Mouna Hashem

Nov 29, 2023 | countercurrents.org | Amjad Yaghi |Rebecca Gordon |Vijay Prashad |Mouna Hashem

Ministry of Power should not force PSPCL to import coal in preference to PSPCL obtaining coal from its captive Pacchwara mine in Jharkhand To Shri Rajiv Gauba Cabinet Secretary Government of India Dear Shri Gauba, In my letter of October 16 2023 , I invited your attention to a number of investigative news reports on how some domestic companies owning overseas coal mines are continuing to exploit the State power utilities by over-invoicing coal supplied to them, largely as a result of a...

Nov 24, 2023 | countercurrents.org | Robert Hunziker |Countercurrents Collective |Bharat Dogra |Mouna Hashem

It’s 35 years since formation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) “to advance scientific knowledge about climate change caused by human activities.” Subsequently, COP21 at Paris ‘15 warned the world not to exceed 1.5°C, and worst case, not to exceed 2.0°C above pre-industrial or risk lasting damage to crucial life supporting ecosystems, ultimately leading to some level of an extinction event.

Nov 23, 2023 | countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |Mouna Hashem |Countercurrents Collective |Aman Namra

A report prepared by Oxfam GB with the help of Stockholm Environment Institute released recently on November 20 2023 has stated that carbon emissions of the richest 1 per cent at world level accounted for 16 per cent of the world’s total CO2 emissions in 2019. The top 10 per cent or the richest 10 per cent account for about 50% of the global consumption emissions.

Nov 22, 2023 | countercurrents.org | Mouna Hashem |Countercurrents Collective |Bharat Dogra |Carter Dillard

by Mouna Hashem and Martha MundyIt is no joke; the man who will preside over the upcoming climate summit, COP28 (which will take place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), from November 30 to December 12), is the chief oil executive of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), the third largest oil company in the Arabian Peninsula: Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, who also is the United Arab Emirates Minister for Industry and Advanced Technology.