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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
TopicCarbon emissions

Topic: Carbon emissions

Don’t ignore the nuclear option just because it’s controversial

Nuclear power may be controversial. But it’s also a reliable source of clean power that can replace fossil fuels.

India’s carbon emissions fell in 2019-20 – the first time in 4 decades

Emissions dropped by 1.4% in 2019-20, thanks to slowing demand for coal and oil, Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air said.

Evidence of brain surgery in ancient Greece, a sharp spike in methane emissions in 2019

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Planting a trillion trees will not stop climate change

People may be mistaking tree planting as a substitute for cutting carbon emissions. Trees would buy time but alone they won’t be enough to stop global warming.

Global energy emissions stall, but India & China are still adding to the problem

Global emissions stalled for the first time in three years. This would mean India, whose emissions are growing rapidly, will have to embrace the economy-wide limits European countries are adopting.

Carbon emissions by India’s steel sector to triple by 2050

India currently has 977 steel plants and is one of the few brights spots for demand globally as PM Modi's govt rolls out a plan to spend about $1.5 trillion to upgrade infrastructure.

The 2010s wrecked the planet. But it’s not all over yet

There’s a surprising amount of evidence that the needed transformation to deal with carbon emissions has started to play out — especially in power generation.

India has an air pollution problem — fighting it may lead to more greenhouse gas emissions

The environment ministry in 2015 imposed caps on emissions of toxic gases from power plants, allowing operators two years to retrofit facilities. That deadline has been extended due to financial challenges.

How Europe’s steel industry made millions from the climate crisis

Steel is responsible for about 7% of global emissions but even today the sector is mostly shielded from having to buy carbon pollution permits in Europe.

How Kolkata with electric buses and ferries plans to fight air pollution

Kolkata averaged a PM 2.5 concentration of 85.4 micrograms per cubic metre of air in 2018, more than eight times the recommended limit.

On Camera

New labour codes make India’s workforce competitive with China—and build Viksit Bharat

By consolidating 29 laws into four codes, compliance is streamlined and regulations are simplified, improving “ease of doing business”. This is bound to improve investor confidence.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.