SLURRY DISPOSAL

Why are fly ash brick manufacturers in a tough spot?

Though the government has stressed on increasing fly ash utilisation in the country, manufacturers allege that a situation of scarcity is being …

Neyveli shows the way towards sustainable development

Two initiatives, a water treatment plant and land reclamation, show how waste can be turned into wealth

Sound foundation

Fly ash presents an alternative to the polluting burnt bricks

ORDER REVERTED

Black attack

Has the Union ministry of environment and forests laid malicious siege to Dahanu taluka, in Maharashtra's Thane district?

Dying fish

Instant threat

Particulate matter immediately affects lungs and heart

Don't let it go waste

Scientists find use of fly ash in mosquito control

Fly ash, a harmful byproduct of coal-based power generation, has found a new use - mosquito control

Choking slowly to death

The Damodar is the most polluted river in the country today, thanks to the several industries that have sprouted on its mineral-rich banks. …

The trail of ash

NALCO will be sued if it fails to restore an ash pond breach that has caused an environmental nightmare in Orissa

Strong fetish

Fly ash based cement is a victim of bias

Relief stalled

Power plant in the dock, third time

Pollutes Irai river in Maharashtra, kills thousands of fish

Thermal plants to bear flyash disposal cost

Villagers take on polluting plant

Choking slowly to death

The Damodar is the most polluted river in the country today, thanks to the several industries that have sprouted on its mineral-rich banks. …

Flyash herbal pesticides introduced

What does it all add up to?

Cumulative environmental impact of 745 projects

Goa sponge iron plants get closure notice

THERMAL POWER

Power plants consumed 530 million tonnes of coal in 2014-15, which is around three-fourths of the total coal use in the country

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 23, 2022)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

How Delhi’s waste-to-energy plants are way off the mark

The recent uproar against the Okhla plant highlights how none of three in the Capital is effectively doing what they are supposed to

The flyash burden

Will the targets set for utilising flyash by power plants be met?