Sundarbans at risk
Bangladesh-India power plant can severely affect the mangrove forest, say environmentalists
Why better policies are needed for sewage water use in thermal power plants
Thermal power plants within 50 km of STPs are required to use treated sewage; but there has not been any positive move on ground
Stay on land allotment for thermal power plant in Sompeta
Andhra Pradesh government had alloted 394 ha of wetlands terming it wasteland; farmers and fisherman were unhappy
Damodar - Ten years after
How has the river that flows through one of the most industrialised regions in India fared since it was first written about in 1993? Down to …
India didn’t need to let power producers emit more of deadly oxides of nitrogen; here’s why
Limiting NOx emission at 300 mg / Nm3 is doable, claims Finnish state-owned Fortum Oyj; Environment ministry relaxed norms to 450 mg / Nm3 in October
Stream of ash
State-run thermal power plant pollutes rivulet; disturbs livelihood and health of people in 27 Andhra Pradesh villages
Experts flag dilution of NOx emission limit for coal-fired power stations
The SC on July 8 relaxed limits for coal-fired power stations commissioned between December 2003 and 2016 — to 450 mg / Nm3 from 300&…
Mercury treaty still sketchy
While experts welcome the Minamata Convention for phasing out mercury, they believe it might not be enough
Ash flies in the face of power plan
Odisha gears up for more power generation but has no action plan for disposing of fly ash
Olympics 2008, Beijing - raising the bar
Beijing is implementing strict measures to improve air quality, a commitment it took on as host of the 2008 Olympic Games. But a boom in …
Industries to pay for pollution study
Madras high court asks companies in SIPCOT industrial estate to pay one lakh each
Green tribunal seeks details on radiation from thermal power plants
People opposing expansion of Koradi thermal plant near Nagpur furnish evidence on high radiation from coal-fired plants
The great wetland robbery in Kakarapalli
Police open fire, but people resolute to weed out power plant from wetland in Andhra Pradesh
Living on the edge
Coastal South Asia is fragile and vulnerable to climate change impacts. Yet, governments are setting up industries, ports and promoting tourism …
Chhattisgarh's Industrial Jungle
Chhattisgarh is set to become the largest producer of thermal power, cement and sponge iron. The push is on to install 77 per cent of India's …
Need or greed?
The Union Ministry of Finance has recently alleged that green clearances are holding up the country’s infrastructure development and growth.…