Is coal killing India?
At the United Nations climate talks, a group of mostly developed nations promised to cut down on coal-fired power, which is a key source of air pollution and global warming. However, major coal users, including India, China, the US, Russia and Germany, did not take the plunge yet. There is no denying the fact that the energy requirements for a developing economy like India far outruns that of developed nations such as the US, the UK and Canada. Today, India is home to 18% of the world's population, but uses only 6% of primary energy. While coal-based power makes for the most potent energy sources at 59%, alternate sources such as nuclear, gas, hydro, solar and wind power make for the rest.Controlling coal: India is diversifying its means to.....