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General view of the motorcoach ready for service — First GIPR EMU, 1924. Image courtesy of Central Railway.

The railway journey to net zero began a century ago, but coal slows it down

Esha Lohia 6 Jun 2025
Shipping containers at the Port of Tokyo. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has approved a framework that will require ships to pay for carbon emissions starting in 2028. Image by Syced via Wikimedia Commons (CC-Zero).

Shipping industry sets sail towards carbon accountability

Kundan Pandey 21 Apr 2025

The potential toxic fallout of herbicide use in solar parks

Gowthami Subramaniam 6 Mar 2025
critical minerals

India approves mission to bridge critical mineral gap in energy transition

Esha Lohia 7 Feb 2025
Solar panels and internet dish on a guest house roof at Phuktal Gompa, Zanskar, Ladakh. Decentralised renewable energy received a boost with an 80% rise in PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana’s allocation. Image: Timothy A. Gonsalves via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0).

Budget prioritises resilience and energy security, skips major green announcements

Kundan Pandey 4 Feb 2025

[Explainer] How did India phase out ozone-depleting substances and what lies ahead?

Kundan Pandey 17 Jan 2025
One of two locomotives ordered by the Indian Iron & Steel Company in 1923. India's high carbon emissions and export reliance on the EU for steel and iron leave it highly exposed to CBAM's impact. Image by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums via flickr.

Indian steel exports could take a beating as EU fences its carbon borders

Kundan Pandey 26 Dec 2024
Varaha-3 being deployed in the Andaman Sea for an exploratory mining trial. Image from National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT).

India advances with deep-sea mining technology

Priyanka Shankar 18 Nov 2024
An electric scooter manufacturing unit in India. With rapid growth, urbanisation, and environmental challenges such as air and water pollution, India’s green technology market is attracting major international interest. Image by Gnoeee via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0).

Amid the global green goods boom, India is yet to jump on the bandwagon

Kundan Pandey 20 Sep 2024

It’s been 5 years of the National Clean Air Programme. This is why it hasn’t worked.

Simrin Sirur 2 Sep 2024
A laborer at Shivam Bricks in Gaya, where zigzag technology was installed in 2018 to reduce pollution. Image by Manish Chandra Mishra/Mongabay

Brick kilns embrace zigzag design to cut pollution and boost efficiency

Manish Chandra Mishra 27 Aug 2024

Coal mining degraded 35% of native land cover in India’s central coal belt

Simrin Sirur 16 Aug 2024
Labourers spraying pesticides in soyabean crop in the field of Mukesh Meena, a farmer from Bhandely village in Madhya Pradesh's Sehore district. Image courtesy of Mukesh Meena.

High costs, mixed results challenge nano urea use in farming

Kundan Pandey 13 Aug 2024
Visitors examine green capsicum at the fully elevated Section 1 of the agrivoltaics plant near Parbhani. Image courtesy of NSEFI & GIZ

Agrivoltaics in India get a fresh boost from tech and design innovations

Pallavi Ghosh 5 Aug 2024
Solar street light installed at Alipore village of Kurkuri gram panchayat, Patna district. Image by Mohd Imran Khan.

Slow progress hinders Bihar’s solar street light initiative

Mohd Imran Khan 1 Aug 2024

Budget balances coalition demands, job challenges and green initiatives

Kundan Pandey 26 Jul 2024

Just transition policy should focus on social infrastructure, apart from alternative jobs: report

Simrin Sirur 23 Jul 2024

[Commentary] Magnifying the rural lens to accelerate clean energy transition

Jeevan Kumar Jethani and Akanksha Golchha 8 Jul 2024
Banner image: Kochi LNG Terminal. Natural gas availability could be a major challenge for enhancing consumption. India’s domestic natural gas production in FY 2023-24 was around 99.5 MMSCMD while LNG imports were 85.6 MMSCMD. Image by Augustus Binu/www.dreamsparrow.net/facebook via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-3.0).

[Commentary] Is India’s 2030 gas consumption target feasible?

Purva Jain 1 Jul 2024

Assam has more renewable potential than the government estimates, says study

Barasha Das 14 Jun 2024