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Maharashtra Waste-to-Energy Plant Shut After Pollution Complaints..

A 10 MW waste-to-energy incineration plant in Maharashtra’s Sangli district has been shut following protests by vil...

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Unpacking Plastics –People, Pollution, Policy

A Workshop on understanding plastics and it’s implications. 🗓️Date: 17 March 2026 📍Venue: Department of Environm...

General Plastics Workshops

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Petrochemical boom in Budget 2026: Fossil lock-in amid climate crisis

INDIA’S 2025 was a year of unrelenting climate catastrophe. Extreme climatic events battered the country on 99 per...

Coverage Energy General Oil and gas

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One-day Workshop on Fossil Fuels, Plastics and Climate

🗓️ Date: 2nd March 2026 (Monday) 📍Venue: Samata Campus, Dabbanda village, Gandigundam post,Visakhapatnam-531173 Organis...

Energy General Workshops

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One-day Workshop on Fossil Fuels, Plastics and Climate

🗓️ Date: 2nd March 2026 (Monday) 📍Venue: Samata Campus, Dabbanda village, Gandigundam post,Visakhapatnam-531173 Organis...

Energy General Workshops

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Beating Plastic Production – Prevention is the best cure!

Over 100 countries rejected the draft text for the global plastics treaty, labeling it “unambitious” and ...

Energy General Plastics

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Energy Matters | July 2025

Plastic is no longer a matter of convenience — it’s an imposition. It has invaded every aspect of our lives and is causi...

Energy Matters General

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Energy Matters | June 2025

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on climate change and human rights, Elisa Morgera, in her latest report, has warne...

Energy Matters General

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विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस 5 जून पर विशेषप्लास्टिक प्रदुषण पर्यावरण के लिए खतरा,प्रभावी प्रतिबंध जरूरी

विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस पर्यावरण के लिए सबसे बड़ा अंतरराष्ट्रीय दिवस है। वर्ष 1972 में पर्यावरण के प्रति वैश्विक स्तर पर राज...

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Dear govt, you can’t burn your way out of a plastic crisis

As part of the 2025-26 budget, the state govt announced two waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration plants in Kodungaiyur and...

Coverage Energy General WTE(Waste to Energy)

October 6, 2026

Construction World

Maharashtra Waste-to-Energy Plant Shut After Pollution Complaints..

A 10 MW waste-to-energy incineration plant in Maharashtra’s Sangli district has been shut following protests by villagers over alleged pollution and its impact on public health, agriculture and local water sources. Closure orders were issued on September 23, 2026, by the sub-divisional officer ...

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September 16, 2026

CFA

Unpacking Plastics –People, Pollution, Policy

A Workshop on understanding plastics and it’s implications. 🗓️Date: 17 March 2026 📍Venue: Department of Environmental Science, Dhanamanjuri University, Manipur Register here: https://forms.gle/18jwcS3P2tw4unuEA Introduction and Rationale Plastics have become a ubiquitous material in modern s...

General Plastics Workshops

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September 16, 2026

Dr Vishvaja Sambath, Joe Athialy, Anirban Bhattacharya, Shivam Dwivedi

Petrochemical boom in Budget 2026: Fossil lock-in amid climate crisis

INDIA’S 2025 was a year of unrelenting climate catastrophe. Extreme climatic events battered the country on 99 per cent of days from January to November, devastating 17.4 million hectare of crops and claiming over 4,400 lives. The “Year of Extremes” brought heat waves that scorched Delhi, floo...

Coverage Energy General Oil and gas

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September 16, 2026

CFA

One-day Workshop on Fossil Fuels, Plastics and Climate

🗓️ Date: 2nd March 2026 (Monday) 📍Venue: Samata Campus, Dabbanda village, Gandigundam post,Visakhapatnam-531173 Organised by: Samata, Greater Visakhapatnam Citizens’ Forum and Centre for Financial Accountability To participate in the workshop, please register using the link below: https://for...

Energy General Workshops

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September 16, 2026

One-day Workshop on Fossil Fuels, Plastics and Climate

Energy General Workshops

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September 29, 2025

Chythenyen Devika Kulasekaran

Beating Plastic Production – Prevention is the best cure!

Over 100 countries rejected the draft text for the global plastics treaty, labeling it “unambitious” and “inadequate”. This rejection was led by a coalition of “high ambition countries” including many African and Pacific nations, EU and the UK. The reason? The treaty did not ...

Energy General Plastics

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August 15, 2025

CFA Admin

Energy Matters | July 2025

Plastic is no longer a matter of convenience — it’s an imposition. It has invaded every aspect of our lives and is causing irreparable harm to our climate, biodiversity, human health, and basic rights. From the moment fossil fuels are extracted to the final dumping of plastic waste, its impact is fe...

Energy Matters General

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July 11, 2025

CFA Admin

Energy Matters | June 2025

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on climate change and human rights, Elisa Morgera, in her latest report, has warned that fossil fuels are at the core of the triple planetary crises of biodiversity loss, toxic pollution and climate change, apart from exacerbating economic inequalities and human...

Energy Matters General

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June 5, 2025

Raj Kumar Sinha

विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस 5 जून पर विशेषप्लास्टिक प्रदुषण पर्यावरण के लिए खतरा,प्रभावी प्रतिबंध जरूरी

विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस पर्यावरण के लिए सबसे बड़ा अंतरराष्ट्रीय दिवस है। वर्ष 1972 में पर्यावरण के प्रति वैश्विक स्तर पर राजनीतिक और सामाजिक जागृति लाने हेतु इस दिवस को मनाने की घोषणा संयुक्त राष्ट्र ने की थी।हर साल 5 जून को मनाया जाने वाला यह संयुक्त राष्ट्र दिवस दुनिया भर के लाखों लोगों को हमारे ग्रह ...

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May 6, 2025

Chythenyen Devika Kulasekaran & Vishvaja S

Dear govt, you can’t burn your way out of a plastic crisis

As part of the 2025-26 budget, the state govt announced two waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration plants in Kodungaiyur and Tambaram with a capacity of 21MW and 15-18MW electricity generation from solid waste. The WTE at Kodungaiyur dump yard is to be set up at an estimated life-cycle cost of Rs 3,450c...

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Maharashtra Waste-to-Energy Plant Shut After Pollution Complaints..

Unpacking Plastics –People, Pollution, Policy

Petrochemical boom in Budget 2026: Fossil lock-in amid climate crisis

One-day Workshop on Fossil Fuels, Plastics and Climate

One-day Workshop on Fossil Fuels, Plastics and Climate

Beating Plastic Production – Prevention is the best cure!

Energy Matters | July 2025

Energy Matters | June 2025

विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस 5 जून पर विशेषप्लास्टिक प्रदुषण पर्यावरण के लिए खतरा,प्रभावी प्रतिबंध जरूरी

Dear govt, you can’t burn your way out of a plastic crisis

Maharashtra Waste-to-Energy Plant Shut After Pollution Complaints..

Unpacking Plastics –People, Pollution, Policy

Petrochemical boom in Budget 2026: Fossil lock-in amid climate crisis

One-day Workshop on Fossil Fuels, Plastics and Climate

One-day Workshop on Fossil Fuels, Plastics and Climate

Beating Plastic Production – Prevention is the best cure!

Energy Matters | July 2025

Energy Matters | June 2025

विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस 5 जून पर विशेषप्लास्टिक प्रदुषण पर्यावरण के लिए खतरा,प्रभावी प्रतिबंध जरूरी

Dear govt, you can’t burn your way out of a plastic crisis