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NetZero Now is a weekly newsletter from The Morning Context that covers the latest developments in the burgeoning energy, climate and cleantech ecosystem.
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Azman Usmani
Azman Usmani
Azman writes on climate change, ESG, and how a warming world impacts businesses and people alike. Prior to The Morning Context, he led climate coverage at BloombergQuint, where he started his career as a desk writer.
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The price of a cooler planet
From net-zero plans to farm resilience, the battle for the climate will be fought on balance sheets.
Recent Editions
India’s next big reform battle: Who gets to sell you power?
The Centre has proposed to open up the retail electricity market, hoping competition will fix India’s loss-making discoms. The states fear a power grab. The outcome will shape the next phase of India’s energy transition.
14 Oct 2025
India’s homegrown blueprint to surviving carbon tariffs
Gujarat’s pollution trading experiment could become the model for a national framework on pricing emissions.
07 Oct 2025
Murky waters ahead as shipping resists net-zero plan
The industry that moves 90% of world trade now wants to sink the first serious plan to clean up its climate footprint.
30 Sept 2025
Carbon credits’ house of cards
Once hailed as a climate fintech innovator, Aspiration Partners’s collapse is shaking trust in carbon offsets and ESG startups.
23 Sept 2025
Older Editions
From Sterlite to Serentica, Pratik Agarwal is stitching together a power ensemble
After a headline solar acquisition this week, Anil Agarwal’s nephew is slowly becoming a prominent name in the power sector.
16 Sept 2025
Adani is blazing the trail in India's coal comeback
Adani Power has boldly taken on the mantle of coal power's comeback in the country. But in doing so, it faces critical risks around asset obsolescence and climate misalignment.
09 Sept 2025
India's ill-fated tryst with offshore wind
The government keeps trying to woo bidders to set up offshore wind projects, even though big tenders have been cancelled and developers have shown little interest.
01 Sept 2025
India’s rare-earth relief is no cause for rest
Rather than celebrate Beijing’s lifting of restrictions on rare-earth exports, India's EV and green energy ecosystems must confront their China dependence.
22 Aug 2025
Mumbai's worsening garbage crisis, and the company in the thick of it
The Kanjurmarg landfill, operated by Antony Waste Handling Cell Ltd., is safe from the axe for now. But its fate remains a major source of worry for the company's shareholders and the city's residents alike.
08 Aug 2025