High radioactive toxicity

Fresh row over nuclear bill

Suppliers let off the hook in the final draft

Thermal power plants must assess health impact for green clearance

Environment ministry notification mandates bi-annual health check-ups for workers 

Less than 8% of India’s coal power plants can control SO2 emissions, a new analysis finds

The thermal sector holds a predominant position within India’s overall installed capacity

India’s coal demand to increase to 1.5 billion tonnes by 2030: Economic Survey 2021-22

Are we really planning transition to cleaner economy?  

COSTA RICA

Countries move away from coal even as India moves towards it

Germany, Japan, Spain and the US have all decided to move to renewable energy

As told to Parliament (April 5, 2022): India’s doctor-population ratio is 1:834

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu among 5 Indian states with dirtiest coal power stations: CSE analysis

State-run stations in these states will default emission norms, finds CSE analysis

Rising greenhouse gases

SLURRY DISPOSAL

Coal-based power plants pollute most

Policy Backfires

Policy design allows dirty fuels like pet coke and furnace oil to flourish 

Four people killed in protests at coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh

Protestors were demonstrating against land forcibly acquired for plant

Gujarat's Kakrapar nuclear plant shut down after leak

The reactor will take at least 24 hours to cool

Now land acquisition stir in Punjab

Farmers protest thermal power project by Indiabulls  

Smog havoc

The great rush

As told to Parliament (August 8, 2023): Central Electricity Authority suggests not retiring coal power plants before 2030

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Pollution data of most thermal power stations is rarely disclosed: CSE analysis

SO2, NOx levels go unreported in the public domain

Union Budget 2020-2021: Suggests closure of carbon-intensive coal power plants

But mere suggestion may not work for these repeat offenders

Sound foundation

Fly ash presents an alternative to the polluting burnt bricks

Japan acts on Kyoto pledge

Gets clean air credits by undertaking energy projects in Kazakhstan

Acid rain in Orissa?

Nuclear plant triggers reaction

Konkan villagers protest land acquisition for 9,900 MW power plant