Reply filed by the Director, Environment-cum-Special Secretary, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department, Odisha and Member Secretary, Odisha Coastal Zone Management Authority, May 1, 2025. NGT, had registered suo motu in response to the news item in the Hindu, May 4, 2024 titled "Swell waves likely to strike coastal areas …
The TMC has signed a pact with a NGO for converting garbage and solid waste into fuel. The city generates around 700 MT of waste daily and a section of the same will be used to generate fuel. Officials said they have taken the measures to convert the solid waste …
State government had set the process in motion to tap 5000 MW of renewable energy by April 2017. Hyderabad: Following a feasibility study, the National Institute of Wind Energy has estimated a potential to tap 4,244 MW of wind energy in Telangana state. Disclosing this at the 4th Green Energy …
A plan to “scientifically” cap all the garbage in one portion of the 127-hectare wide dumpyard has been under consideration for several years now. After fighting a fire that swept through the biggest dumping facility in the city for nearly five days, the administration on Tuesday fast-tracked efforts to scientifically …
Bioenergy is, and will continue to be, a substantial part of the global renewable energy supply in a low carbon economy. Sustainable production and use of bioenergy offers tremendous opportunities for creating positive socio-economic and environmental impacts. The water-energy nexus has been identified as one of those opportunities. Presenting innovative …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sukhdev Vihar Residents Welfare Association & Ors. Vs. State of NCT of Delhi & Ors. dated 28/01/2016 regarding pollution caused by waste-to-energy plants in Delhi. Counsel appearing for Central Pollution Control Board submits that the Joint Inspection Report in relation …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Irfan Ahmad & Ors. Vs. Mr. Nawang Rigzin Jora & Ors dated 28/01/2016 regarding establishment of waste to energy plant for municipal solid waste for the city of Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir. The Applicant (Dr. Irfan Ahmad) has brought …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Saligao Civic and Consumer Cell (SCCC) & Anr. Vs. Goa State Infrastructure Dev. Corp. Ltd. & Ors. dated 27/01/2016 regarding establishment of Waste to Energy plant at Saligao in the State of Goa. Keeping in view the fact that the …
The Union Cabinet in its meeting held on 20th January 2016 has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Power for amendments in the Tariff Policy. For the first time a holistic view of the power sector has been taken and comprehensive amendments have been made in the Tariff Policy …
The National Green Tribunal today pulled up the Delhi government and North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) for inordinate delay in operationalising Bawana waste-to-energy plant. The green panel issued notice to the project proponent of Bawana plant while seeking its reply as to why it has not been made operational till …
The HCM City Department of Planning and Investment has petitioned the municipal People's Committee to allow Trisun Green Energy Co. to conduct research about the use of thermal plasma technology at a solid waste treatment plant. Under the company proposal, the plant will use plasma technology to incinerate waste and …
Gurgaon: Putting the idea of recycling into action, a city-based student has founded his own social venture where he aims to recycle all the tyres which have served their time. The web platform, called Tyrelessly, was launched by Anubhav Wadhwa, his third venture at the age of 16. Wadhwa founded …
KOCHI: The state cabinet on Tuesday granted approval to set up the proposed waste-to-energy solid waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram. The project has been awarded to GL Nature Care Consortium. The annual excess expenditure of Rs 6.34 crore to implement the project will be met with Suchitwa Mission funds. The …
From January 1, small and big hotels, hospitals, shops, malls and other commercial establishments will have to pay solid waste tax. "The decision has been taken by civic chief Sanjeev Jaiswal as the process of solid waste management is expensive," said Ashok Burpulle, deputy civic chief. While people await New …
The civic authorities constructed a waste-to-energy plant at the site to dispose waste and check pollution, but the plant is far from being operational. The over-saturated Ghazipur landfill site in east Delhi is one of the biggest contributors to the alarming level of air pollution in the region. While the …
A power plant in the French Alps is using leftover waste from nearby cheese production facilities to generate enough electricity to power 1,500 households in the surrounding area. The power plant in Albertville, Savoie, owned by biofuel producers Valbio, uses excess residual skimmed whey - an unneeded by-product of making …
Global car manufacturers General Motors has announced that all of its Vauxhall facilities across Europe are 100% landfill free, with the facilities either recycling, reusing or creating energy from daily waste operations. Vauxhall facilities in Luton and Ellesmore Port were the latest assemblies to officially send zero waste to landfill …
Visakhapatnam: The state government has failed to tap energy from industrial waste in Vizag though the city is one of the vibrant industrial corridors. According to the annual revenue requirement filed with the Electricity Regulatory Commission, the AP Eastern Discom will have to procure 111 MW of power generated through …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sukhdev Vihar Residents Welfare Association & Ors. Vs. State of NCT of Delhi & Ors. dated 17/12/2015 regarding waste to energy plants at Bawana and Gazipur. National Green Tribunal constituted a team to visit the three waste to energy plants …
The Uttarakhand government will set up a waste to energy project with the help of BSR Green Energy, Hyderabad. This will ease part of the waste burden of 18 local bodies with the help of the green technology. So far, successive state governments have failed to put in place a …
This paper compiles nine in-depth case studies of sub-national climate mitigation programs that exceed or lead national policy directives. From California to Rajasthan, India, these case studies reveal a range of local partnerships that exhibit strong climate leadership. In addition to examining the policy frameworks that make these accomplishments possible, …
