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Clean Energy Investment Grew 16% in 2014: Bloomberg
Global clean energy investment grew 16% to $310 billion in 2014, according to annual data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance, falling just short of ... -
UN Secretary-General Endorses India’s ‘Historic’ Embrace of Solar
India’s embrace of solar energy represents “an historic opportunity,” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Sunday, during the inauguration of a 10-megawatt project in the ... -
SunEdison Announces Gigawatt-Scale Installations, Manufacturing in India
Global solar company SunEdison has announced plans to develop five gigawatts of renewable energy in India by 2020 and build a $4-billion, 7.5-gigawatt-per-year solar ... -
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China, India Lead Rising Coal Demand Through 2019
The International Energy Agency expects coal demand to exceed nine billion tonnes per year by 2019, despite growing pressure for sharp reductions in greenhouse ... -
India Could Unveil New Climate Plan Next Month
The world’s third-largest greenhouse gas emitter, India, could release a new climate change plan as early as January, Grist reports, citing news from one ... -
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Lima Climate Talks: Challenge for Canada, Opportunity for India
This morning's headlines show Canada "increasingly isolated" as global climate negotiations open in Lima, Peru, while India has an opportunity—and ample good reason—to leapfrog ... -
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India to Boost Renewables from 6% to 15% of Supply by 2019
India plans to increase renewable energy from six to 15% of total energy supply in the next five years, Power Minister Piyush Goyal told ... -
India’s Coal Rush Could Trigger Irreversible Climate Change
India’s plans to ramp up coal mining “could push the world into irreversible climate change and make India’s cities, already among the world’s most ... -
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India Plans Cleantech Investors’ Summit for 2015
India is hoping to draw billions of dollars in clean capital when it hosts its first renewable energy investors’ summit early next year. -
Commentator Parses Modi’s Q&A for Signs of Climate Denial
A news commentator is suggesting that India’s newly-elected Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, may be confused about the causes of climate change, notwithstanding his commitment ... -
Flooded Kashmir Faces Risk of Waterborne Disease
“It’s not over yet,” Climate Progress’ Emily Atkin reports, in her continuing coverage of severe flooding in the Kashmir. -
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India Uses Social Media to Locate 12,000 Kashmiris Stranded by Flood
With telecommunications centres flooded and cell phone networks out of service, the Indian Army turned to social media to locate stranded Kashmiris in need ... -
Crops Lost to Air Pollution in India Could Feed 94 Million
Ground-level ozone in India damages 6.7 million tons of wheat, rice, and other staple crops per year, enough to feed 94 million people and ... -
Himalayan Floods Kill 320, Leave Thousands Trapped
Six days of flooding in the Himalayan region of Kashmir and eastern Pakistan have left 320 people dead and thousand trapped, and Climate Progress ... -
Economic Growth Boosts India’s Dependence on Fossil Fuel Imports
India saw its dependence on fossil fuel imports increase 38% in 2012, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported last week. “As India modernizes and ...