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 …
Carbon markets are considered a key policy tool to achieve cost-effective climate mitigation1, 2. Project-based carbon market mechanisms allow private sector entities to earn tradable emissions reduction credits from mitigation projects. The environmental integrity of project-based mechanisms has been subject to controversial debate and extensive research1, 3, 4, 5, 6, …
The Swachh Bharat rankings released by the Union urban development ministry on Saturday has placed Kolhapur at 158th position among 479 class I cities in the country. Interestingly, Kolhapur is ahead of six cities recommended by the state government for the Centre's ambitious smart cities project. In 2009, the city …
The state government has formulated the first comprehensive policy on renewable energy and has aimed to produce 14,400 megawatt (MW) power through non-conventional sources. The district in western Maharashtra would benefit the most; considering that almost 50% of the state's potential sites for wind energy are here and the sugar …
The National Green Tribunal has come down heavily on states for not complying with its orders on municipal solid waste management and gave them three weeks to submit status reports on the issue while warning them of slapping hefty fines. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Davinder Kumar Vs. Union of India & Ors. And Almitra H. Patel & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 13/07/2015 regarding collection, storage and disposal of municipal solid waste in India. The Tribunal also …
The Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT)-developed organic waste-to-biogas system is witnessing significant interest from various quarters. Developed by the IICT Bioengineering & Environmental Sciences (BEES) division here, the one-tonne capacity organic waste anaerobic gas lift reactor (AGR), has been licensed to Hyderabad-based Ahuja Engineering Services, which has installed the …
The problems of managing solid waste in Maharashtra may soon be a thing of the past, as the state government grows intent on promoting generation of power from garbage. Electricity generated in this way will then be used to power streetlights and water and sewerage pumps through a distributed generation-based …
China has approached the government with a proposal to build waste-based power plants in order to utilise what was described as the potential of the renewable energy sector in Bangladesh. The proposal came at a conference on sustainable energy jointly organised by CMEC Renewable Energy and Solarland Bangladesh Co Ltd …
Biogas from the Delhi Jal Board’s (DJB) sewage treatment plant in Kondli is now being used to generate power, which will bring the water utility’s electricity bill down by Rs.20 crore annually. The DJB said in a statement on Sunday that the 45 million gallons per day (MGD) sewage treatment …
Starting June-end, the mounds of garbage at East Delhi’s Ghazipur landfill will be put to use when the waste-to-energy plant there is commissioned. The plant will produce 12 MW of power by using 1,300 tonnes per day (TPD) of municipal solid waste. According to a spokesperson of Infrastructure Leasing & …
Maharashtra cabinet today approved the composite policy on renewable energy, in which it has set a target of achieving 14,400 MW of installed capacity in a period of five years and attracting an investment of Rs one lakh crore. "Maharashtra cabinet approved new and renewable energy policy worth Rs 4,156.43 …
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) will table a compliance report to the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) western zone on Thursday. The report will detail the progress of measures undertaken to address solid waste management concerns. While hearing the Top quarry case last month, the NGT approved the civic body's demand …
The Chief Ministers’ committee tasked with the implementation of the Swachh Bharat Mission said today that generating energy from waste was an important aspect of getting rid of garbage. The sub-group of Chief Ministers on the Swachh Bharat Mission, which met here today under the chairmanship of Andhra Pradesh Chief …
INDORE: Destruction of only garbage disposal plant of city in a major fire has given push to Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC)'s ambitious plan to construct state's first waste to energy (WTE) plant in public private partnership to deal with garbage disposal. The project had hit a roadblock owing to high …
The North London Waste Authority (NLWA) has unveiled bold plans to develop a new £500m energy recovery facility that will generate electricity from non-recyclable waste to power local homes and businesses. The North London Heat & Power Project, situated in the Edmonton EcoPark in Enfield, would replace an existing energy-from-waste …
Residents of Sukhdev Vihar in southeast Delhi have filed fresh complaints in National Green Tribunal against a waste-to-energy conversion plant in Okhla.The tribunal is already hearing a plea by residents to relocate or shut down the incineration plant reported to be causing severe air pollution in nearby areas. Pinaki Mishra, …
A deal to end the lengthy stand-off over Australia’s renewable energy target has hit a dramatic late hitch after Labor accused the Coalition of trying to include the burning of wood waste as a renewable energy source. The federal government and the opposition have held on-off talks for several months …
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has approved a USD 740,000 technical assistance grant to the Government of Mozambique to enhance the enabling environment for private investments in the country's promising renewable energy sector. Specifically, the new SEFA grant will support the implementation of the country's feed-in tariff regime …
Gujarat generates 8,336 metric tons of urban solid waste per day. The total solid waste generation in the country was1.33 lakh metric tons. This was revealed by the Union ministry of urban development in Lok Sabha, citing the 2013 report of the Central Pollution Control Board. The ministry was replying …
In what could be seen as a setback to those opposing burning of municipal solid wastes (MSW), the National Green Tribunal (NGT), New Delhi, has permitted the States, including Karnataka, to use incinerator technology for producing Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF), commonly known as waste-to-energy. However, the Tribunal said no waste …
