MoEF changes stand on relocation of Dhari Devi temple for Alaknanda dam

Supreme Court rebuffs ministry for opposing relocation of the temple at a higher level, something its own committee had approved

Japan bets big on fuel cell; US runs high on electric cars

Japan aims to create 100 hydrogen fuel stations by March 2016

Nuclear fault lines run deep

Secrecy, fettered regulator are a worry as India plans nuclear expansion

Radioactive contamination rises to record levels in Fukushima

Increase in radioactivity blamed on the recent typhoon, Phanfone

Drowned in power

Hydropower plants in Himachal Pradesh sell electricity at a loss due to lack of buyers

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Environment ministry revokes stop work notice on Dhari Devi temple relocation

Supreme Court rebukes ministry for arbit stop work notice

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Typhoon Wipha heads to Fukushima

Once-in-a-decade event poses a huge flood potential, say meteorologists

MoEF drags feet over law for safe disposal of CFLs

Reasons for prolonged delay unknown

Industry sets the rules to dispose of CFLs safely

Proposes pilot project for collecting, recycling CFLs in three cities

Andhra Pradesh speeds up Kovvada nuclear power project

Orders issued for acquiring 1,000 hectares

Srinagar hydroelectric project: walls of desilting basin collapse

Houses and fields inundated in several villages; residents had been complaining of water leakage from power channel canal for past one week

Alaknanda-Badrinath hydroelectric project challenged in green tribunal

Any development in the region will have irreversible negative impacts on ecology and wildlife, say activists demanding scrapping of project

Light on mercury

Regulations to check mercury pollution take backseat as Centre promotes fluorescent light

Two technologies that shape our future

Battery and meters are two widely used technologies, yet no one stops to think how they work. They determine our future. They dictate how we …

Dhari Devi idol goes missing

Activists claim idol deliberately removed to favour infrastructure firm GVK and help expansion of Shrinagar hydel project

MoEF approves controversial Demwe hydropower project

Says environmental and social impacts too few as compared to potential for generating clean energy

US mayors on climate change

Lessons from London

How cities can improve mobility

Let solar shine

Census 2011 throws light on the darkness across India. Of the 246 million households, 67 per cent get electricity from the grid, while 31 per …