Don’t Invest Public Money in high risk Adani Coal to PVC Plant
We the undersigned express our deep concern on reports in the news media which state that a State Bank of India (SBI) led consortium is planning to invest ₹ 34,000 crore in the first...
What’s happening in Thermal and Renewable Energy Sector?
Despite the Indian Government’s claim to reduce the use of coal and thermal power plants, various new coal mines have recently started commercial operations.
UN INC-2 ends in frustration as divided nations “lose ground” amid accusations of industry “stonewalling”
The UN’s second round of International Negotiating Committee (INC-2) meetings for a global plastics pollution treaty ended in frustration last week after half of the five-day event was spent re-debating procedural rules, such as...
झाबुआ थर्मल पावर प्लांट से निकलने वाली राख स्वास्थ्य और पर्यावरण के लिए एक गंभीर खतरा
मध्य प्रदेश के गोरखपुर गांव में स्थित झाबुआ थर्मल पावर प्लांट से निकलने वाली राख आम लोगों के जीवन में जहर घोल रही है। क्षेत्र में विकास और रोजगार का वादा करने वाला यह...
A Wasted Effort: A Decade On, Task Force’s Suggestions on Garbage Disposal Have Failed
About a decade ago, in 2013, the Planning Commission constituted the “Task Force on Waste-to-Energy” to identify technically feasible, financially affordable and environmentally sound processing and disposal technologies for municipal solid waste in India....
What’s happening in the petrochemical and plastics industry this month! Monthly Update | May 2023
We present the developments over the past month on petrochemicals, plastics and waste to energy plants in the country.
We need a strong plastics treaty that regards people and the planet | Swathi Seshadri at INC2
Swathi Seshadri speaks at the second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment at INC-2.
As negotiation on Global Plastics Treaty gets underway, India should reconsider contradictory stance
The Indian government has kept its eye on billions in revenue from the polluting petrochemical industry while making half-hearted measures to curb plastic use.
4th Energy Finance Conference, India- Presentations
Centre for Financial Accountability in partnership with Indo-German Centre for Sustainability, IIT-Madras and Climate Trends presents its 4th edition of Energy Finance Conference India. Click on the topic and watch the presentations of the...
TNPCB refuses “consent to operate” for Ramky’s bio-medical waste incineration facility
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has refused to renew Ramky Energy and Environment Limited’s (Ramky) “consent to operate” for the bio-medical waste incineration facility in A. Mukkulam, Virudhunagar, which expired on 31...
Climate Change and Energy: Challenges for a Just Transition
By now, there is an almost universal consensus that the world energy systems must move away from climate-threatening fossil fuels and into non-carbon, safe, and sustainable sources.
Ratnagiri Refinery: State repression on a peaceful movement
In the last week of April, the situation in Rajapur tehsil, Maharahtra turned tense in the context of the RRPCL project and people’s resistance to the project.
Ratnagiri protests: Cost of development
A battle is raging in the Konkan region of Maharashtra between the people and the government. So far over a thousand people were arrested and many were booked for rioting, unlawful assembly and disobedience...
வளர்ச்சியின் விளைவு- எண்ணூரில் தொடரும் சுற்றுச்சூழல் மாசுபாடும் சவால்களும்
தமிழ்நாட்டின் தலைநகரமாகிய சென்னையின் எண்ணூர் பகுதி பல ஆண்டுகளாக
Countries using Energy Security as an excuse to not take Climate Action
The term ‘energy security’ has become popular again after February 2022 when Russian troops invaded Ukraine and the subsequent events.
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