Anil Yadav | Lucknow The state government and the Union Environment Ministry are at loggerheads again as the Centre has stalled four power projects of 5300 mega watts at Singrauli on the ground that
As much as 40,000-plus barrels of oil per day are pouring from BP's ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico, a US official has said, more than doubling the previous government estimate.
If the talks between the Abu Dhabi-based NRI group and government succeeds, Kochi will get its first electricity project which generates power from solid waste. Loro Group, an endeavour by NRIs in Abu Dhabi, is planning to start the plant in association with Irish company
Several US government agencies are preparing a criminal probe of at least three companies involved in the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, though it could take more than a year before any charges are filed, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
The state government on Monday doubled the subsidy on diesel for buses, minibuses and taxis to Rs 2 per litre and lifted the cap on the total subsidy offered to each transport operator.<br /><br />For a taxi, up to 20 litres of diesel was being subsidised per day. The limit for buses and minibuses was 50 litres.<br />
KOLKATA, 18, Aug: The private bus and taxi owners will inform the state government about their decision regarding the transport strike shortly. The state transport minister Mr Ranjit Kundu today met leaders of taxi and bus owners to discuss the matter.
Large mining projects can be salvaged from potential political controversies if the government adopts the model used in oil and gas sector for exploration of other minerals too, the Confederation of Indian Industry president Hari Bhartia has said.
Mandi, September 2 Power producers and the Himachal government are planning to contest the recommendations of the Shukla Committee before the High Court.
Tata Steel, seeking a greater role the government in promoting Indian industry, has called for an ultra mega steel plant policy, on the lines of the similarly named policy to promote the power sector.
Jammu and Kashmir Assembly has passed a Bill laying down that companies running hydro-electric power projects in the state pay for the water they use to generate electricity. The move, the government said, will earn the state Rs 848 crore a year in additional revenue.
Industries Minister Narayan Rane has said the Jaitapur nuclear power project will go ahead and the government is willing to take those opposing the project to Tarapur power station to allay their fears.
BHUBANESWAR: The Government today slammed the Centre for the rising cost of the thermal power in the State. Even as the State is endowed with one-fourth of the coal reserves of the country, the thermal generating power stations, both in Central and State sectors as well as the captive generating plants, are experiencing acute coal shortage due to the discriminatory policies adopted by the Cent
MUMBAI: In an apparent play of votebank politics, the Congress-led Democratic Front government on Wednesday doled out generous sops to farmers in its 2011-12 budget in the form of loan waivers and subsidies. Farmers across Maharashtra owe Rs 5,900 crore in electricity bills along with interest and late fees.
Government wants forest land for Sabarimala pilgrims
The world moves towards totally chlorine free bleaching
Water and wood fibre are the most misused resources
Excise sleuths busted five large scale moonshine producing plants, cleverly hidden in a few islands in the Madampa river, declared by the Government as a sanctuary due to its unique bio-diversity features. The Madampa river joins the ocean near Ambalangoda, and the wetland which surrounds the area, has the reputation of being the breeding ground for many endangered species of plants and animals.
Environmental pollution and consumption of polluted water are at the root of ever-shrinking life expectancy in countries like Pakistan where pollution fails to make to the top of the government's priority list, say speakers at a seminar on "Urban and Rural Environmental Issues'. The seminar organised by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at Sindhi Language Authority to mark the Earth Day on Monday urged the agency to act on all environmental issues of the province.
The Environmental Dispute Coordination Commission ordered the municipal government of Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Wednesday to pay some 4.88 billion yen to Tokyu Corp for land contamination. Tokyu purchased the land in Kawasaki in 1992 and sold it as a construction site for condominiums. But part of about 25,000 square meters of land was contaminated with trichloroethylene and lead as the local authority reclaimed the land with incinerated ash from the late 1960s to early 1970s, according to the decision by the state body.
Nearly 200 governments will say next week they are unlikely to meet a target of slowing the rate of extinctions of living species by 2010, a failure which could threaten future food supplies. Up to 5,000 delegates and some heads of state, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, will try to agree at the Convention of Biological Diversity in the German city of Bonn on ways to save plant and animal species.
