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. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ramdas Prajapati & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 08/04/2016 regarding making available coal ash free of cost for the purpose of ash based products by every coal and lignite and thermal power plants, NEPA Ltd, Burhanpur District, …
Three people were killed on Monday when Bangladeshi riot police fired shots after coming under attack from demonstrators in a disturbance over a planned, Chinese-built power plant, authorities said. S Alam Group, a Bangladeshi company, signed a deal earlier in the day with SEPCOIII Electric Power Construction Corporation of China …
The Chinese government may finally be making strong moves against further coal energy development in the country, going by recent reports — with news of the blocking of development of new coal-fired power plants in 15 regions apparently having been confirmed by the country’s National Energy Administration. The regions in …
India will join 100 nations in ratifying the Paris agreement on climate change on April 22, Union Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar said at the University of Mumbai, according to a press statement. The United Nations agreement, negotiated in Paris in December 2015, sets out a global …
Electricity supply across India will be vulnerable to disruptions this summer as the official forecast of severe heatwave will boost demand significantly, while power stations face acute water shortage this year because of the alarming dip in water levels that has forced some plants to shut down. Water shortage is …
BEIJING — A year and a half ago, negotiators from the United States persuaded the Chinese government to commit to a deadline for reversing the growth in greenhouse gas emissions from China. The Obama administration portrayed the pledge as a major victory because China produces more of the gases that …
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has commissioned a 250 MW coal-based thermal power plant (TPP) in Bihar. The 250 MW unit has been commissioned at the upcoming, greenfield 1,000 MW Nabinagar Thermal Power Project (4 x 250 MW), being set up by Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company Limited (BRBCL), a joint …
The purpose of this study is to compare the generating efficiency and CO2-intensity of fossil-fired power plants for Australia, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway aggregated), South Korea, United Kingdom and Ireland (aggregated), and the United States. This is done by calculating separate benchmark …
A U.S. federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Indian fishermen and farmers who sued the World Bank over a loan for a power plant they claimed ravaged the environment. The World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC) is shielded by immunity and cannot be sued in the United States, …
Aiming to bring in better adherence to environmental pollution norms, the Prakash Javadekar-led Environment ministry now plans to use real time violation alerts as evidence against defaulting industries. To ensure there is legal backing to this "technology backed evidence" of violating environmental norms, the Environment is also set to amend …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued a show-cause notice to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) asking why action should not be taken against it for non-implementation of the Tribunal order on clean coal meant to be followed by coal and power companies. A division bench of …
An Environment Ministry panel has deferred a decision on granting approval to expansion of a coal mining project owned by Jaiprakash Power Venture in Madhya Pradesh. Jaiprakash Power Venture (JPVL) has sought green clearance for expansion of Amelia (North) Opencast Coal Mine Project from 2.8 MTPA to 4.2 MTPA in …
DHAKA - Bangladesh on Tuesday signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with a consortium of two Chinese firms for the installation of some $1.56 billion coal-fired power plant in the country. Officials of the consortium of the Chinese firms -- NPEC and CECC -- and the Bangladesh-China Power …
Investment in 1,500 new coal plants around the world could be wasted if action on climate change and pollution prevent them from being used Almost $1tn of investment in new coal-fired power stations could be wasted if growing concerns about climate change and air pollution leave the plants unused, according …
Almost $1tn of investment in new coal-fired power stations could be wasted if growing concerns about climate change and air pollution leave the plants unused, according to a new report. About 1,500 new coal plants are in construction or planning stages around the world but electricity generation from the fossil …
The construction of a $4 billion, 2,000-megawatt coal-fired power station in Indonesia will begin on April 1 after years of delay as land acquisitions are finally complete, Japan's Nikkei business daily said on Sunday. PT Bhimasena Power Indonesia, a joint venture set up by Indonesian coal miner PT Adaro Energy …
Coal power plants use enough water to supply the needs of 1 billion people and that will almost double if all the world’s planned power plants come online. Almost half the new power plants will be built in areas that are already in high water stress, a report commissioned by …
Coal plants are draining an already dwindling global water supply, consuming enough to meet the basic needs of one billion people and deepening a worldwide crisis. Announcing its first global plant-by-plant study, Greenpeace said coal power use will increase with newly built plants, causing "huge stress" on the world's major …
Claims that Asia is on the verge of a huge expansion in coal burning for electricity generation are incorrect, says a report. Asia’s Tigers: Reconciling coal, climate and energy demand, argues that the Asian Tiger economies with the world’s four biggest coal power project pipelines, China, India, Indonesia and Vietnam, …
KOLKATA: The private sector may be giving up on greenfield thermal power projects and looking to solar energy instead. Installation and generation costs have risen for thermal plants following an increased coal cess and stricter pollution norms, experts said, adding that are likely to go even higher. Also, there's uncertainty …
