Effective deterrence needed to ensure full ash utilisation by coal power plants in India
Non-complying coal power plants, unable to effectively utilise fly ash, must act now to avoid paying huge penalties towards environmental damage
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Sterlite Copper in Thoothukudi to remain shut: Madras HC
It also dismissed all petitions for the plant to resume operations
Pollution data of most thermal power stations is rarely disclosed: CSE analysis
SO2, NOx levels go unreported in the public domain
SC allows registration of BS-IV vehicles sold before March 25
The court had banned the registration of any such vehicle till it decided on the issue
Experts welcome Delhi government’s electric vehicle policy
The policy aims to make a quarter of all new vehicle registrations battery-operated by 2024
IN-DEPTH
Delayed by design
Retrofitting India's coal-based power plants as per the new standards that will be in force from 2017 remains an uphill task
Climate Emergency CoP 25: EU not on track to meet its Paris commitments
A significant proportion of the continent’s emissions reduction has been driven by outsourcing and other extraneous factors
Wah Taj! Really?
While the SC expends its energy on shouting at the authorities to save the Taj Mahal, let’s look at the 17th century mausoleum’s sad state of affairs
Dirty air dooms Indians to early death
New analysis of global burden of diseases shows very high rate of increase in early deaths from particulate and ozone pollution. Over a quarter of global deaths from air pollution occurs in India.
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Rakesh Kumar is Director, NEERI
Manu Sharma, general manager of Hero Electric and director of corporate affairs, Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles
Pawan Gupta, Lead ARSET Air Quality Team and Research Scientist, Universities Space Research Association at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, …
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Diesel three-wheelers designed to emit more than diesel cars must go off the road to cut toxic exposure
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