Coal-fired power plants nitrogen emissions reduce India’s wheat and rice yield by 10%
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Coal-fired power plants nitrogen emissions reduce India’s wheat and rice yield by 10%

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Coal-fired power plant pollution poses a serious threat to India’s food security. According to a new study by a group of researchers at Stanford University, India is potentially losing more than 10% of its annual wheat and rice productivity due to nitrogen dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants. Over 70% of India’s electricity is generated from coal-fired power plants. It analysed that crop damage intensity is higher than the human mortality damage intensity per GWh of electricity generated by coal-fired power plants. “Reducing dependency on coal-fired power plants can improve crop-productivity as an important co-benefit,” said lead author Kirat Singh, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford University.

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Coal power is costing India up to 10% of its rice and wheat crops
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Coal power is costing India up to 10% of its rice and wheat crops

The Hindu  

According to new research led by researchers at Stanford University in the US, coal-fired power plants are quietly depleting India’s rice and wheat output, destroying up to 10% of the yield in several states. Then, to estimate how NO 2 from coal-fired power plants affected crop yield, the researchers turned to a satellite-derived vegetation index. “When you’re crafting policy around …

How India loses wheat, rice crops worth millions due to coal emissions
1 month, 2 weeks ago

How India loses wheat, rice crops worth millions due to coal emissions

India Today  

As the world continues to grapple with the effects of human-induced emissions, a new study reveals how it's affecting crop production in India. The study from the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability highlights the link between coal emissions and crop productivity - rice and wheat in particular - in India. As rice and wheat are two grains that are the …

India’s power units binge on coal, outpace Asia
2 years, 4 months ago

India’s power units binge on coal, outpace Asia

The Hindu  

India's coal-fired power output has increased much faster than any other country in the Asia Pacific since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, underscoring the challenges the world's third-largest greenhouse gas emitter faces in weaning its economy off of carbon. India's coal-fired power output increased more than 10% year-on-year from March to October to 757.82 terawatt hours, an analysis of government data …

India’s Energy-Environment Catch-22
2 years, 7 months ago

India’s Energy-Environment Catch-22

The Diplomat  

Rani, a domestic worker in New Delhi, travels 10-15 kilometers every day from her cramped urban slum in Goyla Dairy, Najafgarh, to high rise buildings in Dwarka. While India plans to reach carbon neutral status by 2070, extreme weather events like the recent heatwaves keep pushing India’s energy sector to depend on traditional coal in the absence of enough renewable …

For India to Become Coal-free, Start with More Foreign Capital Flow to Green Sectors
3 years, 4 months ago

For India to Become Coal-free, Start with More Foreign Capital Flow to Green Sectors

News 18  

Progress, as the world has designed and defined it, requires material production which, in turn, requires energy. Those cities, the researchers wrote, “located 49 km from the nearest coalfield grew 21.1 percent faster after 1750 than cities located 85 km further away.” It is no wonder then, that in March this year, International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol said it …

Deaths in Delhi may double in 9 years due to coal pollution: Research
3 years, 5 months ago

Deaths in Delhi may double in 9 years due to coal pollution: Research

India Today  

According to a new study, the number of deaths due to coal pollution could almost double in the next nine years with almost 5,280 premature deaths expected by 2030. According to a report published in Times of India, Delhi recorded 330 premature deaths due to coal-related pollution in one year. Research shows 37 coal units around Delhi generating 6.6GW of …

India may build new coal plants due to low cost despite climate change
3 years, 11 months ago

India may build new coal plants due to low cost despite climate change

The Hindu  

India may build new coal-fired power plants as they generate the cheapest power, according to a draft electricity policy document seen by Reuters, despite growing calls from environmentalists to deter use of coal. But a 28-page February draft of the National Electricity Policy 2021 — which has not been made public — showed India may add new coal-fired capacity, though …

Climate change: Fighting air pollution in India could increase greenhouse gases
5 years, 3 months ago

Climate change: Fighting air pollution in India could increase greenhouse gases

Live Mint  

India’s fight against deadly air pollution may come with an unintended consequence: increased emissions of greenhouse gases. Government-mandated pollution control devices for coal-fired power plants, which reduce deadly sulfur-dioxide pollution, could also boost carbon dioxide emissions at individual plants, according to a report by the US Environmental Protection Agency. “It’ll come down to a trade-off between local health impacts versus …

Air pollution lowers crop yield: study
10 years, 4 months ago

Air pollution lowers crop yield: study

The Hindu  

India’s food grain production is facing a double whammy, with heightened air pollution adding to the impact of climate change on crop yields, according to a recent study. “Our statistical model suggests that, averaged over India, yields in 2010 were up to 36% lower for wheat than they otherwise would have been, absent climate and pollutant emissions trends, with some …

Emissions from coal plants causing high mortality, diseases
12 years ago

Emissions from coal plants causing high mortality, diseases

The Hindu  

Emissions from coal-fired power plants is taking a heavy toll on human life across large parts of India. Titled ‘Coal Kills — An Assessment of Death and Disease caused by India’s dirtiest energy source,’ by Urban Emissions.info and Greenpeace India, with support from Conservation Action Trust by Sarath K. Guttikunda and Puja Jawahar, the study says emissions from coal-fired power …

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