US utilities, green groups huddle on emissions
A high-stakes meeting to discuss proposed changes to the Clean Air Act was set to resume last week after the head of the Senate Environment committee vowed last week to hold U.S. electric utilities
A high-stakes meeting to discuss proposed changes to the Clean Air Act was set to resume last week after the head of the Senate Environment committee vowed last week to hold U.S. electric utilities
In a major step aimed at improving corporate practices, engineering major Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has joined the United nations 'Global Compact' - a partnership between the UN,the
The Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has decided to felt more than 10 lakh trees in the entire BHEL township declaring them as old and of no use. However no final decision has been taken as the
A powerful storm buffeted eastern Australia on Sunday uprooting trees and nearby towns. The electricity was cut to about 120,000 Sydney homes and the State Emergency Service (SES) received more than
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Bhopal Indian Oil Corporation Limited, LPG bottling plant, Bhori Bakania Bhopal, Kilpest Limited, in Industrial area, Govindpura Bhopal have been categories by
The long wait for a reliable method to predict earthquakes may finally be over. A group of Indian geologists have found that a regular measurement of electrical resistivity of the ground surface
A landslip near the site of the proposed three-gorges dam, the world's largest hydro-electric power project, in central China has hit communication, transportation and water supply. About 136
Sea pollution near the Ennore Thermal Power Station has been "totally avoided," the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board chairman claimed today. From October 1 this year, letting ash slurry into the sea had
In yet another incidence of poaching in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve a six year old tiger was killed using electric current recently. This is for the second time in last six months that a tiger has
Winter storms dumped a blanket of snow on much of Lebanon on Monday, cutting off the country's main international highway and leaving dozens of towns without electricity or telephone services.
Almost 100,000 homes across Australia's largest city were without electricity on Sunday after wild storms lashed Sydney on Saturday evening
AGL Enterprises has launched "Incinolet ", a revolutionary concept in toilet technology, for the first time in the country. It is the world's only electric incinerating toilet, a toilet system
A study prepared by a private contractor estimates that pollution from more than 80 power plants owned by eight electric utilities will cause nearly 6,000 premature deaths in the year 2007. The
At least 25 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured in rainstorms that wrecked thousands of houses, knocked down trees, electricity poles and damaged crops in Northern Bangladesh and news
Zilla panchayat president B R Vasudev has assured members at a recent meeting in Karnataka that rural drinking water projects, which have been completed would be provided electric supply soon. Ruling
The MCD plans to set up more electric crematoriums and set ones that run on diesel and LPG. The wood MCD uses for cremation comes from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. Acquiring this wood is not banned but
The green belt proposed to be developed around the Lehra Mohabbat Thermal Plant of the Punjab State Electricity Board may not materialise in the coming few years as over 40,000 plants out of a total
Pollution be damned, the buzz is catching up in Gurgaon and Noida. Big diesel generator or DG sets, manufacturers claim, are capable of ensuring uninterrupted electric supply of small and large
The Himachal Pradesh High court yesterday issued show cause notices to the Secretary, Director, the state pollution control board and the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board(HPSEB) on a petition
For the past several years, the economically deprived slum dwellers in Madhya Pradesh were having a field day with "free electricity" being doled out to them by the State Government being used