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Bear attack victim Indian coal mining hub

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'Tiger on my farm': Indian coal mining hub brings new dangers for villagers

...itat for tigers and other wild animals responsible for a string of devastating attacks. Coal mining is more commonly criticised by environmentalists for polluting air and water, degrading landscapes a...

10 Sep 2021

'Tiger on my farm': Indian coal mining hub brings new dangers for villagers

News / Energy

Single-buyer structure, nascent regional grid holding back Asia’s renewables growth: EDPR executive

...ian countries including Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, where only one state-owned utility firm is allowed to buy electricity from suppliers and distribute it into the national grid. Some jurisdicti...

9 Sep 2022

Single-buyer structure, nascent regional grid holding back Asia’s renewables growth: EDPR executive

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Reservoir seen to revitalise Nepal’s 'ecologically dead' holy river

...ith,” Rijal said. “For example, there are a lot of diversions in the river in its headwaters. Water is diverted for irrigation as well as for drinking water.” The river’s main portion in Kathmandu, wh...

9 Sep 2022

Reservoir seen to revitalise Nepal’s 'ecologically dead' holy river

San Juan Generating Station coal power plant

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The tricky promise of abated coal power

...industrialisation, economic growth, and energy resiliency for decades and will remain as a major fuel input in fulfilling the growing energy demand in ASEAN,” said Suryadi, adding this is why it is ur...

6 Dec 2021

The tricky promise of abated coal power

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Cooperating to build deep-tech companies of the future

...in Chari, director of Venture Building at NTUitive, the innovation and enterprise company of NTU, said that to bring innovation and entrepreneurship into organisations, companies can import innovation...

26 Apr 2022

Cooperating to build deep-tech companies of the future

News / Policy & Finance

Lasting toll of multiple climate disasters on Pakistan’s women

...isting barriers to human rights compounded by disasters Flood victims are eligible for subsidised food rations, but only on production of a National Identity Card (NIC). In many families in rural Paki...

8 Mar 2023

Lasting toll of multiple climate disasters on Pakistan’s women

News / Carbon & Climate

'Everybody is welcome, the only ask is you come with solutions': COP28’s Majid Al Suwaidi

...ies now looking into building cross power lines from Africa into Europe, transition power lines into India and to expand renewable energy capacity and competency. Noting the significance of COP28 bei...

20 Jan 2023

'Everybody is welcome, the only ask is you come with solutions': COP28’s Majid Al Suwaidi

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Planned dam in Philippine national park draws flak from activists, officials

...ith special permission from the DENR. Rebecca Tandug, of the Philippine Initiative for Environmental Conservation (Philincon), said her organization will maintain its opposition to the project and att...

12 Aug 2021

Planned dam in Philippine national park draws flak from activists, officials

News / Carbon & Climate

Southeast Asia's small businesses emit more carbon than a small country: study

...ia, and a definition employed by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). They intentionally omitted heavy industry and emission-intensive activities, and took the most conservative emission esti...

12 Jan 2022

Southeast Asia's small businesses emit more carbon than a small country: study

News / Carbon & Climate

Proposed Thailand quarry encroaches on UNESCO global geopark

...ition for the concession was filed in a village in Kuan Don district. Thai law dictates that all related legal activities must be carried out in the administrative area of the petition, and that those...

12 Jul 2022

Proposed Thailand quarry encroaches on UNESCO global geopark

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

...ining firm, recovered 126 million rupees (US$1.52 million) worth of stolen coal in raids it conducted jointly with the authorities. Pilferage by impoverished local communities has no significant impac...

8 Feb 2023

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

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Global turbulence may herald 'giant leap' to a greener era, says top scientist

...in which the world continues its neoliberal economic policies, leading to warming of 2.5C that stokes risks to climate and nature, more extreme inequalities and rising social tensions within and betwe...

2 Sep 2022

Global turbulence may herald 'giant leap' to a greener era, says top scientist

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Islamabad’s recharge wells offer way forward for Pakistan’s groundwater

...ility of rainfall to seep into the ground and recharge groundwater. “Migration into Islamabad, horizontal expansion and mushrooming of legal and illegal housing societies have taken a toll on sanitati...

25 Nov 2022

Islamabad’s recharge wells offer way forward for Pakistan’s groundwater

News / Energy

Can Indonesia ditch coal and improve lives with new green deal?

...in an interview. "(It must) improve the quality of life for many communities impacted for decades by Indonesia's coal industry," he added. This would include restoring mining sites, modernising existi...

23 Nov 2022

Can Indonesia ditch coal and improve lives with new green deal?

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Filipino activists: Loss and damage fund a win, but what about fossil fuel phaseout?

...iable for climate disasters were still “vague” in their actions, resulting in delays in the transition to renewable energy. “ Countries like the Philippines already experiencing climate impacts must...

23 Nov 2022

Filipino activists: Loss and damage fund a win, but what about fossil fuel phaseout?

News / Water

Bycatch almost eradicated when Pakistan’s fishers embrace different methods

...ion initiatives.” Marine scientist Kiani is hopeful that “with provision of proper fishing gear, education, and capacity-building programmes for fishers, we can help revive the dwindling populations o...

27 Feb 2023

Bycatch almost eradicated when Pakistan’s fishers embrace different methods

News / Carbon & Climate

Intersectional environmentalism gains momentum among youth in Asia

...and legislations that limit almost all forms of activism and protest. In an interview earlier this year, Mitzi Jonelle Tan, a climate justice activist based in Manila and an organiser with Fridays Fo...

1 Dec 2021

Intersectional environmentalism gains momentum among youth in Asia

News / Policy & Finance

Bali’s new highway project bring concerns about agriculture and conservation areas

...ing with it the threat of flooding, he said, while the loss of farmland would impact Bali’s food security, and put the island at risk of diminishing its core culture. “One rice field, on average, can ...

19 Nov 2021

Bali’s new highway project bring concerns about agriculture and conservation areas

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Questions over Russia-funded nuclear power plant in Bangladesh

...ial military operation’ in Ukraine will not hamper the construction of the Rooppur nuclear power plant. They will finish the project in time. We want to believe it,” said Hasan. “Russia is a big inter...

14 Apr 2022

Questions over Russia-funded nuclear power plant in Bangladesh

A press conference at the AVPN Global Conference in Bali

News / Carbon & Climate

'Just the beginning': dawn of greenwash era for journalism in Asia?

...ining initiative for journalists in Asia, organised by EB Impact, Eco-Business's philanthropic arm. He was part of a panel discussion on how to navigate greenwashing, the practice of making sustainabi...

26 Aug 2022

'Just the beginning': dawn of greenwash era for journalism in Asia?

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