2020: The year that coal power took a hit
January 18, 2021
Plans for expansion in South and Southeast Asia were finally re-evaluated, with little prospect for a revival this year
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Articles about hydropower and energy and water linkages
January 18, 2021
Plans for expansion in South and Southeast Asia were finally re-evaluated, with little prospect for a revival this year
January 18, 2021
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s coal moratorium announcement gains plaudits but the lack of reaction from investors in coal plants, mainly Chinese, raises troubling questions of the way forward
January 02, 2021
Rural communities have found cracks developing in their homes as continuous blasting for construction of hydropower projects takes place nearby
December 31, 2020
A new CPEC Authority aims to centralise decision-making and take autonomy away from the provinces where the corridor’s key projects will be built. This makes the future of CPEC and its environmental consequences even more opaque
December 26, 2020
Spiralling costs, long delays, earthquakes and landslide risks plague developers trying to build hydropower projects in the Indian Himalayan states
December 16, 2020
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan won plaudits at international climate summit by announcing he would scrap two coal-fired power plants that have been scrapped already
December 11, 2020
The country is meeting its current unambitious pledge, but it is still pushing coal and failing to protect natural resources needed to protect people from the worst impacts of climate change
December 09, 2020
Rural communities have found cracks developing in their homes as continuous blasting for construction of hydropower projects takes place nearby
December 08, 2020
Climate change is wreaking havoc on Tajikistan’s hydropower-dependent energy system, leading to major shortages, but the country is pressing on with plans for new hydro projects
December 04, 2020
Powerchina’s announcement it will build a mega dam could spur a dam-building race with India, with disastrous consequences for the ecology of the region