Tue, 21-Oct-2025

China govt to help run coal power plants at full capacity

coal and climate

BEIJING- China will help its coal-fired power plants run at full capacity, the government has announced, raising further alarm about the fate of Beijing’s climate pledges. Swathes of the world’s second-biggest economy were paralysed last year because of power shortages, partly caused by a drop in coal supply as global prices of the fossil fuel … Read more

Indian village banks on tree mortgages in bid to go carbon-neutral

carbon neutral

P. K. Madhavan stood proudly next to a young, sturdy mahogany tree, one of 100 he planted three years ago on his farm in Wayanad district in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Madhavan’s two acres (0.8 hectares) of land in Meenangadi village used to be lush with cash crops — coffee, black pepper and … Read more