Explanation: ‘Leave it In the Ground’ Group:

A group of environmentalists, lawyers and activists have come together to ‘defuse the carbon bombs’. The group is called Leave It In the Ground Initiative (LINGO). Its mission is to leave fossil fuels in the ground and learn to live without them. It believes that 100% use of renewable energy sources is the solution to global warming.

Carbon Bomb

A Carbon Bomb is ‘an oil or gas project that will result in at least a billion tonnes of CO2 emissions over its lifetime’. In total, around 195 such projects have been identified the world over. The listed carbon bomb projects include Carmichael Coal Project (Australia) owned by the Adani Group, Gevra Coal Mines in Chhattisgarh owned by Coal India, and Rajmahal Coal Mines in eastern Jharkhand owned by Eastern Coalfields.

Source: EPIC July 2022