Water wastage by coal power plants: India needs regulatory oversight, protocol for water audits

Needs uniform format for reporting water consumption data and a protocol for its monitoring and verification through mandatory third-party water …

India’s coal power sector continues to disregard water norms: CSE report

CSE surveyed over 154 GW coal power capacity and found about half of freshwater-based power plants were non-complying with 2015 water norms; most …

Fly ash breach incidents on the rise amid proposal on deadline extension: CSE

Though fly ash breach incidents have become more frequent in recent years, the deadline for legacy ash utilisation is being considered for …

Environment ministry amendment gives coal thermal power stations full licence to pollute: CSE

The modified notification favours operation of old inefficient coal power stations, which can continue to run indefinitely on paying a nominal …

Groundwater quality deteriorating in Tamil Nadu’s industrial areas: CSE

The most serious pollution threat to groundwater was from calcium, chloride and iron, associated with sewage and pollution from tannery waste

UP, Maharashtra have most critically polluted industrial regions: CSE

Air-quality levels continue to worsen in several industrial regions of UP, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan despite pollution abatement plans …

Environment ministry issues new draft notification on fly ash with ‘polluter pays’ principle

Power plants have been given an extension of 10 years to progressively utilise their legacy ash

Indian states, power plants with poor ash utilisation must act now

Pro-activeness of states and power plants towards handling and utilising its generated fly ash can play a major role in clearing huge ash back …

Are NGT orders enough to ensure full ash utilisation by power plants?

As many as 102 of 112 power plants have sought exemption from paying environmental compensation, according to a recent CPCB report to NGT  

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

CSE praises NTPC’s fly ash transfer move from its Rihand plant

Such steps, if replicated, can help address the issue of overabundance of fly ash piling up in major power-producing states of India

NGT wants environment compensation regime for non-complying CETPs

NGT directives to CPCB to develop environmental compensation regime for non-complying CETPs may act as deterrence against non-compliance

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Power plants in Singrauli-Sonebhadra region fail to manage ash: Analysis

Incidents of fly-ash breaches points to serious, unaddressed issue of unutilised fly-ash piling up in the region

Union Budget 2020-2021 suggests balanced use of all kinds of fertilisers

Major reforms needed in fertiliser sector, govnt policies that promote urea

How green is the urea sector?

A comprehensive environmental assessment of India’s urea industry reveals that despite Kafkaesque bureaucratic hurdles from sourcing to …

Reluctant to upgrade

Textile dyeing units would rather extract groundwater than treat and recycle wastewater due to the costs involved and a lack of adequate policy …

Fertiliser industry gets new pollution norms after almost 3 decades

Although delayed, the new pollution norms will push the sector towards a stringent pollution control regime