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India: Indian court cancels coal mining licences in corruption crackdown
Posted by RTCC: Sophie Yeo on September 26th, 2014
RTCC: The supreme court of India yesterday cancelled the licenses of 214 coal blocks, which it said the government had allocated illegally.
The move grants a temporary reprieve to areas of the Mahan forest that were set to be felled to make way for an open cast coal mine. British-registered companies Essar and Hindalco had been granted permission to clear the area.
It could also make domestic coal production more expensive in India, a country which is struggling to address energy shortages.
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Loss and damage: UN receives new climate compensation plans
Posted by RTCC: Sophie Yeo on July 24th, 2014
RTCC: Over the next two years, countries will draw up a framework that will shape the responses of the poorest countries to climate-caused catastrophes.
This process is a crucial one for vulnerable nations, as it will essentially shape how equipped they are to deal with more hurricanes, rising sea levels, floods and heatwaves – some of the predicted effects of a warmer planet.
Some countries, like Bangladesh and the Marshall Islands, will feel these impacts disproportionately, and have the least...
Will India’s new PM Modi be a climate change champion?
Posted by RTCC: Sophie Yeo on May 18th, 2014
RTCC: India, the world’s third largest polluter, has just elected a new leader.
This makes Narendra Modi, the dynamic chief of India’s now ruling BJP party, one of the most powerful players in fight against climate change.
Dubbed the “Development Man” during his mammoth election campaign, Modi pushed a vision of prosperity to India: more power, electrified cities, and wealthier citizens. How he chooses to deliver on such a promise has profound implications for the planet over years to come.
A...