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Designing a low energy home

Residential energy consumption takes up about 25% share of the total energy consumption in India, a majority of which is...

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The Great Indian Power Crisis

A Story of Poor Planning, Slow Transition, Financial Mess and Climate Change The power crisis, triggered by the coal sho...

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Lithium Generated Energy: A Renewable Boon or a ‘Green’ Hoax

Introduction Electric vehicles (EVs) have recently become the buzz word for all the wrong reasons. Almost half a dozen i...

Energy General Renewable

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Salaam to Coal Miners of the Country

Coal miners in Singrauli. Photo courtesy: Joe Athialy/Flickr An unprecedented and prolonged heatwave is sweeping across...

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Remembering the Challakere case: The National Green Tribunal on the environmental impacts of solar power

India is aggressively promoting the growth of renewable energy in its quest to be a global leader on climate action, but...

Energy General Renewable

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Case Against IFC at US Supreme Court: Disappointed with the outcome; Quest for Justice Continues

Landmark corporate accountability case resulted in critical reforms for the World Bank’s lending arm. April 26, 2022 New...

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Reimagining Renewable Energy for this Earth Day

22nd April 2022 will be the 52nd year since the observation of Earth Day. A day that marked the birth of the modern en...

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Engaging the youth this Earth day on Energy Transition

The youth of today are both the most optimistic and pessimistic generation. Some of us have given up and accepted the in...

Energy General

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From (de)control to ease of privatisation

The union government deregulated the price of petrol in 2010 and diesel in 2015, after which, on paper, oil marketing co...

Energy General Oil and gas

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The Hidden Costs of Waste Incineration for Women

Gender mainstreaming (the process of assessing the implications for women and men of any planned action, including legis...

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July 15, 2022

Janani S

Residential energy consumption takes up about 25% share of the total energy consumption in India, a majority of which is drawn from faraway power plants. India is working to achieve its COP 26 goal of becoming a net zero nation by 2070 with a target of increasing its share of renewable energy c...

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June 25, 2022

Soumya Dutta

The Great Indian Power Crisis

A Story of Poor Planning, Slow Transition, Financial Mess and Climate Change The power crisis, triggered by the coal shortage, has been in the news for the past few months. Almost the whole of India was caught in a serious power crisis from early May 2022. While the government was found napping on t...

Coal Energy General Publications

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June 1, 2022

Shreshta Chowdhury

Lithium Generated Energy: A Renewable Boon or a ‘Green’ Hoax

Introduction Electric vehicles (EVs) have recently become the buzz word for all the wrong reasons. Almost half a dozen incidents of EVs catching fire have been reported in India since late March of this year. The benefits of lower running costs, zero tailpipe emissions, environment friendly etc. wen...

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May 4, 2022

Bhargavi S. Rao

Salaam to Coal Miners of the Country

Coal miners in Singrauli. Photo courtesy: Joe Athialy/Flickr An unprecedented and prolonged heatwave is sweeping across the Indian subcontinent. As we thoughtlessly reach out to our fans and air conditioners to keep ourselves cool, it is essential that we remember coal miners who are slogging throu...

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April 28, 2022

Malvika Kaushik

Remembering the Challakere case: The National Green Tribunal on the environmental impacts of solar power

India is aggressively promoting the growth of renewable energy in its quest to be a global leader on climate action, but it continues to ignore concerns about the social and environmental impacts of promoting renewable energy megaprojects. The impacts on community livelihoods and societies is being ...

Energy General Renewable

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April 26, 2022

CFA Admin

Case Against IFC at US Supreme Court: Disappointed with the outcome; Quest for Justice Continues

Landmark corporate accountability case resulted in critical reforms for the World Bank’s lending arm. April 26, 2022 New Delhi: Last evening India time, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition from a fishing community from the coast at Mundra, Gujarat whose livelihoods have been destroyed by Tata ...

Climate Finance Coal Energy General International Finance Corporation Statements Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Project

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April 21, 2022

Bhargavi S. Rao

Reimagining Renewable Energy for this Earth Day

22nd April 2022 will be the 52nd year since the observation of Earth Day. A day that marked the birth of the modern environment movement across the West in the back drop of protests against war and Rachel Carlson’s Silent Spring. Earth Day in the 1990s became a global call for action drawing atten...

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April 6, 2022

Drishya Subash

Engaging the youth this Earth day on Energy Transition

The youth of today are both the most optimistic and pessimistic generation. Some of us have given up and accepted the inevitable doom of climate change and certain others remain apathetic. Considering where they’re coming from, it could be everything that is happening around us, the pandemic, ...

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April 1, 2022

Om Prakash Singh

From (de)control to ease of privatisation

The union government deregulated the price of petrol in 2010 and diesel in 2015, after which, on paper, oil marketing companies (OMCs) were free to fix the price of the respective fuel, based on their cost and profit calculations. Even after the prices were deregulated, the union government continue...

Energy General Oil and gas

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March 24, 2022

Ashi Datta

The Hidden Costs of Waste Incineration for Women

Gender mainstreaming (the process of assessing the implications for women and men of any planned action, including legislation, policies or programmes, in all areas and at all levels) became popular in several international institutions, including financial institutions like the Inter-American Devel...

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Designing a low energy home

The Great Indian Power Crisis

Lithium Generated Energy: A Renewable Boon or a ‘Green’ Hoax

Salaam to Coal Miners of the Country

Remembering the Challakere case: The National Green Tribunal on the environmental impacts of solar power

Case Against IFC at US Supreme Court: Disappointed with the outcome; Quest for Justice Continues

Reimagining Renewable Energy for this Earth Day

Engaging the youth this Earth day on Energy Transition

From (de)control to ease of privatisation

The Hidden Costs of Waste Incineration for Women

Designing a low energy home

The Great Indian Power Crisis

Lithium Generated Energy: A Renewable Boon or a ‘Green’ Hoax

Salaam to Coal Miners of the Country

Remembering the Challakere case: The National Green Tribunal on the environmental impacts of solar power

Case Against IFC at US Supreme Court: Disappointed with the outcome; Quest for Justice Continues

Reimagining Renewable Energy for this Earth Day

Engaging the youth this Earth day on Energy Transition

From (de)control to ease of privatisation

The Hidden Costs of Waste Incineration for Women