Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
‘Declare order sealing the plant illegal exercise of power’ Sterlite Copper on Tuesday said it has filed an appeal before the National Green Tribunal (NGT), New Delhi, challenging the orders passed by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board directing the closure of its copper smelter unit at Thoothukudi in the …
CHENNAI: Soon, all the municipalities and corporations in Tamil Nadu will begin sending non-recyclable waste to the cement plants and thermal power stations to be incinerated and converted into fuel. Currently, 24 municipalities and one corporation in the state have signed contracts with Ultra Tech Cement Limited that collects the …
In 2013, the Supreme Court granted the Nuclear Power Corporation of India five years’ time to build an Away From Reacteor facility to store spent nuclear fuel. The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a plea to shut down the Kudankulam nuclear power plant until an Away From Reactor facility is …
At first meet, no discussion on the State’s decision to move SC against CWMA The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA), at its first meeting here on Monday, directed Karnataka to release water to Tamil Nadu and other States but did not discuss Karnataka’s decision to challenge the constitution of the …
The institutions will be allowed to export energy to the grid under two models Tamilnadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA), Staté’s nodal agency for developing renewable energy, has come out with draft plans to allow educational institutions to set up solar energy plants with capacities of 1-5 MW each. The move …
In 2015, rapper Sofia Ashraf, social activist Nityanand Jayaraman and filmmaker Rathindran R Prasad came together to make a video, titled Kodaikanal Won’t, that hit out at Unilever for not cleaning up mercury contamination and not compensating the workers in its thermometer factory in Kodaikanal. The video went viral forcing …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of G. Sundarrajan Vs Union of India Ministry of Environment and Forest Secretary dated 02/07/2018 regarding construction of the AFR (Away-from Reactor) facility for Kudankulam nuclear power plant. Supreme Court gives Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) an extension …
Ministry of forest accords environmental clearance to Chennai airport phase II facelift CHENNAI: Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC;) has accorded environmental clearance for Phase-2 modernisation of Chennai Airport, which will be carried out within the existing airport premises without the need for additional land acquisition. According …
The following draft of the notification, which the Central Government proposes to issue in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), read with clause (v) and clause (xiv) of subsection (2) and sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) is hereby published, …
Though ‘right to clean environment’ is one of the fundamental rights under Article 21 of the Constitution of India, it is also necessary for the same environment to be protected, said the judge. MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court directed the Member Secretary, Tamil Nadu State Legal Services …
About five years back we ran out of water at home and the borewell went dry. We had to buy water like anybody else. CHENNAI: About five years back we ran out of water at home and the borewell went dry. We had to buy water like anybody else. When …
Coimbatore: The directorate of the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), Chennai, has sent a communication to the programme coordinators and chief educational officers of districts across the state to stop the usage of one-time use and throw plastics in educational offices and schools. The communication dated June 25 cited chief …
Farmers in the villages hoisted black flags protesting against the move of the government to acquire fertile lands for the execution of the Salem – Chennai green corridor eight-lane expressway on Tuesday. The call for the agitation was given by the Confederation Opposed to the Green Corridor Project, which included …
Chennai: More than three months after environmental clearance was given for construction of a memorial for former chief minister Jayalalithaa on the Marina promenade, Madras high court has issued notices to the state and central governments in the matter. The first bench of Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice PT …
At Rs. 2,797 crore, State’s share second highest; nil funding for coal-based projects Tamil Nadu is among the States which saw significant lending to renewable energy projects and nil lending to coal projects in 2017, according to a report by the Center for Financial Accountability (CFA). The report titled Coal …
Coming as a boost to conservation efforts, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change is planning to notify 500 metres around Udhayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary. CHENNAI: Coming as a boost to conservation efforts, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change is planning to notify 500 metres around …
The State is poised to achieve the renewable target of 3,000 megawatt (MW) through solar power in the current financial year, with several projects lined up to the extent of 2,000 MW, said Governor Banwarilal Purohit here on Thursday. The Governor, inaugurating a workshop on Advanced Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Technologies …
Details of trees to be cut and whether it involves endangered species has to be included in report. CHENNAI: Even as protests have erupted against the 277-km Chennai-Salem Greenfield Express Highway project, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has issued Terms of Reference (ToR) for a detailed …
The NPCIL did not properly assess the level of expertise needed for refuelling before shutting down the reactor in 2015, say the government auditor. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) suffered a loss of ₹947.99 crore due to lack of trained manpower that resulted in the delay in …
‘Students will be given field and industrial in-house training’ The Paramakalyani Centre of Excellence in Environmental Sciences at Alwarkurichi, a satellite centre of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, offers a restructured 2-years M.Sc. for science graduates and a 5-year integrated M.Sc. on Environmental Sciences for Plus Two science students. According to K. …
