Supreme Court orders Centre to reduce emissions from 57 coal plants by Dec ’21
Fifty-seven Centre-owned thermal power plants in some of India’s most polluted areas now have 28…
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India’s apex court lifts stay on 25% safeguard duty on solar imports
The Supreme Court has allowed the Centre to impose 25% safeguard duty on solar imports – overruling…
Tata and Adani Power likely to buyout two major stressed assets
Two major coal-fired stressed assets – Pragyaraj Power’s 1,980MW super-critical plant in Uttar Pradesh and GMR Infrastructure’s 1,370MW…
EU ends trade controls on Chinese solar panels
The European Union will end restrictions on the sale of solar panels from China which “would lead…
Safeguard duty deferred, for now
The government has deferred safeguard duty on solar imports from China and Malaysia for the “time being”…
Centre bans petcoke imports – partially
The Centre has banned the import of petcoke for use as industrial fuel, days after admitting to…
Data secrecy killing Singrauli, courts need “hard evidence”
10 years after their district was declared “critically polluted” residents of “energy capital” Singrauli struggle…
US states to fight clean car standards rollback;
Villagers desperately short on safe drinking water blame Adani-operated coal mine Residents of Parsa (Chhattisgarh)…
Solar, wind touch first trillion watts;
Safeguard duty: confusion continues The safeguard duty saga continues: the ministry of new and renewable…
Ireland to fully divest from fossil fuels;
Ireland becomes first country to announce divestment from fossil fuels Ireland has become the world’s…