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- Coal, Energy, Environment, Fossil fuels, Global development, India, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
The teenage miners of Jharia: growing up in India’s coalfields – in pictures
Young girls illegally work the mines in north-east India, risking disease and death, while trying to better th…
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India’s energy conundrum: committed to renewables but still expanding coal
Critics says India’s plans to increase coal production to 1bn tonnes a year are environmentally devastating an…
- Africa, Asia Pacific, China, Chinese economy, Climate crisis, Coal, Egypt, Energy, Environment, Fossil fuel divestment, Fossil fuels, Greenhouse gas emissions, Middle East and North Africa, Renewable energy, Solar power, Wind power, World news, Xi Jinping
Is China doing enough to combat the climate crisis?
While it appears committed to renewable energy goals, China’s international commitments fall short of what exp…
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Lady of the Gobi: trucking coal across the desert to China
On Mongolia’s coal highway to the Chinese border, truck driver Maikhuu dreams of a better life and financial s…
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Lady of the Gobi: trucking coal across the desert to China
On Mongolia’s coal highway to the Chinese border, truck driver Maikhuu dreams of a better life and financial s…
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Leading environmentalists decry crackdown on Vietnam climate activists
Letter from Goldman prize winners aims to block country’s bid to join UN’s human rights council over its jaili…
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Chinese premier calls for more coal production as electricity demand soars
Records for electricity usage broken in Shandong, Henan and Jiangsu in early summer heatwavesChina’s premier h…
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China urges developed countries to take the lead in cutting out coal
After dilution of Cop26 wording, China says developing nations cannot make green transition without supportAs …
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India criticised over coal at Cop26 – but real villain was climate injustice
Experts say country’s watering down of fossil fuel pledge reflected its lack of choices It was a dramatic 11th…
- Coal, Environment, Fossil fuels, Greenhouse gas emissions, India, Narendra Modi, South and Central Asia, World news
Is India’s pledge of net zero by 2070 an ambitious target – or worthless words?
Narendra Modi’s Cop26 promise has proved divisive but many observers say only western help can ensure its succ…
- Asia Pacific, China, Coal, Energy, Gas, Greenhouse gas emissions, Solar power, Wind power, Xi Jinping
China to cut fossil fuel use to below 20% by 2060
Despite pushing ahead with dozens of new coal power plants, China has a new plan to increase wind and solar po…
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China, coal and COP26: can the world’s biggest emitter give up its dirty habit?
Those who helped fuel China’s growth fear for livelihoods, while power shortages create transition dilemma for…
- Asia Pacific, China, Climate crisis, Coal, Energy, Environment, Fossil fuel divestment, Fossil fuels, World news, Xi Jinping
Will China’s plan to build more coal plants derail Cop26?
Analysis: while the short-term consequences are grim, veteran analysts talk of a wobble rather than a fallChin…
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China orders coalmines to raise production to address power crunch
Record high prices and shortages of electricity have crippled industrial outputChinese officials ordered more …
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China hit by power cuts and factory closures as energy crisis bites
The world’s top coal consumer implements power rationing as supplies dwindle ahead of winter China has told ra…