The Environment Ministry has refuted assertions of the latest directive being a roll back of safeguards introduced in 2015.

Coal-based emissions from plastics production have quadrupled since 1995, the study said, with the greatest impact coming in newly industrialized countries such as China, India and South Africa.

India has reversed a decade-old mandate to install $30 billion worth of clean-air equipment, easing sulphur emission rules ...

The exemption of Flue Gas Desulphurization (FGD) systems for some coal-based power plants is a positive for thermal power ...

In 2015, the Environment Ministry notified the first-ever emission norms for control of SO2 and other harmful substances from ...

The new rules ease the requirement for installing flue gas desulphurisation units, pollution control systems used to reduce ...

Given India’s continued dependence on coal to supply power for industrial and residential consumers at affordable prices, the country needs a unified coal mines environment authority staffed with ...

A report last year by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) asserts that coal-based power generation must peak by 2040 if India hopes to be carbon neutral by 2070.

Surface coal mining in Bihar, India. Around 70-80 percent of India’s power is currently provided by coal. Burning coal fuels climate change, causes acid rain, and spreads toxic pollutants into ...

By Paolo Mauro, Ian Parry, and Catherine Pattillo India’s spectacular economic progress has lifted millions out of poverty and has increased the share of residents with electricity access to ...

According to the GVK and Adani Environmental Impact Statements, investment will total well in excess of AU$50 billion over the 40 to 60 years of the projects. To these costs need to be added the ...