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How the AI boom derailed clean‑air efforts in one of America's most polluted citiesAmerica's push for cleaner air faces a new challenge. The growing demand for electricity from data centers is reviving coal-fired power pla...- Trump administration eases limits on coal plants for emitting mercury, other toxinsThe Environmental Protection Agency has eased rules on mercury and toxic emissions from coal power plants. This move aims to support the fo...
- Multisite study finds increase in emergency visits linked to rise in NO2 levels in Delhi: NaddaA recent Indian Council of Medical Research study linked increased wheezing and emergency room visits in Delhi to rising nitrogenous compou...
- The whole world is on alert because of a giant mercury bomb that is about to explodeA possible giant mercury bomb concealed in Arctic permafrost could prove to be a disaster. It is home to hazardous chemicals that could end...
- 65 pc coal-fired power plants may not meet green norms even by extended deadline of 2022: CSEIn its latest assessment, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said a large number of coal-fired power plants in India continue to be "...
- People living in city with active coal power plants have higher body levels of mercury: IIT HyderabadThe research team was headed by Asif Qureshi, associate professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Hyderabad.
- India will take at least 6 years to cap toxic emissions from power plantsThe caps are meant to ease emissions from coal plants, which cause tens of thousands of premature deaths annually, according to a report pu...
- Thermal plants must meet emission norms: Environment ministrySending a strong message to coal-based power plants across the country, the environment ministry has made it clear that it will neither dil...
- Lighting firms flout e-waste rule in India: Toxics LinkNaming some prominent lighting companies, the green body said they have refused to accept any responsibility for the management of mercury-...
- Pollution watch: Environment ministry issues strict norms of emission standards for thermal plantsThe ministry through the notification also fixed water consumption parameters for all the plants, making it mandatory for them to use water...
- Green bid: Govt issues strict norms for thermal plantsMoving towards stricter emission norms to minimise pollution, the Union environment ministry has notified revised norms of emission standar...
- Environment ministry proposes new standards for coal-based power plantsUnder the proposal, the power plants will also be expected to cut down water use by restricting withdrawal of fresh water.
- Govt drafts rules for cleaner coal powerMoving to tighten norms for emissions of major pollutants by coal-based power plants in the country, the environment ministry has proposed ...
- CSE hails government's stringent pollution norms for thermal plantsThe country has no standards for pollution caused by sulphur dioxide (SO2), oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and mercury emissions from this sector.
- New foul air system to gauge if deadly mercury is risingThe proposed air pollution measurement and forecasting system will track mercury levels, vindicating experts' views that the presence of th...
- Emissions from coal power stations claimed 1 lakh lives: studyAround one lakh people died prematurely as a result of emissions from coal-fired power stations in India in 2012, a new study has claimed.
- Coal power emissions may have killed 100,000 Indians in 2012: StudyThe study is based on a database of 111 coal power plants representing a generation capacity of 121 GW.
- UN gets 140 nations to sign legally-binding mercury emissions treatyMore than 140 countries have agreed at the end of a week-long meet to sign a new and legally-binding international treaty to reduce harmful...
- India seeks flexibility in reducing mercury emissionsWith delegates from 130 countries working this week in Geneva to create the first legally binding international treaty to reduce mercury em...
- UN committee seeks to work out a treaty on mercuryThe Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee will work to prepare a globally binding instrument on mercury at a session organised by United ...
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