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New platform unites tech and activism to monitor sand mining in India

...power to grant sand mining licenses lies with state governments. Mining is regulated under the 1957 Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, which is designed to ensure that resources are ...

16 Aug 2023

New platform unites tech and activism to monitor sand mining in India

News / Lifestyle

Climate-conscious Indians tap carbon credits for greener fun

...powerful greenwashing tool," he said. India passed a new energy conservation law this month that seeks to establish rules allowing government and industry to earn and trade carbon credits generated by...

20 Dec 2022

Climate-conscious Indians tap carbon credits for greener fun

News / Energy

Solar power saves US$34 billion in fossil fuel costs for Asian countries

...power by the end of the decade, and 50 per cent clean power by 2040. The Philippines also has net metering provisions in place where corporate customers can use electricity from their renewable energy...

16 Nov 2022

Solar power saves US$34 billion in fossil fuel costs for Asian countries

News / Policy & Finance

Analysis: How the UK has fallen 40% behind on its £11.6bn climate-finance pledge

...power – two years after the £11.6bn deadline. The opposition Labour party has said it will examine a “pathway back to 0.7 per cent” over the course of the next parliament, if it wins the upcoming gene...

23 Oct 2023

Analysis: How the UK has fallen 40% behind on its £11.6bn climate-finance pledge

News / Energy

As heat cuts power in India's 'coal capital,' locals seek fair energy share

...powered by an electric water pump, but his effort was scuppered by frequent power outages in his village, which have also hit other parts of India amid a heatwave-driven power crisis over the past mon...

31 May 2022

As heat cuts power in India's 'coal capital,' locals seek fair energy share

News / Energy

Milestone win for Negros environmental activists as conglomerate shelves LNG plant

...powered plant here on an island that is teeming with renewable power,” said clean energy coalition REpower Negros convenor San Carlos Bishop Gerry Alminaza, who had also penned a letter to SMC preside...

22 Nov 2022

Milestone win for Negros environmental activists as conglomerate shelves LNG plant

Press Releases / Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric embraces technologies to create smart home of the future

...power points and switches. There is no need for special cabling, and the homeowner can choose to automate as much or as little as they want. Wiser also offers clever solutions such as lighting and bl...

14 Dec 2022

Schneider Electric embraces technologies to create smart home of the future

News / Policy & Finance

The changing complexion of divestment, as managing polluters turns vogue

...power plants in India to a firm in Oman last month, a move that Sembcorp said will green its portfolio. These institutes and corporations join big names like the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund and Fr...

11 Oct 2022

The changing complexion of divestment, as managing polluters turns vogue

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Solar bitcoin mine plan divides villagers in El Salvador

...ads and power connections to homes. "If we saw it as something that would harm us, then we would be the first to oppose it," Peña said. "We see it as more of a benefit." Environmental impacts Environm...

20 Sep 2022

Solar bitcoin mine plan divides villagers in El Salvador

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At COP15, US is pushing key nature goals from the sidelines

...powers it might have to tackle the problem, including potentially proposing legislation or executive action on the issue. "Are we concerned? Yes. Do we have our next steps all set yet? No, not yet - b...

12 Dec 2022

At COP15, US is pushing key nature goals from the sidelines

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Melting glaciers could burst hydropower dams in Asian highlands

...power, which could help reduce some of the reliance on hydropower plants. Although hydropower is considered a renewable energy source, huge projects often cause ecosystem damage and uproot local commu...

1 Jul 2022

Melting glaciers could burst hydropower dams in Asian highlands

News / Food & Agriculture

In India, 'natural farming' draws young people back to the land

...ads videos of his natural farm on YouTube, runs more than a dozen groups on WhatsApp with over 100 farmers each to showcase techniques, and encourages young people to try their hand. Among the recruit...

22 Nov 2023

In India, 'natural farming' draws young people back to the land

News / Energy

In Bangladesh, solar power brings work, but land shortage slows growth

...power has brought benefits for citizens while creating jobs. But the sector's growth has been constrained by bottlenecks such as a lack of land on which to build large-scale plants. Grid power finally...

25 Aug 2022

In Bangladesh, solar power brings work, but land shortage slows growth

News / Energy

Can mining clean up its act to meet soaring demand for green metals?

...power electric vehicles. The production of minerals would need to increase by nearly 500 per cent by 2050 to satisfy demand for clean technologies to meet the climate goals of the Paris Agreement, acc...

5 Feb 2023

Can mining clean up its act to meet soaring demand for green metals?

News / Energy

India ‘must toughen goals’ to achieve zero emissions: study

...power sector assumes an important role, as decarbonisation of the power sector is key to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. R V G Menon, energy expert, Integrated Rural Technology Centre But it is vi...

3 Oct 2022

India ‘must toughen goals’ to achieve zero emissions: study

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India's poor coal 'thieves' forced to scavenge for survival

...power demand. With India slowly switching away from climate-heating coal to renewable energy, rights activists have raised the issue of unemployment in mining hubs, which fuels the illegal coal trade,...

8 Feb 2023

India's poor coal 'thieves' forced to scavenge for survival

News / Energy

Vietnam’s draft power plan favours coal, but who will pay?

...Power Machines, a Russian contractor, signed a contract to build the plant with Vietnam’s oil and gas conglomerate PetroVietnam (PVN). In 2018, a third of the way to completion, Power Machines could n...

16 Nov 2022

Vietnam’s draft power plan favours coal, but who will pay?

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‘Water lords’ extort drought-stricken farmers in Bangladesh

...adsha, Member of Parliament, Rajshahi, Bangladesh In July, the standard rate for using water from the STW was BDT 180 (nearly USD 2) per bigha (0.13 hectares) per hour. During the heatwave the price ...

27 Jan 2023

‘Water lords’ extort drought-stricken farmers in Bangladesh

Activists protest outside of Hyundai manufacturing plant.

News / Transport

Hyundai accused of ‘greenwash’ after u-turn on pledge to use only clean energy

...power plant at its flagship manufacturing facility in Ulsan, South-east Korea. The 184-megawatt plant is projected to supply 70 per cent of the power Hyundai needs to run its main vehicle production b...

30 May 2022

Hyundai accused of ‘greenwash’ after u-turn on pledge to use only clean energy

News / Food & Agriculture

Locust outbreak in Afghanistan threatens major food crisis

...powerful cyclones, extreme rainfall leading to floods and landslides, and longer dry seasons resulting in droughts. These impacts have been further exacerbated under the Taliban regime, which lacks th...

28 Jun 2023

Locust outbreak in Afghanistan threatens major food crisis

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