India reviews $30 billion sulphur-cutting programme for coal plantsIndia is reviewing a $30 billion program to cut sulphur emissions from coal-fired power plants due to the high costs and limited impact of ...
24 Dec, 2024, 03.26 PM IST
Vehicles, road dust & industries main Delhi-NCR polluters: StudyThe Commission for Air Quality Monitoring is reviewing an IIT Kanpur-TERI report. It identifies road dust and traffic as the main pollution...
01 Oct, 2024, 10.44 AM IST
Strong case to hike coal prices, could happen very soon: CIL chairman"There is a strong case for increasing coal prices, as that has not happened in the last five-odd years. This year, the wage negotiation ha...
20 Mar, 2023, 09.14 PM IST
Air pollution: NGT directs Chhattisgarh govt to sanction Rs 335 cr for road construction to transport coalThe tribunal said the action taken by the state government to abate pollution is not adequate and further steps need to be taken in light o...
24 Nov, 2020, 02.48 PM IST
Fly ash one of the major contributors to particulate matter emission: StudyAccording to the IIT-Kanpur report, coal and fly ash contribute to around 37% and 26% of PM10 and PM2.5, respectively, in summer.
10 May, 2016, 12.05 PM IST
Concerted efforts needed to bring down blanket of pollution in NCR: ExpertWith trucks and two-wheelers contributing to 79 per cent of vehicular traffic pollution in Delhi as compared to only 10 per cent by four-wh...
10 May, 2016, 01.11 AM IST
Ecologically superior gold coal can help Indian cities to curb emissionsMumbai generation, with reliability through islanding is an ideal example of what a city based generation needs to be for Indian cities.
04 Jan, 2016, 11.37 AM IST
Tata Steel gets green nod for sand mining in West BengalTata Steel has received green clearance for mining of mineral sand, used in coal production, from the riverbed of Gowai in Purulia District...
15 Nov, 2015, 10.53 AM IST
‘Why is Maharashtra's environment department insisting port trust resume coal handling?’Maharashtra’s environment department seems to have forgotten the reason for its existence.
18 Oct, 2015, 08.05 PM IST
No green nod for CIL to expand output in existing unitsState-owned Coal India, which is targeting 908 million tonnes of output by 2020, has been denied environment clearance for expansion of one...
04 Sep, 2015, 05.37 PM IST
No green nod for CIL to expand output in existing unitsState-owned Coal India, which is targeting 908 million tonnes of output by 2020, has been denied environment clearance for expansion.
04 Sep, 2015, 03.54 PM IST
Agra orders 4,000 trucks to convert to CNG for Taj Mahal's sakeThe Agra district administration ordered almost 4,000 diesel-run mini pick-up trucks operating in the city to convert to CNG by July this y...
09 Jan, 2015, 11.54 AM IST
Court stays termination of Gammon Infrastructure’s Goa Port projectGammon Infra Projs got a stay on Mormugao Port Trust’s decision to terminate its Rs 204-cr proj following refusal of Goa’s state pollution ...
07 Apr, 2014, 04.23 AM IST
- Mormugao Port Trust's proposal for mechanised coal handling facility on hold
Port authorities were banking on this facility to revive its coal and coke handling business which has stopped since September 2012.
23 Oct, 2013, 08.05 PM IST
Lanco unit Griffin gets nod for Australian coal facilityGriffin Coal proposes to develop coal storage and loading facilities at the Bunbury Port Inner Harbour.
17 Jul, 2013, 03.37 PM IST
- Port Pipavav commissions environment-friendly coal yard
Port Pipavav in Gujarat, India's first in the private sector, has recently commissioned a state-of-the-art environmentally-responsive coal-...
11 Jul, 2008, 01.59 PM IST
- Tata Power to take all safety measures in Orissa plant
Tata Power has allayed fears that its 1,000 MW power plant may cause air, water and noise pollution and said the thermal unit would adopt l...
11 May, 2008, 03.24 PM IST