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CSE’s Weekly Bulletin

July 16, 2025

The latest on our perspectives, analysis, publications and events

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BULLETIN HIGHLIGHTS
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  • Stories from Down To Earth
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  Dear friends of CSE,

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  MoEF&CC’s new SO2 rules for thermal power plants exempt Category C, leave Category B to discretion  
  As over 75% of India's thermal capacity falls under Category C,
exemptions could undermine emission standards
 
  — Shreya Verma  
     
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The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has issued a revised notification regarding sulphur dioxide (SO2) emission standards for coal- and lignite-based thermal power plants. It introduces a new compliance framework based on categories (A, B and C), exemptions, penalties and extensions.

If a thermal power plant intends to retire before December 31, 2030, it does not have to meet the SO2 emission standards, but only if the plant officially submits an undertaking (a formal written declaration) to both the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Central Electricity Authority, stating that the plant will be retired by December 31, 2030.

Such plants shall be levied environmental compensation from December 31, 2030, at the rate of Rs 0.4 per unit of electricity generated, if their operation continues beyond the date specified in the undertaking without meeting the prescribed standards... Continue Reading
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Here’s what to watch out this month at CSE
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From Down To Earth
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Sanctions & climate action crossroads
India must embrace energy sovereignty with justice at its heart
 
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FFD4 Seville
Political, technical faultlines impeding debt reform laid bare, outcome offers modest hope
 
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Once-in-a-billion event
Intense marine heatwave in Mediterranean shocks with 8°C warming
 
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Why Europe is in a hurry to dismantle river-blocking dams and weirs
In the coming five years, close to 90% of global river volume will be impeded by barriers like dams, warns UNEP
 
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    WATCH | How Pune’s Rapid Urbanisation Fuels Rising, Unequal Heat
 
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