Victory for public health and the environment! The International Finance Corporation (IFC) withdraws from the proposed investment of USD 40 million for four waste incineration plants in Gujarat, India.
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Maharashtra State Budget 2024-25 | An Analysis
Budget Allocation Analysis Based on % of Total Expenditure This analysis reviews the annual budget distribution of Maharashtra’s Tribal Component Scheme (TCS) across crucial sectors impacting tribal communities from 2020-21 to the projected budget...
पर्यावरण संकट को लेकर बजट प्रावधान नाकाफी
वित्तीय वर्ष 2025- 26 में बजट अनुमान 50,65,345 करोड़ रुपए का है। जिसमें केन्द्रीय पर्यावरण,वन एवं जलवायु परिवर्तन मंत्रालय को 3412.82 करोड़ रुपए का आबंटन किया गया है जो 2024-25 के प्रावधानों 3330.37 करोड़...
सौर से सस्ती होगी बिजली
भले ही दो दिन बाद सर्वशक्तिमान माने जाने वाले अमरीका का राजपाट एक ऐसे व्यक्ति के हाथों में आ जाए जिसमें जलवायु परिवर्तन पर हुआ ‘पेरिस समझौता’ जरा भी नहीं सुहाता, लेकिन लगातार बढ़ता...
Coal vs RE InvestmentReport 2024
The recently concluded COP29 left many people disappointed due to a lack of progress on critical issues. The Western world offered insufficient climate finance, while major polluters sought to undermine the fossil fuel phaseout...
Concerns resurface over expansion of Ennore thermal plant ahead of public hearing
Concerns have resurfaced over Tangedco’s Ennore Thermal Power Station (ETPS) expansion project, as the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) is set to hold a public hearing on December 20. Locals and environmentalists are...
कोणत्या किंमतीवर? कोराडी पॉवर प्लांटचा विस्तार करण्याच्या महाराष्ट्राच्या योजनेत अनेक धोके आहेत
पर्यावरण आणि आर्थिक भार महाजेनकोच्या कोराडी फेज-2 योजनेला आच्छादित करतात. 19 सप्टेंबर 2024 रोजी, EAC ने नागपूर, महाराष्ट्र येथे 660 मेगावॅट क्षमतेच्या कोळसा-आधारित सुपरक्रिटिकल थर्मल पॉवर प्लांटच्या प्रस्तावित दोन युनिट्सना पर्यावरणीय मंजुरी दिली. महाराष्ट्रातील...
Holding financiers accountable for bankrolling big hydro projects
Teesta Stage III dam — one of the biggest hydropower dams in India — was entirely wiped out by last year’s devastating glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF). Hydropower projects, often despite their documented environmental...
Energy Matters | October 2024
COP 29 which happened in Baku between 11th-22nd November. This was dubbed as the Climate Finance COP as it was expected that there would be an agreement on how much money should go each...
With the Earth’s Life Support Systems in Peril :Fossil fuel financing continues unabated.
The news was flashed all across world’s media – the year 2023 was not only the warmest year on instrumented records (available for about the past 170 years), but was calculated to be the...
New Phase, Old Problems: Questioning the Human Cost of NTPC Gadarwara’s Expansion
The second stage of National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) owned Gadarwara Thermal Power Plant located in Narsingpur district of Madhya Pradesh, 2*800 (1600 MW) is currently in process. The minutes of the March...
India’s Huge Thrust on Petrochemicals Belies its Tall Talk on Sustainable Energy
For a long time, India has been advocating for the end of unsustainable use-and-throw economy. However, in a case of mismatch between its words and action, about 79% of the budget allocated for the...
174 Civil Society Organizations, Networks, and Activists Oppose Financing by IFC for Abellon Clean Energy’s Toxic, Pollution Waste-to-Energy Projects in Gujarat, India
PRESS RELEASE | 23.08.24 August 23, 2024 – A collective letter written by the Centre for Financial Accountability, International Accountability Project, National Hawkers Federation, GAIA-Asia Pacific, and Break Free From Plastics and endorsed by...
Gujarat: 174 Civil Society Outfits Urge World Bank to Reject Loan for Harmful Waste-to-Energy Projects
A coalition of 174 civil society organisations, networks, and activists has written to the World Bank’s board of directors, urging them to reject funding for four waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration projects proposed by Abellon Clean...
Corporate control of the country must go- Farmers are showing the way
During the year-long agitation in 2020-21, the farmers gave a call to boycott Ambani and Adani. Now they have given a call to Observe Corporate Quit India Day on 9th August 2024. They have...
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