Japan uses climate finance to lend $1 billion to Indonesia for dirty coal
Observers call for clear rules on climate finance to ensure money is not spent on projects that would cause climate change
Andhra Pradesh invites bids for 500 MW solar projects
No provision for domestic content requirement in projects, which would make it obligatory for developers to source equipment locally
To fast track India’s industrial growth, FM gives sops to mining
Environmentalists say ministry of finance apathetic towards social environmental consequences
Don’t use power for 2 hours every evening, if you have a choice, Oz energy minister to citizens
The minister made the remarks during a televised address as Australia, the world's largest coal importer, is in the throes of an energy crisis
Rooftop solar: Why India is now considered to be a laggard globally
Rooftop solar in India needs easy financing, unrestricted net metering, and an easy regulatory process to make it attractive to developers …
Stolen river: NGT orders Jindal Steel to pay Rs 2 crore for ‘destroying’ Odisha nullah
JSPL, based out of Jindal Nagar in Angul, had interfered with nature by changing the natural course of the Kurdabahali Nullah that cannot be …
Trump’s big gamble to gut US power plant emissions rules loses in court, opening a door for new climate rules
The appeals court ruling in the power plant case merely confirms that many of the rollbacks rested on shaky legal grounds. These legal flaws will …
75 years of Japan atomic bombings: An open letter from people of the US
We promise to keep raising our voices to our government regarding the importance of keeping arms control treaties, they wrote
COVID-19: Prolonged lockdown can affect renewable energy sector
Power demand has gone down by 20-25%, affecting revenues of distribution companies
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 15, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
RTI amendment: Centre has no authority to make law on states
The amendment to the RTI Act does not deserve the assent of the President, writes former Central Information Commissioner M Sridhar Acharyulu in …
Ajodhya villagers, forest dwellers stop Bengal govt project at court for now
The state government acquired the land for Turga Pumped Storage Project illegally, ruled the Calcutta high court
Costa Rica beating its own records on renewable energy usage
The nation went 300 days using only renewable energy this year. It beat its own 2015 record in doing so
A new R&D lab to help small hydropower projects
The turbine model testing facility is touted to be a step for make in India, as it is said to the first independent facility for turbine …
India’s only solar cooperative receives first payment for selling surplus power
Gujarat farmers received Rs 36,005 for selling 5,097 units of power to the local power distributor
In the Parliament on March 11, 2016
Here’s a round-up of today’s debates and reports on environmental and developmental issues
Power for the future
The Institute of Plasma Research in Gujarat is working to make power generation from nuclear fusion a reality.
Molecules made to order
Restructuring molecules for specific purposes -- be it symmetry of design or to develop medicinal drugs -- has come of age in India.
Speeding up in the fast lane
India's largest particle accelerator installed in Delhi is a boon for scientists studying the behaviour of particles at high speeds.
A ray of hope for leprosy patients
Two groups of Indian scientists have developed anti-leprosy vaccines that they claim are also effective in helping victims recover.
As deadly as thermal power
Newly flooded reservoirs, which store water for hydroelectric plants, sometimes generate large amounts of greenhouse gases, comparable to those …
A dangerous club
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Green tribunal seeks details on radiation from thermal power plants
People opposing expansion of Koradi thermal plant near Nagpur furnish evidence on high radiation from coal-fired plants
Ash flies in the face of power plan
Odisha gears up for more power generation but has no action plan for disposing of fly ash
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