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On November 16, activists attend the People's Summit Audience at the Federal University of Pará at COP30. Image by Alex Ferro/COP30.

Urgency grows at midpoint of Belém climate summit as intent still outpaces action

Soumya Sarkar 17 Nov 2025
Workers assemble a car at an electric vehicle plant in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu. (AP Photo/ Rafiq Maqbool)

China challenges India’s domestic manufacturing incentives, alleging unfair trade practices

Kundan Pandey 29 Oct 2025
Part of the bike rally taken out by fishers dependent on the Panchet dam on September 7. Image courtesy of Rajen Tudu.

Floating solar projects test India’s just transition promise

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 9 Oct 2025
Fuel pump in New Delhi. India’s early E20 rollout has raised consumer concerns over reduced mileage and engine wear. Image by Kundan Pandey.

From policy to pushback, India’s ‘greenlash’ over ethanol-blended petrol

Kundan Pandey 26 Sep 2025
Underground coal miners before entering the pit of Bachra coal mines in Jharkhand. While private investors are expected to fund clean energy infrastructure, addressing socio-economic impacts like job losses will largely depend on public financing as per the expert.

Bridging the climate finance gap in emerging markets [Commentary]

Shantanu Srivastava, Soni Tiwari 23 Jul 2025
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
A thermal power station in Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh. Image by Jay.Jarosz via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Blended finance can help power India’s climate future [Commentary]

Suresh Seshadri 28 May 2025
Electricity being generated at Jhajjar power station in Haryana. The power sector is India's biggest emitter, being responsible for 39.2% of carbon emissions. Image by Vikramdeep Sidhu via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

India drafts emissions targets for industry

Simrin Sirur 2 May 2025
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India approves mission to bridge critical mineral gap in energy transition

Esha Lohia 7 Feb 2025
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
Spineless fodder cactus growing in the IGFRI campus in Jhansi. Image- Shuchita Jha

Experimenting with biogas from cactus

Shuchita Jha 14 Aug 2024

Budget balances coalition demands, job challenges and green initiatives

Kundan Pandey 26 Jul 2024

India’s mid-term mitigation action plan needs ambitious targets, says study

Kundan Pandey 24 May 2024

Wheeling towards sustainable pottery making in Khurja

Kundan Pandey 11 Apr 2024
A spinning mill in Tamil Nadu. Spinning mills that manufacture yarn/thread for weaving the fabric, constitute one of the most power-intensive stages in textile manufacturing. Photo by Gowthami Subramaniam.

Harnessing clean energy for Tamil Nadu’s spinning mills is not as easy as it seems

Gowthami Subramaniam 16 Nov 2023
Noorsarai in Bihar's Nalanda district has emerged as a thriving hub for engineering works. In this town, a mini-grid operated by Husk Power ensures a consistent and uninterrupted energy supply to numerous workshops and businesses. Photo by Manish Chandra Mishra/Mongabay

[Video] Rooftop solar, an emerging solution to Bihar’s land shortage that’s stalling renewable progress

Manish Chandra Mishra 8 Nov 2023

India’s clean energy goals may widen regional disparities, predicts working paper

Kundan Pandey 20 Oct 2023
Photo shows an aerial view of a quarry

India steps up plans to explore critical minerals crucial to its clean energy transition

Vivek Gupta 11 Sep 2023
Sulphur hexafluoride gas circuit breakers in a switchyard. Photo by Dingy/Wikimedia Commons.

[Explainer] What is SF₆? Why should we be monitoring it?

Pranav Sinha 5 Sep 2023

Glare hazard from solar panels, a safety concern for the airports switching to clean energy

Ravleen Kaur 30 Aug 2023