Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Bhagalpur: The environment and pollution control board of the Bihar Assembly has focused on the NTPC Kahalgaon super thermal power project within a week of chief minister Nitish Kumar criticising the project for spreading pollution. Nitish had visited Kahalgaon, around 274km east of Patna, on February 15 to inaugurate the …
This morning, the US Consulate in Mumbai recorded the city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) as 178. The situation had not changed much by 4 pm when the AQI was recorded at 168 An AQI between 150 and 200 is considered unhealthy, while 201 to 300 is very unhelthy and anything …
The National Green Tribunal has directed all States and Union Territories to submit an action plan on the usage of fly ash that is generated from thermal power plants. A Bench headed by judicial member Raghuvendra Rathore noted that despite previous orders passed by the green panel, the States had …
The Kenyan Energy Cabinet Secretary, Charles Keter, has indicated that government will be forced to use more thermal power to meet the current demands. Keter said this while on a tour of the Sondu-Miriu hydroelectric power station in Kisumu County. According to the Daily Nation, Kenya Power usually buys electricity …
The Balearic islands’ government has launched a pioneering plan to phase out greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, potentially setting itself on a collision course with the Spanish government. Under the green manifesto, new diesel cars will be taken off the car market in Ibiza, Majorca, Menorca and Formentera from 2025 …
RAICHUR: Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL), managing director, Kumar Nayak, admitted that there is a massive shortage of coal. Nayak said owing to lack of rain and dearth of coal, power generation has dipped this financial year. He was speaking after visiting thermal power plants in Raichur. He charted some …
Ninety per cent of India's thermal power plants -- which meet most of the electricity demand of the country -- rely on freshwater for cooling and 40 per cent of these plants experience high water stress, says a global research organisation. It asked the Indian Ministry of Power to mandate …
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) not to grant clearance to any new thermal power plant till they comply with the standards set by it, after a plea alleged that many of them were flouting norms and causing pollution. A bench headed by …
Babies' exposure to high levels of air pollution in the womb may lead to a type of DNA damage, typically associated with ageing, called telomere shortening, warned a study. Telomeres are the caps at the end of each strand of DNA that protect our chromosomes. Telomere shortening is the main …
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday ruled out reversal of the government's decision to close down the Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant (GNDTP), Bathinda, pointing to the non-feasibility of continuing operations. In a statement issued here, the chief minister explained the circumstances that led to the closure of the …
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) to not grant environmental clearance for any new thermal power plant unless it complies with emission standards notified in 2015. The NGT was hearing a petition by environmental activist Sunil Dahiya …
The MoEF had on December 7, 2015 issued a notification revising the standards for coal-based thermal power plants across the country that aimed to reduce emissions such as sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter, and regulate the amount of water consumption The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday directed the …
Threat of closure of state-run coal-fired thermal power plants looms large following tough environmental norms for curbing carbon emission enforced by Ministry of Environment and Forests. The new norm entails installation of `Flue Gas Desulphurisation‘ (FGD) and `Selective Catalytic Reducer’ (SCR) in each unit of thermal power plants. Thermal plants …
BHOPAL: Leader of Opposition Ajay Singh shot letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union minister for Energy RK Singh and chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan bringing to their notice the agitation of farmers in Gadarwara, Narsinghpur district against non-fulfilment of agreement promises by NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd). In …
Exposure to household burning emissions and coal combustion were the main reasons behind 75 per cent of air pollution-related deaths in India in 2015 which came chiefly from rural areas, reveals a report. The report, by experts from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)- Bombay and the US-based Health Effects …
Capacity utilisation of thermal power plants remained subdued in April-December period this fiscal at 59.7 per cent even as the electricity demand grew at 5.8 per cent, rating agency Icra said. The domestic electricity demand has grown by 5.8 per cent during April-December 2017-18 period mainly led by a significant …
Power procurement cost is likely to increase by around nine paise or 2-4% per unit as Coal India Limited (CIL) has raised non-cooking coal or thermal coal prices. Starting January 9, thermal grade coal price has been revised by CIL by 9%. This hike would compensate for Rs 5,667 crore …
The NGT was hearing separate pleas filed by Shantanu Sharma, Anupam Raghav, Sandplast (India) Ltd and others seeking utilisation of the fly ash as per 1999, 2003 and 2009 notifications issued by the environment ministry. The National Green Tribunal has directed all the states and the Union territories to submit …
The government should consider allowing domestic coal to be used in imported coal-based thermal power plants to reduce the dependency on the dry fuel bought from other countries, says a Parliamentary Committee report. The Committee has noted that the use of indigenous coal by the imported coal-based thermal power plants …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shantanu Sharma Vs Union of India & Others dated 03/01/2018 regarding utilization of ash generated by the thermal power plants. NGT directs the States and Union Territory to submit their action plan for utilization of ash produced and generated by …
