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 …
According to a new atlas, if current trends are anything to go by, it will take Africa until 2080 to achieve full access to electricity. Last week, a new atlas released by the UN Environment and the African Development Bank, reveals that energy consumption in Africa is the lowest in …
The coal sector benefits from £356m a year in subsidies in the UK, despite the Government’s pledge to phase out use of the highly polluting fossil fuel, a report suggests. The multimillion-pound support is part of £5.3bn (€6.3bn) given to the coal industry every year by 10 European countries, which …
Low energy supply, complete with shortages, high costs and poor access, remains major impediments to Africa’s social and economic progress. The African Union’s Agenda 2063 commits to fast-tracking modern, efficient, reliable and cost effective renewable energy for all households, businesses, industries and institutions. To support this, in 2016, the African …
Says until and unless pollution is brought under control, there is no need to get more coal in port town VASCO: Slamming the Goa State Pollution Control Board for failing to take any measures to control coal pollution in the port town, Vasco MLA Carlos Almeida on Tuesday said that …
India blame an excuse to betray the Paris deal President Donald Trump has given strong hints of either the US pulling out of the Paris climate deal or at least cutting back on commitments made by the Obama administration. Building his argument ahead of a decision before the G-7 summit …
The level of carbon dioxide (CO2) in our planet is more dangerous than ever, as Hawaii's Mauna Loa Observatory recorded CO2 levels passed 410 parts per million (ppm) on April 18. The Keeling Curve, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography program, which have been recording CO2 levels …
The Stop Coal Financing Report calls on the Asian Development Bank to cease all support for new coal projects, and to hasten the transition to sustainable renewable energy across Asia. Climate change poses extreme risks to the Asia Pacific region that will endanger the lives and livelihoods of low income …
At the public hearing held at Tilak Maidan, citizens, social & environmental activists from Mormugao and Salcete claim that project proponent made false and misleading claims through draft EIA and hence coal berth expansion should not be allowed at MPT VASCO: Citizens, social as well as environmental activists from Mormugao …
The world is unlikely to meet global climate goals if India carries through with plans to construct nearly 370 coal-fired power plants, new research warns. If all the proposed coal plants are run to their potential, India will not be able to meet its Paris climate agreement commitments in the …
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A Congolese park ranger, a Guatemalan indigenous land rights activist and an octogenarian Australian who blocked a coal mining firm from taking her family's farm were among the six winners of one of the world's most prestigious environmental prizes on Monday. …
Mounting debt across the Adani Group suggests that the Indian conglomerate’s Carmichael mine proposal for northeast Australia has become an increasingly precarious house of cards, according to new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). The report—“Adani: Remote Prospect: Carmichael Status Update 2017”—notes that Adani Enterprise …
Coal imports into the country are unlikely to rise, thanks to a surge in domestic coal production, but the demand for coal from new thermal power plants is likely to taper off after five years and leave some coal mining assets stranded, according to a report released on Thursday by …
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved the the eligibility assessment for compliance review for the construction of a 125MW Coal Sendou Power Plant Project in the village of Bargny Minam in Senegal, which the Bank is financing. Coal for the palnt will be imported …
Tanzania, with potential reserves of 5 billion tons of coal, is planning its first coal-fired power plant. Kenya wants to build for its own coal-powered plant, while Ghana and Nigeria are eyeing expanded use of coal for electricity. Landlocked Botswana is building a 1,000-mile railway to transport coal to a …
To reach the Paris Agreement climate goal, and stay under 2°C warming, emissions will need to peak in the coming years and be reduced to zero by 2050. China, India and the US play a key role in achieving this target as they emit over 50% of the global CO2 …
The government has identified old power projects totalling 7,738 mw capacity owned by the Centre and states for replacement with energy-efficient supercritical plants, which will generate a gross 18,560 mw. "The government has identified 7,738 mw inefficient thermal plants, which would be replaced with supercritical units, to conserve scarce natural …
For power producers it's time to rejoice. Thermal power companies including NTPC, the biggest of the lot, would be paying less for their coal requirement this month onwards as the Coal Controller, after a mammoth exercise, has reassessed and downgraded quality of about 177 coal mines across the country, sources …
China's Tianjin Port Co Ltd will impose measures to curb the trucking and storage of coal months earlier than expected, as one of the nation's busiest ports complies with government orders in its war on smog, a customer notice shows. By Wednesday, the port will stop receiving coal by truck …
Firms assured of full benefit on any losses from change in domestic policy like amended coal distribution norms Tuesday’s Supreme Court order on compensatory tariffs has removed the uncertainty over whether a change in government policy like the New Coal Distribution Policy (NCDP) will constitute a “change in law” (CL) …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Prayas (Energy Group) Vs Central Electricity Regulatory Commission & Others dated 11/04/2017 regarding Adani Enterprises Consortium seeking a hike in power tariffs due to “unprecedented and unforeseen” escalation in the price of coal imported from Indonesia. CASE HISTORY & …
