Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
On August 17, 2007, the government of Lithuania formally decided to take the European Commission to the European Court of Justice over reduced co2 emission allowances (carbon quota) for the next carbon trading period of 2008-2012. With this, it becomes the seventh country from eastern Europe to take legal action …
A nuclear revival is welcome so long as the industry does not repeat its old mistakes IN MARCH 1986 this newspaper celebrated "The Charm of Nuclear Power" on its cover. The timing wasn't great. The following month, an accident at a reactor at Chernobyl in Ukraine spread radioactivity over Europe …
Energy: Attitudes to nuclear power are shifting in response to climate change and fears over the security of the supply of fossil fuels. The technology of nuclear power has been changing, too OVER the next few decades global electricity consumption is expected to double. At the same time, many power …
yes to greenhouse gas emissions check and no to emissions caps', reads China's National Climate Change Programme issued on June 4. In what is being called as the first national climate change plan, China has said climate change is the fallout of massive co2 emissions from developed countries and has …
A Dutch study has said that China has become world's biggest producer of greenhouse gases, outdoing the us by 8 per cent. The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency on June 19 said industrial China's carbon emissions rose by 9 per cent in 2006. Globally, fossil fuel emissions have gone up by …
On the face, it seems like a fight between brothers. One brother, in this case the elder, Mukesh Ambani, managed to get control over the country's gas reserves. The other, Anil Ambani, inherited the power generation business. When they were in it together, it worked brilliantly, the gas, priced low, …
Conventional thinking has it that combating climate change will be a drain on the global economy. But Barclays Capital, a leading investment bank in the us, has recently said that combating climate change could actually boost the world economy and climate change mitigation activities are likely to dominate financial markets. …
To meet India's annual growth rate of 7-8 per cent, coal is expected to maintain its dominant share of the electricity generation fuel mix. It is estimated that up to 80-100 million tonnes of flyash is produced each year by the low-quality coal used in India; however, only 10 per …
In a recent report prepared by its National Bureau of Statistics, China has acknowledged that its consumption of fossil fuels rose by 9.3 per cent in 2006 over the previous year. The report comes soon after another study by the International Energy Agency (a Paris-based alliance of oil-importing nations) that …
On March 28, Greenpeace activists beamed huge slides on to the cooling tower of the National Thermal Power Corporation Plant at Dadri, to spread a message on climate change. "Stop Climate Change-Energy (r)evolution now!', read the slides. The giant coal-based power plant is located in Uttar Pradesh's Gautambudhnagar. It uses …
The relationship between climate change and cities is complex. City-based activities contribute significant amounts of greenhouse gases and, simultaneously, are often more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Dhaka is now the world's eighth largest city and a significant proportion of Bangladesh's greenhouse gases are generated there although, relative …
This document contains the White paper on Project Surya, aiming at reduction of air pollution and global warming by cooking with renewable sources: a controlled and practical experiment in rural India. Project Surya will deploy inexpensive solar and other energy-efficient cookers in rural India and document their role in reducing …
Climate change is real. The sheen of industrial revolution is wearing off >> The cat is out of the bag. Since its last report in 2001, IPCC has a wider range of data, and more accurate analysis of global climate. It has compared existing carbon levels with data from ice …
with the Indian economy growing at a breathtaking pace, the urban Indian consumer has never had it so good. There are more cars, more ipods, more mobile phones than what anybody could have imagined 15 years ago. Fuelled by rising advertising revenues, the media is focused only on phenomenal growth …
on december 14, 2006, the state environment appellate authority stayed an order of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board directing Mumbai Port Trust (mbpt) to stop handling of coal at its Haji Bunder jetty on environmental grounds. This is the second time that the appellate authority has put a stay on …
Scientists have been warning about the danger from global warming for almost 20 years and our national and international governance systems have failed to deliver policies to effectively address this planetary emergency. After reviewing the reasons of the failure of our political, social and economic systems to make an effective …
