Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Ministry says bottlenecks exist at state level and it has given all clearances Proceeds from coal blocks take a hit as only 7 start operations With mining operations commencing in only seven of the 67 mines that were auctioned and allocated, the government has so far collected merely Rs 133 …
This statistics incorporates provisional information regarding coal, coal products & lignite of the preceding financial year along with past few years on reserve, production, despatch, pit-head closing stock, import & export of coal etc. It also contains information regarding captive blocks.
While many G20 nations are showing some commitment to tackling climate change, most are also still spending heavily to subsidize the fossil fuel industry. A new study finds that subsidies for thermal coal production in two key supply regions – the Powder River Basin (PRB) in the United States and …
Industry unlikely to pick up without advances in carbon capture technology as governments seek to drive down emissions, banking giant warns. RTCC reports US banking giant Citigroup says the global coal industry is set for further pain, predicting an acceleration of mine closures, liquidations and bankruptcies. The value of listed …
Up to $44 trillion could be going up in smoke if the world does not act on climate change, according to the latest piece of research from U.S. banking giant Citigroup. The report – Energy Darwinism II: Why a Low Carbon Future Doesn't Have to Cost the Earth -- has …
India’s seven horses of energy’ electricity sector transformation is gathering pace, with far-reaching ramifications for renewable energy development and the structural decline of seaborne thermal coal, according to a new report released by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) and Indian energy analysis firm, Equitorials. The report …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on environmental restoration of coal mines, 06/08/2015. As per Ministry of Coal, Govt. of India, letter of even no. dated 27th August 2009 regarding Guidelines for preparation of Mine Closure plan and modified Guidelines vide letter of even number dated 8th September 2009, 11th January …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on pollution in rivers, 06/08/2015. Subsidiary companies of Coal India Limited (CIL) including Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) and Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) are not polluting the river water. The parameters of mine water discharged are within the prescribed limits. The study/assessment has been included …
President Barack Obama will unveil on Monday the final version of his plan to tackle greenhouse gases from coal-fired power plants, kicking off what is expected to be a tumultuous legal battle between federal environmental regulators and the coal industry. The revised Clean Power Plan will seek to slash carbon …
The Climate Justice Programme (CJP) and the Heinrich Böll Foundation are proposing a new and innovative source of finance: a fossil fuel extraction levy paid by those 90 entities responsible for two-thirds of global carbon emissions. The third and updated edition of the Carbon Majors report, now titled "Big Oil, …
International financial institutions and governments worldwide are pouring billions of dollars into building new and existing coal-fired power plants and expanding coal mining activities that worsen dangerous carbon pollution, according to a new report that calls for an end to all international coal financing, except in very rare circumstances. The …
Coal Directory of India provides coal and lignite statistics spreading over eleven sections covering some general economy data, brief history of coal sector in India, present status, reserve, production, dispatches, pit head closing stock, price, export and import, trends of coal consumption in power, steel and cement production, captive coal …
The Committee on Public Undertakings (2014-15) present this Fourth Report on Coal India Limited. The Committee on Public Undertakings (2012-13) had selected the above subject for detailed examination. Since the examination of the subject could not be completed during the term of that Committee, the Committee on Public Undertakings (2013-14) …
Advisory regarding implementation of Notification No. G.S.R. 02 (E) dated 2nd January,2014 for supply and use of coal with ash content not exceeding 34% for the coal based thermal power plants.
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of S.J. Coke Industries Pvt. Ltd. Vs Central Coalfields Ltd. dated 08/04/2015 regarding sale and distribution of coal by electronic auction (e-auction).
In a move aimed at expediting green clearances to projects, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is all set to launch the standard Terms of Reference (ToRs) for specific sectors. And Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to launch the standard ToRs on Monday at a meeting of …
An Act to provide for allocation of coal mines and vesting of the right, title and interest in and over the land and mine infrastructure together with mining leases to successful bidders and allottees with a view to ensure continuity in coal mining operations and production of coal, and for …
The market for thermal coal is in structural decline in the United States. Squeezed out by an abundance of cheap shale gas and ever tightening pollution laws, it may be a harbinger of things to come for other fossil fuel markets globally. This report paints a bleak picture and makes …
The report of the Select Committee on the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill, 2015 presented to the Rajya Sabha on 18th March 2015. The Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill, 2015 seeks to provide for allocation of coal mines and vesting of the right, title and interest in and over the …
The European Union is in the process of defining new standards limiting pollution from coal-fired power stations in the EU – a once-in-a-decade opportunity to clamp down on toxic emissions killing thousands of people every year. A Greenpeace investigation has revealed the whole process has been captured by the coal …
