US updates NDC, plans to cut emissions 61-66% below 2005 levels by 2035 
Climate change can impact vaccine efficacy, safety and access: Study 
India is on track to meet its 2030 clean energy goals: Report 
Rising drought and aridity leading to higher internal migration globally: Study 
Not just surviving: Finding breathing room for India’s cities to thrive 
Amid China’s slowdown, India’s to be the key market for oil and gas: Report 
Google announces $20B renewable energy project for powering data centres 
Indian makes it mandatory for industry to use locally made solar cells by 2026 
Polluting industries won’t need dual approvals before setting up operations 
India eases forest rules to boost exploration of minerals 
FOSSIL FUELS: Spot power prices hit record highs; NY to quit coal by 2020, Netherlands by 2030; Trump tweet halts oil price rally
Spot power prices breach record highs, coal procurement for private power developers rationalized Spot prices…
Archive for May 2018
Dealers keeping buyers away
‘Deceptive dealers’ creating barriers to EVs “Dismissive and deceptive car dealerships create barriers to electric vehicle adoption…
RENEWABLES: Compliance cell to track states; New solar selection norms; Tariffs keep falling; Wind without transmission infra? China, India solar biggies
Compliance cell to monitor renewable obligations Centre launched a compliance cell to track Renewable Purchase Obligations (RPO)…
AIR POLLUTION: ‘Delist Vedanta’ from London Stock Exchange; Air Pollution deaths mapped in 11 cities; New crop burning season
‘Delist Vedanta’ from London Stock Exchange, Shareholders listening? 13 people were killed in Tuticorin in Tamil…
CLIMATE POLICY: ‘Don’t miss pre-2020 emissions cuts’; Negative emissions: First meet; ‘Quit plastic’; ‘Only 4 trades’ meeting Climate Goals
BASIC ministers back fair Paris ‘rule book’ Two-day BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India and China)…
ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE: Heat Wave deaths, Water crisis, Forest fires
From The Regional Press: Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh Jagran reported about the revival of 52 dying streams in…
FOSSIL FUELS: 20GW of stressed assets face potential liquidation; Allianz stops coal insurance; Asian coal riding high; Costa Rica to phase out fossil fuels
RBI refuses to dilute diktat, 20GW of coal-fired stressed assets may be liquidated The RBI…
Oil prices push India EV plan
Rising oil prices boost India EV plan; China firm bags India bus contract; “Half the…
RENEWABLES: Solar tariff drops; 7.5% duty scrapped; 18% GST verdict; Solar spiked 103% in Q1; Solar “killing coal”; New RBI norms hit foreign investments
‘Sizeable’ drop in solar tariffs; Finally, 7.5% import duty scrapped Solar tariffs fell to Rs 2.72 per…
AIR POLLUTION: WHO rates India worst polluted; Govt says “situation improved”; Clean Air Plan “lacks urgency”
The Regional Press: Uttar Pradesh Critically polluted, but “missing” from National Clean Air Plan Campaigners…
