Down with protests
Is the Indian government silencing protests against the Enron power project?
Is the Indian government silencing protests against the Enron power project?
Flyash, produced in millions of tonnes as a waste by thermal power plants can serve as an excellent soil conditioner, studies at the Central Research Institute, Dhanbad, Bihar, show. The studies
Giving coal a good scrub by using small calcium oxide crystals might greatly reduce the pollution caused by coal based power stations
Five mega projects along the western coast of the country have failed the
<p>Judgement of the Supreme Court of India on Taj Mahal dated 30/12/1996 in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others. The judges noted that the Taj is threatened with deterioration and
The Singrauli region, which produces 10% of India's electric power, has experienced rapid industrialization and urbanization over the last 30 years. Along with this growth has come environmental degradation in terms of coal cycle and industrial pollution, displacement of populations, housing and occupational hazards, related health effects, and land degradation.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Punjab, Pakistan, has yet to deliver its no. objection certificate to the Islamabad-based Northern Electric Company Limited which plans to build
As political parties, environmentalist banner-holders and indigenous industries cry themselves hoarse over the entry of the Cogentrix facility, moot ecological issues seem to take a backseat
Burgeoning flyash dumps in Kolaghat spread silicosis
Worried at the growing mountain of flyash being produced by the 70 thermal power stations across the country, the ministries of power, environment and science and technology of the Indian
There seems to be a complete go-by for environmental laws
Union minister of state for power P V Rangaiah Naidu has said that his ministry is considering the setting up of a National Ash Utilisation and Marketing Corp to promote utilisation of fly-ash from
Officers' associations of major public sector power undertakings have warned of a crisis in the energy sector if the government's liberalisation policy in power generation and distribution is pushed
A US appeals court ruled it could forward the North American Free Trade Agreement to Congress without an environmental impact statement.
IGNORING vehement protests by environmentalists, the Sri Lankan government has decided to go ahead with construction of a coal-fired thermal power plant in Trincomalee, on the island republic's
ENVIRONMENTAL NGOs in the US are rushing ahead of their government in both their desire and actions to act as the world's green helmets. A statement issued by the Environment Defence Fund and other
Villagers near Calcutta contend they have been unfairly done out of their land by a private thermal power plant project
The future of the Taj Mahal is once again at stake because, the environment versus industry debate notwithstanding, pollution levels in Agra are rising once again.
Delhi's Rajghat thermal power station, which was ordered closed for causing excessive pollution, has resumed functioning and has until March to clean up its act.
Developers of a new, clean and efficient process for coal based power generation say it will not become popular unless the government enforces stricter environment protection standards.