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Promised rehabilitation eludes residents living near one of India’s earliest coal mines

Geetika Mishra 4 Aug 2023

India needs to weigh options before partnership with G7 countries to accelerate a just energy transition

Soumya Sarkar 29 Nov 2022

Rehabilitated away from Jharia coalfields, unemployment challenges emerge for the people

Rahul Singh 11 Aug 2022

As India looks to shift to renewables, Jharkhand’s coal mine workers fear loss of jobs and social security

Manish Kumar 25 May 2022

India’s coal crisis exposes power sector woes

Manish Kumar 16 May 2022

The canaries in the coal mine

Saiyam Khosla 11 May 2022
By 2030, India plans to install 280 gigawatts of solar power. Photo by Prashanthns/Wikimedia Commons.

How India’s public sector units can impact the clean energy transition

Mayank Aggarwal 11 Mar 2022
Korba accounts for about 16 percent of India’s total coal production. Photo by Mayank Aggarwal/Mongabay.

Repurposing land in Korba’s coal mines can support a just transition

Mayank Aggarwal 2 Mar 2022
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