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Coal

Demand to scrap ‘unnecessary, potentially harmful’ large, new coal blocks’ auction

As many as 70 people’s movements, trade unions and civil society organisations (CSOs)* have asserted that India’s biggest ever coal mine auction, announced in November last year “will aggravate climate crisis” and “is against...

Read more January 19, 2023 at 3:52 pm Counterview

India’s Biggest Ever Coal Mine Auction will Aggravate Climate Crisis; Is Against India’s Climate Pledges

The central government opening the biggest new coal mine auction, announced in November 2022, is a mockery of the Prime Minister’s own climate announcements at climate change summits, and an invitation to worsening the...

Read more January 17, 2023 at 4:13 pm CFA

National Financial Institutions lent 7.12 lakh crores to TPPs between 2005-2022: Study

The report finds 65% accrues to NBFCs, 31% came from public sector banks, and 4% from private banks

Read more December 15, 2022 at 4:29 pm CFA

The Coal Trail

India’s installed capacity for power generation has also seen a tremendous rise, standing at 405.77 GW. What is also readily observable is the dominant share of coal in the installed capacity equalling 204 GW,...

Read more December 13, 2022 at 10:36 am Kenneth Gomes

Coal vs renewables investment report, India 2022

In early August, the Union Cabinet approved India’s updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) that have hence been formally communicated to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). These include goals like reducing the emission intensity...

Read more December 8, 2022 at 2:16 pm CFA and Climate Trends

The Great Indian Power Crisis

The power crisis, triggered by the coal shortage, has been in the news for the past few months. Almost the whole of India was caught in a serious power crisis from early May 2022.

Read more June 25, 2022 at 1:40 pm Soumya Dutta

Salaam to Coal Miners of the Country

An unprecedented and prolonged heatwave is sweeping across the Indian subcontinent.

Read more May 4, 2022 at 11:15 am Bhargavi S. Rao

Case Against IFC at US Supreme Court: Disappointed with the outcome; Quest for Justice Continues

Landmark corporate accountability case resulted in critical reforms for the World Bank’s lending arm. April 26, 2022 New Delhi:  Last evening India time, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition from a fishing community...

Read more April 26, 2022 at 12:38 pm CFA

Oil Security or Oil Dependency?

Mr. Amit Bhandari, in his article “A sovereign wealth fund for oil security” published in the Financial Express on February 1, 2022 suggests that despite the push for renewable energy and electric vehicles, the...

Read more March 14, 2022 at 1:30 pm Swathi Seshadri

A Peopleless Budget: Budget 2022 Analysis

The government has over the years made its priorities clear as to whose interest it serves. It is evident from the fact that the government continues with its gross underspending on key social sectors...

Read more February 3, 2022 at 2:50 pm CFA

The Mirage of Clean Power

A system that thrives on an ever-increasing demand for electricity will automatically push the burden to unsatiable demand for the fuels that produce it.

Read more October 29, 2021 at 12:01 pm Vismay Basu

Coal Shortage: Crisis, False Solutions & Opportunity

India's power ecosystem, which depends overwhelmingly on coal to meet the country's baseline electricity demand, is suddenly faced with an acute coal shortage. Even when the Coal Ministry tried to play down the coal...

Read more October 11, 2021 at 7:09 pm CFA

How India is making a way for coal: Energy Sector Updates

Coal has not been only always costlier from the perspective of socio, economic, and ecology, but it has also been one of the biggest greenhouse gas emitters in the energy sources. Despite that, post-pandemic,...

Read more January 22, 2021 at 11:58 am Rajesh Kumar

US Federal Court Rules in Favour of IFC in Tata Mundra Case: Fishworkers and Farmers to Challenge Decision.

Press Statement | February 19, 2020 US Federal Court Rules in Favour of IFC in Tata Mundra Case: Fishworkers and Farmers to Challenge Decision. IFC hides it shame & guilt behind technicalities of jurisdiction...

Read more February 19, 2020 at 2:39 pm CFA

Too Many Costs for Too Little: The Story of Tata Mundra

Statement in response to news reports that the company has written to the Ministry of Power that they will stop operating the Mundra project from February 2020. Mundra, Gujarat January 13, 2020: Tata power...

Read more January 13, 2020 at 3:13 pm CFA
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