Counter affidavit on behalf of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) in OA No 580 of 2022 Mukesh Singh Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others. The report dated May 13, 2025 related to the Khadia Opencast Coal Mine Expansion Project located in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, and …
NEW DELHI: The government is considering approaching the Supreme Court to deter power companies from surrendering coal mining projects they have won in auctions for captive use. Of the five companies that got producing coal blocks after aggressive bids, two are considering surrendering them, while another two are unable to …
VASCO: Hours after Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) certified the Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) as the most polluted zone in Goa, the citizens of Vasco while demanding action against the MPT also alleged the GSPCB was acting like a ‘paper tiger’. The citizens have claimed the GSPCB’s annual report …
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani has given the “green light” to the Carmichael mine and rail project, but it will still hinge on its Australian arm, Adani Mining, gaining bank backing for the contentious venture. Adani’s top executive in Australia, Jeyakumar Janakaraj, took a dig at “activists who sit in creature …
The Union power ministry has taken a serious note of the pollution caused by the coal-based thermal power plants. Hyderabad: The Union power ministry has taken a serious note of the pollution caused by the coal-based thermal power plants and has directed all the states across the country to set …
This report is an evaluation of the progress and performance of DMFs in India’s 50 key mining districts across 11 states. The focus of the review is on examining the implementation status of DMF provisions as related to financial contributions and accruals, institutional arrangements including transparency and accountability mechanisms, and …
South Korea will halt operations at eight of the country's older coal-fired power plants for a month in June as part of measures to tackle air pollution, the energy ministry said on Tuesday. New President Moon Jae-in earlier this month announced plans to temporarily shut operations at 10 coal-fired plants …
New coalmines will leave more people in poverty, Oxfam has said in a new report, calling on Australia to commit to no new coalmines and to end public subsidies for coalmining. The report comes as the Queensland and federal governments continue to push for the controversial Adani coalmine in the …
JAIPUR: With solar energy rates crashing below that of the coal-fired thermal power, states even with land constraints and lower irradiance are now warming up to the renewable energy. In a first in the country, the Uttar Pradesh government is setting up 750 megawatt solar plant at Badhla, near Jodhpur …
PARIS: The 28-member European Union, the third-largest emitter of planet-warming greenhouse gases after China and the United States, has long been held up as the poster child of efforts to save Earth's climate. But after years of taking the lead in talks for a global climate pact, and making tough …
Shakti to resurrect units of Reliance Power, Adani, Bajaj Hindustan, Lanco etc In a major breather to the thermal power sector, the Union Cabinet approved the long languishing coal linkage policy. The new policy which aims to auction long term coal linkages to the power companies has been named ‘SHAKTI' …
About 30,000 MW of private power plants — two-thirds with PPAs — to benefit. In what could end years of fuel famine for several private-sector power plants and put their stranded/upcoming capacities into productive use, the Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved a new auction-based coal linkage …
Kenya’s proposed coal-fired thermal power station, Lamu coal power station, is set to begin construction following the signing of a Sh206 billion ($1.9 billion) agreement between China Power Global and Amu Power. According to local radio station Kapital FM, energy cabinet secretary, Charles Keter confirmed the news. Keter described the …
Coal will remain India's main energy source for the next three decades although its share will gradually fall as the country pushes renewable power generation, according to a government report seen by Reuters. The country is the world's third-largest coal producer and the third-biggest greenhouse gas emitter. It depends on …
Investors in China and India increasingly dominate ownership of coal reserves amid campaigns for divestment in many rich nations to limit the risks from climate change, a study showed on Tuesday. The report, by British-based research group InfluenceMap, identified thousands of shareholders in 117 listed companies producing 3 billion tons …
On a recent visit to the area around Tianjin Port Co Ltd, there were more than one hundred empty trucks parked at the coal storage centre run by Ningdong Logistic Co. Once one of the busiest places close to Tianjin's sprawling port, the storage facility was now silent as activity …
China's Hebei province is not properly enforcing policies to cut pollution or reduce chronic overcapacity in major industrial sectors like steel and coal, the environmental bureau said. Hebei produces more steel a year than the whole of the European Union, and it aims to cut total annual production capacity to …
China will suspend approvals for new coal-fired power plants in 29 provinces to reduce overcapacity in the sector, the official China Securities Journal reported on Friday. The National Energy Administration (NEA) has put as many as 25 provinces on "red alert", meaning that new projects would create severe overcapacity or …
AHMEDABAD: Adani Power Limited (APL) has discontinued 1,250MW power supply to Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) in a phased manner, since the last week of April. The decision was spurred by the unviability of running its power plant at Mundra on imported coal, sources in the government said. "Of …
Many nations urged U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday to remain in the global agreement to combat climate change, even if he reduces the ambition of U.S. pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Trump's main advisers are due to meet on Tuesday to review his threat to quit the 2015 …
- Solar energy production in Pakistan is poised to take off - just as the South Asian country is ramping up coal production to help plug a crippling power crisis, energy experts say. New high quality solar maps - essential to securing financing for major solar projects - show Pakistan …
