Briefing | Skunk no more

Will India become a green superpower?

One of the world’s most polluting countries is investing heavily in clean tech

|GURUGRAM, MUNDRA AND PUNE

It gets almost three-quarters of its electricity from coal, and has 39 new coal-fired power plants under construction. It digs up and burns more of the stuff than any other country except China. And it is coal’s loudest advocate internationally: at last year’s climate conference in Glasgow, it was the skunk at the garden party, blocking efforts to phase out the fuel most responsible for global warming.

This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition under the headline “Skunk no more”

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