{"id":491192,"date":"2022-05-12T09:06:07","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T03:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=491192"},"modified":"2022-05-12T09:18:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T03:48:44","slug":"environment-approvals-for-coal-mine-expansions-eased-to-tackle-fuel-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/environment-approvals-for-coal-mine-expansions-eased-to-tackle-fuel-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Environment approvals for coal mine expansions eased to tackle fuel crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India has eased environment approvals for coal mine expansions to boost output amid fuel shortages that have triggered hours-long blackouts.<\/p>\n<p>Some existing sites will be able to raise production by a further 10% without requiring new impact assessments and rules on consulting local residents have been loosened, according to a government note. The changes come after the coal ministry flagged \u201chuge pressure on domestic coal supply,\u201d the message said.<\/p>\n<p>Coal supplies at power plants are shrinking amid a grueling heat wave that\u2019s pushed electricity demand to a record in recent weeks, with several facilities operating with critical reserves of the fuel, power ministry data show. Blackouts and curbs on supply to some industries have prompted street protests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India has eased environment approvals for coal mine expansions to boost output amid fuel shortages that have triggered hours-long blackouts. Some existing sites will be able to raise production by a further 10% without requiring new impact assessments and rules on consulting local residents have been loosened, according to a government note. The changes come after the coal ministry flagged \u201chuge pressure on domestic coal supply,\u201d the message said. Coal supplies at power plants are shrinking amid a grueling heat wave that\u2019s pushed electricity demand to a record in recent weeks, with several facilities operating with critical reserves of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[135,170,130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-491192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-standard-newspapers","category-coal-business-standard-newspapers","category-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}