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. …
Sri Lanka will not go ahead with the joint venture with India’s National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to build a coal power plant in eastern Trincomalee district, the Supreme court was told today, after strong objections from environmentalists and the public. The decision of the Ministry of Power and Energy …
A two-year old study released in 2015 by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), (a well-respected non-profit public interest research and advocacy organization in New Delhi) concluded that NTPC, India's largest power producing Coal Company was way below the prevailing standards across various parameters. The study, which analyzed 47 …
The international coal lobby seems to be jittery with India’s green energy ambition with coal experts like Gerard McCloskey, founder of Merlin Consultant, Rodrigo Echeverri of Nobel Resources, Gareth Carpenter of Platts International, Howard Glatiss of Coal Marketing Company, Colombia and even Partha S Bhattacharyya, former Coal India chairman, sharing …
The U.K. government may need to delay until next year the release of a plan on how the country will meet carbon reduction targets for 2030, according to the new climate minister. In his first public comments since his appointment last month, Minister of Climate Change Nick Hurd said Tuesday …
Poland is willing to back EU ratification of an amendment to the Kyoto Protocol on carbon emissions if the European Commission guarantees financing for new, cleaner coal-fired power stations, the Prime Minister's office said. Last October Poland's president unexpectedly vetoed 2012's Doha amendment which extends the protocol until 2020, arguing …
The amount of coal-fired power generation under development worldwide has shrunk by 14 percent this year, driven down by China as it struggles with oversupply and tries to promote cleaner energy, a study showed on Wednesday. India also introduced policies in the first half of 2016 curbing plans for coal-fired …
Pressure is growing on the UK government to ratify the Paris climate change deal immediately. A spokesman for the prime minister told the BBC the UK would ratify "as soon as possible", but did not suggest a date. But Labour, the Lib Dems, SNP and the Greens say the UK …
IPCL's expertise and knowledge of the local market will aid the JV company in becoming a key player in the thermal power generation sector, Kanoria said. India Power Corporation Ltd (IPCL), a Kanoria Foundation firm, has formed a 50:50 joint venture (JV) with German energy firm Uniper to provide customised …
Minister claims hike in coal output, better offtake by generation plants; Discoms losses coming down post UDAY launch Union Minister for power Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said there is no thermal power plant in India which is stranded for want of coal, largely due to increase in coal production and …
In December 2015, the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC;) announced tighter standards for coal-based thermal power plants. Centre for Science and Environment’s (CSE) preliminary survey of power companies and manufacturers revealed, however, that little progress has been made towards the implementation. CSE felt it would be important …
The amount of coal power capacity under development worldwide saw a dramatic drop in the first half of 2016, mainly due to shifting policies in Asia, according to a survey by CoalSwarm’s Global Coal Plant Tracker. Overall, the “coal plant pipeline”—the total amount of coal-fired generating capacity in pre-construction planning—dropped …
The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal has ordered notice to TANGEDCO and the Tamil Nadu government on a petition opposing the environment approval granted to the 1,600-MW Uppur Thermal Power Project. According to the counsel for the appellants, the NGT order follows an appeal from the villagers objecting …
Talwandi Sabo Power Ltd (TSPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vedanta, had set up a coal-based supercritical thermal power plant in district Mansa of Punjab. Vedanta’s 1,980 mw Talwandi Saboo thermal power plant has become fully operational with the 660-mw third unit starting commercial generation. “The third 660 mw unit of …
Karnataka Power Corporation Limited's gas-based thermal power plant is set to come up on a plot in Yelahanka - historically classified as an industrial zone - in North Bengaluru. However, land use patterns have changed over the years. According to the 2015 master plan, more land in this parcel is …
The true impact of air pollution has been obscured by the failure to consider people’s exposure as they move around during the day, according to a new study that has mapped the hotspots of New York’s air pollution based on where people gather for work or recreation. The research cites …
After 40 or so years away from the “gold medal” position, the US transportation sector has once again emerged to claim the mantle of being the top contributor of carbon emissions in the country, according to a new report from the US Public Interest Research Group (US PIRG). What this …
Five years after the shipping carrier -M V Rak sank 20 nautical miles off the South Mumbai coast in the Arabian Sea causing marine pollution, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday slapped Rs100 crore penalty on the Qatar-based Delta Navigation as "environmental compensation" for dumping the cargo in the …
This report takes stock of the power sector in India and discusses the interventions required to achieve round-the-clock power supply and propose directions for stakeholders in the Indian power and energy sectors.
Five-member team of environmental experts make impact assessment study Members of a sub-committee appointed by the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests & Climate Change (MoEF) on Thursday inspected the project site for Bhadradri (4 x 270 MW) thermal power station at Manuguru. A …
The increase in people dying in India from air pollution will outpace the rate of such deaths in China, as India drags its heels over environmental rules while opening more coal mines, the head of a US research group said on Thursday. "India's situation is getting worse at a much …
