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NEW DELHI: Amid a crushing coal crunch, India’s largest electricity producer NTPC is looking at ramping up Black Diamond production by 86% to 26 million tonnes (mt) from its captive mines in the current financial year, even as the power ministry has raised the requirement of domestic coal for the…

RAIPUR: Days after a viral video surfaced showing a large number of people collecting and carrying coal purportedly from a SECL open cast coal mine, South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) management, paramilitary forces, district administration and police are at loggerheads over how to deal with coal theft from the mines.

The stage was set and a giant freight container-shaped cake ordered to celebrate the announcement of $250 million in federal funding to help establish a container terminal at the Port of Newcastle.

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Alok Sharma and Fatih Birol say they are hopeful the global hydrocarbon crisis could spur a transition to green energy.

As soaring temperatures load up on India’s power lines, it’s a reminder to invest more in renewable energy.

It’s tempting to think the Coalition lost the election purely because of climate change, but there’s much more to it than that.

For the first time in a decade the logjam to change the country’s politics may be shifting

New leader also promises to adopt more ambitious emission targets, though he refuses to completely phase out coal use

Australia's election has brought in a wave of Greens and independents pushing for aggressive targets to cut carbon emissions, who will pressure the incoming Labor government to step up its climate plans if it wants to pass any legislation.

Labor says its policies on boosting care and tackling climate crisis set them apart from Scott Morrison’s coal-supporting coalition