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A betel shop continues to operate, while the shop next door has shut, due to dwindling business following the shutting down of a thermal power plant in Talcher, Odisha. Image by Roli Srivastava.

The invisible fallout of thermal power plant closures on local economies

Roli Srivastava 31 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
Workers install solar panels in Gujarat. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

The price of going green is higher for the Global South

Kundan Pandey 14 Aug 2025
Workers install solar panels in Karim Shahi village, Bhuj district, Gujarat in 2023. India received around $2.4 billion in 2024 for project type interventions in clean energy generation, with solar PVs leading the surge. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Foreign investments are helping drive India’s clean energy boom

Elena Mathew 30 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

Budget balances coalition demands, job challenges and green initiatives

Kundan Pandey 26 Jul 2024
Local women collecting coal from an abandoned mine in Kotma for cooking.

How unplanned coal mine closures in India are affecting dependent communities, especially women

Shuchita Jha, Flavia Lopes 21 Mar 2024
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

[Interview] Ajay Kumar Rastogi on leading India’s first just transition task force

Manish Kumar 22 Feb 2023

Editor’s review 2022: A warmer Arabian Sea, energy transition and a search for economic value

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 24 Dec 2022

Egypt climate summit started with a bang but may end with a whimper

Soumya Sarkar 14 Nov 2022

Big gaps in green financing could hamper India’s energy transition

Kundan Pandey 17 Oct 2022
An electric bus in Bengaluru. Photo by Ramesh NG/Flickr.

[Commentary] Personal, passenger and heavy vehicle segments need distinct strategies for energy transition

Saswata Chaudhury, Arijit Das 13 Oct 2022
Image shows a mural depicting coal mine workers

Coal will stay strong even as solar shines in India’s energy transition

Kundan Pandey 21 Sep 2022

A new study from Karnataka evidences the impact of windfarms on biodiversity

Sneha Mahale 18 Jul 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
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
India has installed about 750,000 solar street lights across the country till now. Photo by iMahesh/Wikimedia Commons.

Decentralised renewable solutions could aid rural energy transition

Mayank Aggarwal 4 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
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