Global electricity review 2024
Renewables generated a record 30 percent of global electricity in 2023, driven by growth in solar and wind especially from China, according to the Global Electricity Review 2024 released by the global
Energy
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MEF under fire
THE UNION minister of environment and forests was under fire at the last National Development Council (NDC) meeting both from a section of central ministers as well as chief ministers who
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India Iran gas pipeline: Still on a sticky wicket
It wasn't just India and Pakistan's cricketing equations in the World Cup that remained unchanged during February-March (India maintained its winning run). The politics of gas pipelines also carried
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Damning disaster!
a disaster in the making? This question is being raised about a proposal of Quebec's largest utility company, which plans to build 36 new dams on 24 rivers across the province. If implemented, the
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Power to the environment
India needs to rethink its power generation strategies for the sake of environment
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Time to bid adieu
April 23 marked the end of the 300-year-old coal mining industry in France. On that day, the last symbolic block of coal was extracted from the La Houve mine near the town of Creutzwald, abutting the
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Dark secret
How plants survive during night
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Healthy employment
Trade unionists and environment experts from around the world have agreed that environmental rights such as access to clean water, health care and energy be made part of workers rights.<br><br> The decision was taken during a conference on labour and environment organised by the United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi from January 15-17, 2006.<br>
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Bush fires spread very fast
It is the turn of the Indian energy establishment to be engulfed in the fire lit by President George Bush on nuclear energy. Bush says it is the safest, cleanest, cheapest option. So prime minister
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It's dark outside the TV grab
In this day of television grabs, policies are about slugfests. The logic of the grab is that any discussion must be heated, with sharply divided positions clear proponents and opponents. It is a
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Talk technology, not subsidies, to benefit the poor
The C Rangarajan committee to review prices of petroleum products says that the government should increase the price of liquefied petroleum gas lpg