
Union Budget 2022-23: National biomass co-firing policy mooted by CSE in focus
Co-firing to cut CO2 by 38 million tonnes annually, says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in budget speech
What the Asia-Pacific needs to leap forward on climate action
To break their 'two steps forward, one step back' routine on climate action, the Asia-Pacific needs to start delivering on ambitious emissions targets
Oceans absorb 90% of human-induced planet warming: Study
Earth’s energy is out of balance; planet to warm more if imbalance persists or increases, paper warns
Record demand for coal power in 2021, way off Net Zero: IEA
Carbon emissions from coal will be 3 gigatonnes higher in 2024 than required to achieve Net Zero emissions by 2050