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November 19, 2025
Energy Matters | September 2025
The Telangana State Energy Finance Conference 2025, was conducted on 25 September 2025 at the Centre for Economic and Social Studies. This conference was organized by a coalition of leading civil society organizations, research institutions, and industry bodies. The conference delved into the critic...
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September 30, 2025
Energy Matters | August 2025
The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2), on formulating a Global Plastics Treaty (GPT) held in Geneva from 5–14 August 2025, ended without any treaty. An overwhelming majority of the countries rejected the idea of the “lowest common denominator”. The treaty negotiations exposed the lim...
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August 15, 2025
Energy Matters | July 2025
Plastic is no longer a matter of convenience — it’s an imposition. It has invaded every aspect of our lives and is causing irreparable harm to our climate, biodiversity, human health, and basic rights. From the moment fossil fuels are extracted to the final dumping of plastic waste, its impact is fe...
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July 11, 2025
Energy Matters | June 2025
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on climate change and human rights, Elisa Morgera, in her latest report, has warned that fossil fuels are at the core of the triple planetary crises of biodiversity loss, toxic pollution and climate change, apart from exacerbating economic inequalities and human...
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May 8, 2025
Energy Matters | April 2025
A report was submitted to the National Green Tribunal on April 15, 2025, by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on the monitoring and compliance of Waste to Energy (WTE) incinerators in the country. The report has shown that in none of the 21 WTE facilities that incinerate Municipal Solid Was...
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April 22, 2025
Energy Matters | March 2025
On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, US President Donald Trump signed executive orders with the goal to “turbocharge coal mining” in the United States. He promoted coal as a beautiful, clean, reliable, durable, secure, powerful, cheap, incredibly efficient, high-density, and almost indestructible form of ener...
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March 27, 2025
Energy Matters | February 2025
Last month saw an important victory for communities fighting against the toxic Waste to Energy (WTE) incineration plants in Gujarat. Due to tremendous on-ground resistance, multiple follow-up letters and CSO engagement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) board, the World Bank has withdr...
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February 27, 2025
Energy Matters | January 2025
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has introduced a new draft of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2024 that will replace the existing Solid Waste Management rules that came into force in 2016. It starts with a promising note, mandating a four-way segregation of waste, cover...
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November 23, 2024
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 year to help developing countries cope with climate-related costs. The key outcome expected was a New collective q...
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