To prepare blueprint for creek’s restoration within next three months CHENNAI: With the ecologically-sensitive Ennore Creek remaining in a state of neglect due to continuing industrial pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted a new committee with a mandate to prepare a blueprint for restoration of the creek within the …
KOLKATA: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), on Monday, directed the Bakreswar Thermal Power Project (BkTPP) to show cause why it should not be penalized for polluting the Chandrabhaga and Bakreswar Rivers in Birbhum. The NGT's Eastern Zone bench was hearing a petition by environment activist Subhas Datta against damage caused …
ALIGARH: For villagers of Chhota Jawan, adjacent to the Harduaganj Thermal Power Plant, Qasimpur, about 18 km from Aligarh city, there is no escaping the ashes. They wait for a time when they can, like the mythical Phoenix, "rise from the ashes". So heavy is the air in this village …
Duke Energy, the nation’s largest utility corporation, pleaded guilty on Thursday to criminal violations of the federal Clean Water Act for the discharge of coal ash, a potentially toxic waste product, and for a failure to properly maintain equipment at a number of power plants in its home state of …
Volcano Calbuco in southern Chile erupted for the first time in more than five decades on Wednesday, sending a thick plume of ash and smoke nearly 20 kilometers into the sky. Chile's Onemi emergency office declared a red alert following the sudden eruption at around 1800 local time (2100 GMT), …
Board objects to mill’s failure to honour pollution control norms The production at Mysore Paper Mills (MPM), a public sector undertaking in Bhadravati, has been halted from April 15 owing to the objections raised by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on pollution control norms. The CPCB had ordered the …
‘Black ash from the chimney of the unit entering houses’ Residents of Anjenaya Nagar on Monday ransacked the office of Belagavi District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Societies Union Ltd. in Mahantesh Nagar in protest against the alleged pollution caused by the unit. Windowpanes and crates at the dispatch section were damaged. …
SHILLONG: The State Government is planning to start thermal power projects in Garo Hills, one by NEEPCO, and another by DS Group, but the report released by the Centre for Science and Environment’s (CSE) on the side effects of coal based power plants is a cause of worry for Meghalaya …
The National Green Tribunal, Western Zone, has asked the state pollution control board to send a copy of the proposal sent to the government offices on using fly ash in two weeks during the hearing of an application by Nashik Fly Bricks Association against the ministry of environment and forests. …
The eastern zone bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), on Thursday, gave authorities of the Bakreswar Thermal Power Project (BkTPP) 15 days to clean up the banks and beds of the Chandrabhaga and Bakreswar rivers. Should the riverbeds and banks not be cleaned by then, the NGT may order …
BHAGALPUR/PATNA: NTPC's thermal power plant at Kahalgaon in the state is setting up bagging machines in the unit for mechanised packing of ash for use in cement firms in North-East, after warning from pollution control board and protests from locals against open filling of fly ash. "Six bagging machines are …
New Product As Strong As Regular Cement, Likely To Take Pressure Off Depleting Limestone Reserves Buildings in the city may soon be able to reduce their carbon footprint, though by a slim margin, thanks to low-carbon cement or `LC 3'. Scientist at IIT Delhi, along with IIT Bombay , IIT …
The GPRS-based online monitoring system of pollution levels in industries can prevent disasters. But its maintenance should be proper over a period of time, said Additional Chief Secretary and Chairman of Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPB) Aditya Prasad Padhi here on Sunday. Speaking at the 31st Foundation Day celebrations …
Salt produced in various parts of Tuticorin is exposed to air pollution. The quality of salt is thus degraded, said A.R.A.S. Dhanabalan, secretary, Tuticorin Small Scale Salt Manufacturers Association, here on Tuesday. Salt pans at Ayyanarkulam, Tharuvaikulam, Keezha Arasadi and Pattinamaruthur were increasingly polluted by fly ash from power plant. …
BEIJING - China's top economic planner has banned the sale and import of high-ash and high-sulfur coal from September 1, it announced on Wednesday. It is also forbidden to sell sub-standard coal to individuals and organizations in areas where the burning of highly polluting fuels is not allowed, the National …
NASHIK: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Western Zone, Pune, has ordered the respondents in the fly-ash case to comply with its orders within three weeks or else face consequences. The tribunal passed the order while hearing the contempt petition of the applicant on August 1. On March 21, the NGT …
Bring River Zone In EPA Act Ambit By Declaring It Eco-Sensitive: NGT Panel An experts’ committee constituted by National Green Tribunal on restoration and beautification of Yamuna has recommended legal protection for the river zone by notifying it as an eco-sensitive area under the Environment Protection Act. The committee, headed …
A federal judge in Tennessee has approved a $27.8 million settlement from the Tennessee Valley Authority to more than 800 people affected by a 2008 accident that unleashed a wave of toxic coal sludge, plaintiffs' lawyers said Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Thomas Varlan on Monday signed off on the deal, …
Tribal school has been exposed to chimney smoke, fly ash, factory waste Sandwiched between a rice mill and a stretch of National Highway-34, a tribal school in Murshidabad district has been perpetually exposed to chimney smoke, fly ash, stench of factory waste and filthy surroundings. Neherunagar Adibasi High School at …
NAGPUR: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked Coal India Limited (CIL), its subsidiary Western Coalfields Limited (WCL), and Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (Mahagenco) to follow the clean coal norms mandated by union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF). The ministry had on January 2 banned coal and power …
The Sindh Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has approved at least three projects of coal-fired power plants along the coast, ignoring reservations of experts over their construction, it emerged on Sunday. According to sources, one of the approvals has been given on an Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report that lacks details …
