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India’s major coal unions weigh in on the path to a just transition

Simrin Sirur 15 Nov 2024

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

Simrin Sirur 23 Jul 2024

[Video] Maize takes centre stage as Bihar ramps up biofuel production

Pranav Kumar 12 Apr 2024
Delegates during the Closing Plenary at the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 at Expo City Dubai on December 13, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Photo by COP28/Christophe Viseux/Flickr.

COP28 deal promises to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels but finance and equity concerns remain

Simrin Sirur 14 Dec 2023

Big oil leaning on carbon capture may fracture consensus on ditching fossil fuels

Soumya Sarkar 11 Dec 2023

LPG subsidy can increase uptake, but interventions needed to counter myths and improve access

Simrin Sirur 6 Sep 2023

Indian banks have no plans to step away from coal investments yet, new assessment finds

Simrin Sirur 25 Aug 2023
Image shows men carrying LPG cylinders down to a boat in West Bengal, India

[Commentary] Innovations needed in fossil fuel subsidy to promote clean cooking in India

Abhishek Kar 15 Aug 2022
Image shows a pre-dawn view of Trishul peak in the Himalayas

[Book Review] In The Living Mountain, Ghosh holds up a time-traveller’s mirror to the climate crisis

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 6 Jul 2022
A wind farm in Tamil Nadu. Open access for green energy could help minimise fossil fuel usage and promote country-wide trade of clean energy.

Discoms and states pivotal to making renewable energy via open access a success

Manish Kumar 4 Jul 2022

The canaries in the coal mine

Saiyam Khosla 11 May 2022
A cement plant in Himachal Pradesh. India is the world’s second-largest cement producer and consumer. Photo by Biswarup Ganguly/Wikimedia Commons.

RBI recommends technology for India’s cement industry to reduce carbon emissions

Mayank Aggarwal 22 Apr 2022
Banner: There are many applications of green hydrogen including its use in the transport sector. Photo by Mirkone/Wikimedia Commons.

India dangles carrots to promote green hydrogen

Mayank Aggarwal 25 Feb 2022

Konark pursues clean energy dream but there are challenges

Manish Kumar 7 Oct 2021

[Commentary] Why the plane could, yet the country can’t, run on biofuel?

Monika Mandal 5 Aug 2020

With boiler blast, the Neyveli power station becomes a fiery grave

Sibi Arasu 8 Jul 2020

Less firewood at home means better health for the family

Neha Jain 30 Aug 2018

India’s renewable energy push can create new jobs

Sapna Gopal 11 Dec 2017