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,...
An office memorandum, a committee, and lack of clear objectives mark Women’s Empowerment by MNRE
In yet another hasty, half-hearted, hallucinational, last minute tokenistic action to showcase something to the world, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has issued an office memorandum on the 10th of March to...
Pollinating Change with Access to Clean, Affordable Lighting Energy
Lack of access to clean energy is a major challenge among the marginalised and vulnerable sections of the population, both in rural and urban areas across the country. Migrant workers, construction workers, and a...
Access to Energy and Maternal Health with Dr. Sreeparna Chattopadhyay
The SDGs have set a broad agenda of advancing health and achieving equity by 2030, with SDG 3 calling for promotion of healthy lives and wellbeing for all.
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...
Gender and Energy
India’s commitments at the 26th Conference of Parties of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (COP 26) held in Glasgow set clear targets for 2030: increasing non fossil fuel energy capacity to 500...
A Failed Approach: Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on Energy
The Twenty First report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy (2021-22) titled ‘FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR’ that was presented to Lok Sabha on February 03, 2022 Laid in Rajya Sabha on...
India’s Renewable Energy Promise at the COP-26 in Glasgow
One of the most important climate summits under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the CoP-26 recently took place in the Scottish city of Glasgow in United Kingdom.
Budget 2022: Plenty Parley, Paltry Provision!
In the key features of the Budget 2022 document, there is the mention of the terms energy transition and climate action twice. Particularly under the goals of the Amrit Kaal and the four priorities.
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