Ensuring Green projects are truly Green
A Sustainable Transition The World is looking at a transition from energy production using fossil fuels to renewable energy sources i.e, Wind, water and solar (WWS) in order to achieve the carbon net zero...
India’s Plastic Ban: A triumph for the fossil fuel industry?
Effective July 1, 2022, the Union government has banned identified single use plastics (SUPs) as mandated by the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2021. The stated aim of this ban is to arrest plastic pollution...
कोराड़ी थर्मल पावर : कोयले से बिजली, बिजली से राखड़ और राखड से तबाही
पिछले महीने, 16 जुलाई 2022 को सुबह हुई दुघर्टना में, 1974 में शुरू हुए (47 वर्षीय) महाराष्ट्र के नागपुर स्थित ‘कोराड़ी थर्मल पावर स्टेशन’ के राख-तालाब का एक हिस्सा टूट गया और उसमें जमा हुआ पानी और राख गावों में, नदी-नहर, पीने के पानी के...
[Webinar] What does India need to meet its 2030 renewable energy targets?
As our understanding about the clean energy sector grows, it becomes clear that unlike in the fossil-fuel-based energy projects, in the renewable energy sector, there is a better synergy between policymakers and the industry....
Can Renewable Energy Projects Help in Saving India’s Protected Areas?
India’s Protected Areas play a crucial role in preserving our precious biodiversity. India is home to 89,000 species of animals and 46,000 species of plants and nearly half the world’s aquatic plants. Conservation of...
Designing a low energy home
Residential energy consumption takes up about 25% share of the total energy consumption in India, a majority of which is drawn from faraway power plants. India is working to achieve its COP 26 goal of...
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.
Lithium Generated Energy: A Renewable Boon or a ‘Green’ Hoax
Introduction Electric vehicles (EVs) have recently become the buzz word for all the wrong reasons. Almost half a dozen incidents of EVs catching fire have been reported in India since late March of this...
Salaam to Coal Miners of the Country
An unprecedented and prolonged heatwave is sweeping across the Indian subcontinent.
Remembering the Challakere case: The National Green Tribunal on the environmental impacts of solar power
India is aggressively promoting the growth of renewable energy in its quest to be a global leader on climate action, but it continues to ignore concerns about the social and environmental impacts of promoting...
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...
Reimagining Renewable Energy for this Earth Day
22nd April 2022 will be the 52nd year since the observation of Earth Day. A day that marked the birth of the modern environment movement across the West in the back drop of protests against war...
Engaging the youth this Earth day on Energy Transition
The youth of today are both the most optimistic and pessimistic generation. Some of us have given up and accepted the inevitable doom of climate change and certain others remain apathetic. Considering where they’re...
From (de)control to ease of privatisation
The union government deregulated the price of petrol in 2010 and diesel in 2015, after which, on paper, oil marketing companies (OMCs) were free to fix the price of the respective fuel, based on...
The Hidden Costs of Waste Incineration for Women
Gender mainstreaming (the process of assessing the implications for women and men of any planned action, including legislation, policies or programmes, in all areas and at all levels) became popular in several international institutions,...
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