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. …
Government has taken several initiatives to reduce pollution caused by thermal power plants which includes making it "mandatory" for such plants falling within 50 km of sewage treatment plant to use treated sewage water, Rajya Sabha was informed today. "The government has initiated several measures to reduce pollution caused by …
Environmental lawyers’ group says unlawful Environment Agency permits have dropped important requirements Scores of Britain’s coal-fired power stations, steel plants and iron works will no longer have to maintain a plan to show they will meet air pollution standards under the latest permits issued by the government. ClientEarth, a group …
Hundreds of Bangladeshis began a four-day march on Thursday from the capital to the Sundarbans in a last-ditch protest against plans to build a coal-fired power plant near the World Heritage-listed forest. Preliminary work has already begun under an India-Bangladesh joint venture on the massive plant which will provide electricity …
Hundreds of Bangladeshis began a four-day march Thursday from the capital to the Sundarbans in a last-ditch protest against plans to build a coal-fired power plant near the World Heritage-listed forest. Preliminary work has already begun under an Indian-Bangladesh joint venture on the massive plant which will provide much needed …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution from Thermal Plants, 10/03/2016. Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), in December, 2015, has issued directions that Badarpur Thermal Power Plant should operate only one unit out of its five units and Rajghat Thermal Power Plant of Indraprastha Power Generation Company Limited (IPGCL) Delhi …
The Centre will make necessary changes in existing law to enable use of online data as legal evidence against polluting industries if such units violate permissible emission\effluent limits. The move is necessary as 1475 industries have already switched over to the web-based monitoring system and the remaining ones will put …
After impediments pertaining to environment clearance and a case filed in the National Green Tribunal, the latest challenge faced by the Bhadradri Thermal Power Station at Manuguru in Khammam district is the conditional approval granted by the Ministry of Power (MoP). The MoP, while approving the project’s use of sub-critical …
The extremely liberal regime ushered in by the Electricity Act 2003 allowed a few existingprivate captive thermal generators to make handsome profits, particularly in certain regions with perceived advantages in terms of availability of coal and water. But the majority of proposed projects were abandoned without cost to the communities …
Oregon has become the first US state to pass laws to rid itself of coal, committing to eliminate the use of coal-fired power by 2035 and to double the amount of renewable energy in the state by 2040. Legislation passed by the state’s assembly, which will need to be signed …
Azure sky, clear sea and a busy seafront create the picturesque views of Lamu Old Town, the oldest and Swahili settlement in east Africa and an Unesco world heritage site. In a few years however, the idyll might be disrupted by multi-billion dollar coal power project planned for nearby. “There …
In what could bring the much-needed breathing space to the coal-based power producers, the government on Wednesday said it would extend the timeline for these plants to comply with the stringent environment regulation governing emission norms as the country lacked the domestic capacity to overhaul nearly 180 gigawatt (GW) of …
BEIJING: Greenpeace East Asia said on Wednesday that China had a total of 210 coal power projects in the pipeline for environmental assessment permitting at the end of 2015, despite overcapacity in the industry and pollution concerns. Of those, 95 projects received final regulatory permits that would allow construction to …
The slew of proposals announced by finance minister Arun Jaitley in the Budget on Monday will lead to an increase of coal-based electricity prices by 10-12 paise per unit, due to the doubling of cess on coal. Additionally, the reduction in accelerated depreciation (AD) and withdrawal of income tax exemption …
An updated Greenpeace East Asia report has found that in 2015 a total of 210 new coal fired power plants were granted environmental permits, in spite of the sector’s severe overcapacity problem. Moreover, the rate at which these redundant power plants are being approved by provincial governments was dramatically higher …
100% village electrification is positive but power supply needs to be ensured Power industry fears the Finance Minister's proposal to increase rate of Clean Environment Cess from Rs 200 per tonne to Rs 400 per tonne will have adverse impact on tariff structure. The industry players expect there will be …
2,640 MW Sembcorp-Gayatri power complex launched. Nellore: Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday launched the 2,640-MW Sembcorp-Gayatri Power Complex at Nelaturu in Muthukuru mandal of Nellore district on Saturday. At a project cost of $3 billion (`20,000 crore), the power complex is the largest foreign direct investment-driven project at …
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) plans to tighten rules for coal-fired power plants from April in an effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the power industry that account for 40 percent of the nation's total. The steps, including non-binding requirements on the heat efficiency of new …
India's state-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd or BHEL has won a deal to build the much-debated Rampal coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh. BHEL has turned out as the lowest bidder for the 1,320-megawatt coal-based power plant, said Anwarul Azim, the spokesman for the Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company Ltd (BIFPCL), a …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zonal Bench, Chennai) in the matter of S. Ali Hussain Vs Union of India & Others dated 19/02/2016. On 21-09-2015 NGT had directed the MoEF and CC to produce the entire documents related to 2×660 MW imported Coal Based Thermal Power Plant at …
According to the latest estimates, the project will cost Rs 16,029.32 crore, up from initial projection of Rs 14,375 crore Government moots stringent evaluation for power discoms The government will soon consider a proposal for setting up 1,980 Mw Ghatampur thermal power project, which has been hanging fire for over …
