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Major powers pledge $20bn for green energy research
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Coal from Carmichael mine 'will create more annual emissions than New York'
Australia Institute calculations show average annual emissions from burning coal from Adani’s proposed mine would be more than many countries and big cities
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Renewable energy made up half of world's new power plants in 2014: IEA
International Energy Agency says figures are a “clear sign” of a transition from coal to clean energy
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Bhopal exhibition commemorates 30th anniversary of disaster
Photographer Francesca Moore’s show in London features images of wall surrounding site and families affected by disaster
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Which countries are doing the most to stop dangerous global warming?
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India unveils climate change plan
World’s third biggest greenhouse gas emitter says it will source 40% of its electricity from non-fossil fuel sources, ahead of Paris climate summit
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Coastal conservation doesn’t get its due | Janaki Lenin
Janaki Lenin: The state is ignoring conservation, ecological and social concerns in its pursuit of building a shipping port in Aghnashini estuary
Janaki Lenin
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Elephants electrocuted by sagging power lines | Janaki Lenin
Janaki Lenin: Many elephants get electrocuted by low-slung overhead electric cables before authorities take action
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Indian government takes major step to save vultures | Janaki Lenin
Janaki Lenin: Almost a decade after banning the veterinary drug diclofenac, the Indian government has banned large vials of the drug meant for human use
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India: No country for wild tigers? | Janaki Lenin
Janaki Lenin: Authorities seek to widen a road that would cut wildlife corridors and put the future sustainability of three tiger reserves at risk
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Indigenous tribe opposes hydropower projects in Tawang | Janaki Lenin
Janaki Lenin: An indigenous tribe of Arunachal Pradesh, the Monpa, fears its religious and cultural sites will be affected by 15 hydroelectric projects
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Private dinners, lavish parties and shoulder rubbing. How coal giant Adani charmed Australia's political elite
Reports from trade missions show the lengths to which Indian mining billionaire Gautam Adani has gone to charm ministers and state Premiers.
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Australia has denied environmental approval to just 18 projects since 2000
Guardian Australia analysis shows figures for mining projects are skewed even more starkly, as critics of environmental laws renew calls for reform
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Carmichael mine's new hurdle: analysts predict India's coal imports zero by 2021
Adani’s $16bn coalmine would be left ‘stranded’, says energy institute, by India’s plan to install renewable energy plants and upgrade grids
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Linking two rivers threatens to displace tigers | Janaki Lenin
Janaki Lenin: A project to connect two rivers will drown a large part of Panna national park in central India. Not only people, tigers will also be displaced
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Coalition may change environment laws after Carmichael mine setback
Government looking at how it can avoid a repeat of the ‘technical’ error that led to the federal court overturning the approval for the Queensland coalmine
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Future of Carmichael mine hinges not on skinks or snakes, but its business case
Its potential environmental impact on vulnerable species has caused outrage, yet it is the fight to make the mine viable that may yet pose the greatest challenge
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Poachers stalk elephants of Kerala after a gap of 20 years
Janaki Lenin: A gang of poachers, said to have killed more than 20 elephants for their tusks, was busted by Kerala state’s forest department
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Coalition will take six to eight weeks to revise its Carmichael coalmine approval
Environment department says federal court decision to overturn Greg Hunt’s approval for $16bn project was ‘technical, administrative matter’
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Approval for Adani's Carmichael coalmine overturned by federal court
Case brought against mine alleged environment minister Greg Hunt approved project without regard for conservation advice for two endangered species
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Greg Hunt urged to scrap Carmichael mine plan after new evidence of impact
ACF writes to environment minister after evidence shows the coalmine’s impact on groundwater and threatened species ‘substantially greater’ than thought
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Tony Abbott wrong on coal being ‘good for humanity’, Oxfam report finds
Report says Australia must embrace renewables and coal exacts an ‘enormous toll’ on health, drives climate change and is ineffective in delivering electricity to world’s poor
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Long way to go to conserve wild water buffaloes | Janaki Lenin
Janaki Lenin: The government is funding wild water buffalo conservation, but armed rebels overrun its habitat and much work needs to be done to protect the species
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