Tag: Coal
Another ‘Just Transition’ We Need to Talk About—India’s Transport Sector
While the push for EVs is an encouraging and necessary step, how is India preparing to move employment opportunities towards electric vehicles, especially for those who lose their jobs in the conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) automobiles? Where does the electricity for these vehicles come from?
Does the Budget’s Push for Clean Energy Account for the 21.3...
As the 2022 Budget pushes for renewable energy to replace polluting sources, long-term jobs must be generated at scale for a just transition.
As India Announces Carbon Neutrality by 2070, Let’s Talk About the...
This article is produced under the aegis of Climate Tracker’s Online COP26 Climate Justice Journalism Fellowship, awarded to The Bastion's Environment Lead Vaishnavi Rathore....
One Act, Three Proposed Amendments, and an Overhaul of India’s Coal...
How do amendments to the Coal Bearing Areas Act affect the forest-dependent communities whose lands and forests would be acquired for mining in India?
Leaving Carbon Footprints Abroad, and Getting Away With It
While over 100 countries have pledged to reach "net zero emissions" by 2050, they continue to finance carbon-intensive projects and supply chains abroad.
Fifth Amendment to Fly Ash Notification Does Little To Address the...
Recent amendments to the 1999 fly ash notification by the MoEFCC do not sufficiently address the ecological consequences of thermal energy.
How Can Citizens Use Courts to Save Mollem?
The judicial system is an effective outlet for the citizens of Goa to use, as they up the ante in their fight to save Mollem. How can the courts be used in their battle?
2020: Like Never Before, a Year of Despair and Hope
2020 has seen an interregnum never before experienced by humanity—it has been a year in which despair and hope, and callousness and caring have...
An Often Overlooked Contributor to Climate Change: Banks
When it comes to climate change’s enemies, there are the usual suspects: large carbon-intensive corporations, negligent governments, and of course, the climate change deniers....
Is Goa Losing its Forests for Coal?
In 2011, ecologist Madhav Gadgil chaired the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) which submitted a report wherein all of the Western Ghats was...
