Beijing aims to curb city's use of coal by 2020
China's capital city Beijing is aiming to cut its coal consumption to below 5 million tonnes by 2020 and limit the use of coal in smog-prone areas, a document issued by the Beijing Municipal Government
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Govt mulls reducing period of green/forest clearances
The government is considering reducing the period for mandatory forest and environment clearances for new industry units from the present 180 days, a top Environment Ministry official said today. The
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Carbon Majors Report 2017
Historic new research from CDP, voted no. 1 climate change research provider by institutional investors, in collaboration with the Climate Accountability Institute, reveals that 71% of all global GHG emissions
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G20 public finance for fossil fuels 'is four times more than renewables'
The G20 nations provide four times more public financing to fossil fuels than to renewable energy, a report has revealed ahead of their summit in Hamburg, where Angela Merkel has said climate change will
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Talk is cheap: how G20 Governments are financing climate disaster
The best available science shows an urgent need to keep global temperature increases below 1.5°C to avoid severe disruptions to people and ecosystems. Recent analysis shows that burning the reserves in
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Comparing electricity production costs of renewables to fossil and nuclear power plants in G20 countries
Wind energy and solar power will be the cheapest form of power generation in every G20 country by the year 2030 at the latest, a new Greenpeace Germany report has found. Ahead of the G20 Summit in Hamburg,
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China Toughens Punishment For Smog Fraud
China has stepped up its battle against urban smog after finding that the vast majority of inspected businesses have been violating air quality rules. In recent weeks, central government and municipal
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Bots witnesses first ever gas-powered electricity
GABORONE – Australian firm Tlou Energy Limited has started generating electricity from coal bed methane (CBM), a first for Botswana where power has traditionally been sourced from thermal coal and solar.
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Climate change played a role in Europe's scorching June- study
Man-made climate change contributed to scorching heat across Western Europe this month, when Portugal suffered deadly forest fires and many nations sweltered under record-breaking temperatures, scientists
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Draft National Energy Policy
Releasing the Draft National Energy Policy, Centre’s think-tank Niti Aayog has recommended that the seven subsidiaries of India’s largest coal miner Coal India Ltd should be converted into independent