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In the coal mining areas, thousands depend on the coal ecosystem directly or indirectly for their livelihood. Photo by Srikant Chaudhary/Mongabay.

India’s coal transition likely to be a “messy and complicated exercise”

Mayank Aggarwal 8 Dec 2021

[Photos] In anticipation of India’s largest coal mining project

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, Subhrajit Sen 2 Dec 2021

[Commentary] COP26 opens doors for India to push for a just transition

Srestha Banerjee 25 Nov 2021

India proposes guidelines for decommissioning coal-based power plants

Mayank Aggarwal 11 Nov 2021

India to seek billion-dollar assistance from the World Bank for just transition programme

Mayank Aggarwal 3 Nov 2021

[Interview] Renewable energy goals can’t be met by excluding people or making them hostile, say founders of LIFE

Mayank Aggarwal 25 Oct 2021
Cooling towers of a thermal power plant based in Haryana. Over the past two weeks, India witnessed an intense debate over the shortage of coal which many cautioned could lead to power cuts or blackout. Photo by Vikramdeep Sidhu/Wikimedia commons

India’s ‘coal shortage’ could set stage for overhaul of laws

Mayank Aggarwal 20 Oct 2021

India’s energy security could be at risk due to underutilisation of coal, delays, says panel

Mayank Aggarwal 25 Aug 2021

The balance between jobs in the renewable energy and fossil fuel sectors could play on India’s energy transition

Mayank Aggarwal 8 Jul 2021

[Commentary] India’s transition to green energy is an opportunity to get it right

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 26 Mar 2021

Environmental degradation in India’s oldest coal mining belt leaves locals gasping for relief

Aritra Bhattacharya 9 Mar 2021

With budget focusing on economic recovery, environment goes out of focus

Mayank Aggarwal 4 Feb 2021

India’s mining reforms ignore mining-affected communities

Mayank Aggarwal 27 Jan 2021

Coal industry gets a single-window clearance system but the affected people are ignored

Mayank Aggarwal 18 Jan 2021

Wind-solar parks: Conflicts galore but India wants more

Mayank Aggarwal 25 Nov 2020

There is a path to prosperity for India’s coal-dependent towns, but it’s tough

Mayank Aggarwal 24 Nov 2020

A large scale shift to electric vehicles may not be as environment friendly as it seems

Mayank Aggarwal 12 Nov 2020

India’s largest coalfield to expand, green cover under threat

Manish Kumar 6 Nov 2020

Fly ash in India: A free movement of toxicity to Bangladesh

Namrata Acharya 23 Oct 2020
Thoothukudi Thermal power, Thoothukudi. Photo by Hassan Afridhi/Unsplash.

Even with coal, strict air pollution control can prevent early deaths

Sahana Ghosh 22 Oct 2020