'Mercury emissions in Asia maybe highest in the world and little data is available'

Data on mercury emissions in Asia is not being recorded, but a new sampling network may change that

"ISRO has capabilities to build geostationary satellites for air quality monitoring”

Since satellite observations are limited to cloud-free regions, several countries plan to launch geostationary satellites for continuous …

Maharashtra power plant agrees to set up desulphurisation unit

MAHAGENCO Koradi will be the second inland freshwater-based FGD installation in India

In next 20 years, India may need massive power transmission corridors: CEA

Currently, no new power transmission projects are necessary

One-third power plants follow new, strict mercury emission standards in US

The court is yet to give a final verdict on the new standards, after state governments and industries contested them

NGT asks Chhattisgarh to file report on fly ash utilisation

The state generates over 20 million tonnes of fly ash every year, but about 70 per cent of it remain unutilised

NGT slams West Bengal’s Bakreshwar thermal plant for fly ash pollution

Residents from surrounding villages say the ash pond is filled above capacity, causing ash to flow into rivers

Coal toll

More than 70 per cent of India's electricity is produced by coal-fired power plants. Most of them do not have modern technologies and use low-…

Greening food transport

Cold storage trucks are important to ferry food. A new British technology would use liquid air to power truck refrigeration units. But is it …

US announces first national regulations on safe coal ash disposal

Environment watchdog formulates rules for lining of all ash disposal ponds and to define ash pond’s design and pollution monitoring requirements

World’s first carbon capture coal plant opens in Canada

It aims to make coal ‘a viable technical, environmental and economic case for continued use’. But should that be an aim?

Centre lifts ban on mining, power projects in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg

Environment ministry decision is applicable only to talukas not falling in Western Ghats in the two Maharashtra districts, moratorium stays in …

Mr Modi, how about including garbage in your sanitation deadline?

India is the sixth largest garbage generating country, but has made provision to treat only 12.5 per cent of it

NGT seeks action plan to ensure zero discharge from Jodhpur industries

National Green Tribunal has also imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on each industry operating without consent of the state pollution control board

Supreme Court to probe illegal mining in Odisha

Hearing on plea to stay illegal mining to be taken up next Monday. Petitioners argue that the illegally recovered wealth from the miners should …

Public pressure mounts to check pollution from industrial area in Solan

NGOs organise community meeting to record grievances and demand action against pollution from Baddi Barotiwala Nalagarh industrial area

Saranda forest: new mining projects put on hold

Projects will be considered for forest clearance only after Jharkhand completes comprehensive environmental assessment of the area, says …

Rajasthan fails to comply with NGT order to close textile units of Pali

The polluting industries did not have 'consent to operate' from the Rajasthan Pollution Control Board

New green clearance procedures make coal mine expansion easy

MoEF office memorandums do away with public hearing for coal mine expansion and delink forest clearance from environment clearance for ultra mega …

Green tribunal orders closure of polluting industries along river Ulhas

People living near Dombivali industrial cluster suffer from gastro-intestinal and respiratory diseases but no action was being taken, say activists

MoEF gets stick for failing to respond to green tribunal notices

No counsel appeared before NGT on behalf of environment ministry for a month-and-a half, leading to delays in a number of cases

Maharashtra’s common effluent treatment plants fail to meet standards

Latest weekly report of state pollution control board says only seven CETPs meet standards for treated effluent water

Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor: people oppose Manesar-Bawal segment of project at public hearing

Deputy Commissioner of Rewari district orders probe after people object to high pollution from existing Daruhera industrial estate, which is …

Noise level norms relaxed for firecrackers in West Bengal

National Green Tribunal orders conduct of fresh noise study; till then less stringent MoEF decibel norm to hold good in state

Tribunal makes Noida factory comply with green regulations

Chrome plating unit in Noida is the second factory in the industrial area that has been allowed to resume operations after complying with …