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A protected geographical location between the southern tip of India and the west coast of Sri Lanka, the Gulf of Mannar is a sensitive ecological zone as it is home…

If India can reduce its air pollution problem, it will not only improve the performance of its solar power projects and accelerate India’s clean energy transition but would also result…

“You should come here during the monsoon to see how big our gauchar (grazing land) was,” reminisces Nanu Rabari, 60, as she breaks pods of Prosopis juliflora, called gando bawal…

India needs at least twice the amount of its current investment in clean energy, to meet its targets by 2030. Considering this, a parliamentary committee has recommended tools to facilitate…

The 2022-2030 period is significant for India’s energy transition and the rapid adoption of clean energy. Particularly crucial is India’s energy behemoths in the public sector – Coal India Limited…

The Indian government has released a framework for decentralised renewable energy livelihood applications, to promote the use of these local systems that are powered by renewables and used to earn…

Almost eight years ago, on March 25, 2014, at least 31 women from Jharauta village in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh were arrested for protesting against the commencement of the…

Land is unarguably at the heart of India’s energy transition, but a clear policy for scientific closure and repurposing of land involved in coal mining and power projects can be…

The government of India recently notified its national green hydrogen policy announcing a series of measures to promote the use of hydrogen produced through lower emission techniques, including a waiver…

This is the second article in a two-part series on the impact of the solar park in Pavagada, Karnataka that is experimenting with a new model of leasing land from…

This is the first article in a two-part series on the impact of the solar park in Pavagada, Karnataka that is experimenting with a new model of leasing land from…

As a young boy growing up in Saharjhuri village located in the Ajodhya hills in West Bengal’s Purulia district, Suresh Kisku (name changed on request) did not dare venture into…

As the dust starts to settle down on COP26, there’s much discussion on what the climate talks have actually delivered and what should now be the course of action. While…

Piyush Ranjan Rout is an urban planner based in Bhubaneswar, the capital city of the eastern Indian coastal state of Odisha. He had installed a 1kW off-grid solar panel on…

The Indian government’s pollution watchdog has proposed new guidelines to steer decommissioning of coal-based power plants in the country, suggesting a range of measures including an Environmental Management Plan (EMP)…

A recent report by the parliamentary standing committee pegged that the country needs Rs. 2.61 trillion (Rs. 261,000 crore) to achieve the next big target of 175 gigawatts of renewable…

From fighting for the protection of migratory birds in northeast India to the protection of the rights of mango farmers in western India, the duo of Ritwick Dutta and Rahul…

Sagar Rawat is a resident of Kot village in the hilly district of Pauri Garhwal in Uttarakhand. He settled in the village after losing his job in an information technology…

Climate change has been identified as possibly the greatest challenge for our generation. The recent report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) further emphasises the necessity of…

If India were to implement a net-zero target by 2050, an area of at least about 65,000 square kilometres - equivalent to about half the size of the Indian state…