Indian coal prices to be lower after tax revision, industry officials sayIndia's coal prices are set to decrease due to tax revisions. The consumption tax hike is offset by removing the carbon levy. This change m...
04 Sep, 2025, 04.29 PM IST
Why investors are souring on this once red-hot climate techThis decline raises concerns about the industry's ability to scale, especially with potential rollbacks of government support and wavering ...
02 May, 2025, 10.02 AM IST
The new climate gold rush: Scrubbing carbon from the skyThis summer, Bill Gates met with top investors to discuss funding companies that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. These businesse...
24 Dec, 2024, 05.11 PM IST
India asks rich nations to remove tech transfer restrictions, unilateral trade measuresIndia calls for action from developed countries at UN climate talks. India wants increased climate finance and technology transfer. It crit...
18 Nov, 2024, 07.52 PM IST
Taxation of 40% on carbonated beverages hampering innovation: Indian Beverage Association’s JP MeenaIndia's beverage industry, facing a 40% GST on carbonated drinks, advocates for tax rationalization to spur innovation, job creation, and i...
30 Sep, 2024, 07.08 PM IST
What is carbon capture and how much of a solution is it after COP28?Many experts say the technology to capture carbon and store it works, but it’s expensive, and it’s still in the early days of deployment.
14 Dec, 2023, 10.25 AM IST
What is carbon capture and why does it keep coming up at COP28?The UN climate summit in Dubai spotlights the debate over fossil fuels' future. Advocates push to phase out oil, gas, and coal, contrasting...
09 Dec, 2023, 11.49 AM IST
Carbon 'capture' climate tech is booming, and confusingCarbon capture and storage (CCS) and direct air capture (DAC) are both complex industrial processes that isolate CO2 but these newly boomin...
04 Jul, 2023, 08.11 PM IST
Removing carbon from the air enters its awkward teen yearsThe world’s first plant that pulls carbon dioxide from the air and turns it into stone has been operating in Iceland for about two years no...
13 Jun, 2023, 09.57 AM IST
India asks European Union to recognise its carbon credit trading schemeIndia is urging the EU to validate its Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS) as its steel, iron and aluminium exports may face more inspectio...
07 May, 2023, 11.02 PM IST
A billionaire emits a million times more greenhouse gases than average person: Oxfam reportCumulatively, 125 billionaires fund 393 million tonnes of CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent) per year, which is equal to the annual carbon em...
07 Nov, 2022, 07.04 AM IST
It's time for India to hop on the net zero bandwagonNet zero target can serve as a means to design an agenda tailored to India’s needs. All such challenges should be appropriately addressed t...
28 Jul, 2021, 12.15 AM IST
BASIC nations oppose EU’s plan to impose a ‘carbon border tax’The BASIC nations expressed concerns over the issue while discussing climate actions during the two-day ministerial meeting which concluded...
10 Apr, 2021, 10.40 AM IST
Britain yet to choose between carbon tax or trading scheme post-BrexitEarlier this year, the government put forward plans for a domestic ETS to replace the EU scheme from January 2021 - once the Brexit transit...
12 Nov, 2020, 07.00 PM IST
Population, performance & pollution find mention in Economic SurveyIndia’s decision to sharply raise taxes on petrol and diesel when oil prices were tumbling has placed the country among the world’s top lea...
01 Feb, 2017, 01.01 AM IST
- Won't slash oil subsidies now, but will phase them out eventually: FM
Amid pressure to lower oil subsidy, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday ruled out removal of government support citing volatile f...
16 Oct, 2011, 07.35 AM IST
Budget 2011: Shipping Tax should be at par with road/rail; says Vinay Kshirsagar, CFO, Shreyas Shipping & LogisticsShipping industry has sought rationalisation of taxes and demanded that many services that are taxed be made at par with road and rail serv...
24 Feb, 2011, 07.25 PM IST