PLANN TO EXPAND N PLANT
PAKISTAN plans to expand the controversial uranium enrichment plant at Kahuta near Islamabad to provide fuel for a nuclear power reactor being bought from China, according to senior government
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Japan govt admits safeguards at n-plant were insufficient
Japan's government vowed Tuesday to overhaul nuclear safety standards once its radiation-leaking reactor complex is under control, admitting that its safeguards were insufficient to protect the plant against the March 11 tsunami. The struggle to contain radiation at the complex has unfolded with near-constant missteps, including two workers drenched Tuesday with radioactive water despite wearin
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"Subsidy culture has killed local agriculture"
Thupstan Chhewang, Chief Executive Councillor and chairperson of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council LAHDC speaks to Down To Earth.
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Solar solution to safe drinking water
<p>The solar powered UV disinfection plant was developed and installed at Haiderpur Waterworks, Delhi Jal Board. It was evaluated for treatment of microbial contamination of western Yamuna canal water for different microbial count and turbidity and flow rates. </p>
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Elite panel to scour out Bagmati pollutants
The government’s High Powered Committee for Integrated Development of the Bagmati Civilisation, with support from the Metropolitan Police Commissioner’s Office, has started a clean Bagmati campaign aimed
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Himachal Pradesh Solar Power Policy 2016
According to the new policy, electricity consumers of HPSEBL shall be eligible to install minimum 1 KW to maximum 5 MW capacity solar PV plants on their building roof top or its premises, which will be
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SC notice on Essar Steel's plea for iron ore lease brings fresh trouble for Odisha
Bhushan Steel has already filed contempt case on similar case The recent Supreme Court notice to the state government to file response on Essar Steel’s plea for providing an iron ore lease for its steel plant as per its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the state government has brought fresh legal trouble since the government is yet to comply fully to the top court order in a similar case filed by Bhushan Steel and Power Ltd (BSPL).
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IIM spends to save on power bills
A solar-powered water heating system, solar streetlights, a sewage treatment plant and monitored usage of power. This new energy efficient system willbe part of IIM's new campus in Castrapur. What's
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Don’t restrain anti-nuclear activists: HC
MUMBAI: In a victory for anti-Jaitapur nuclear plant activists who claimed their fundamental rights to speech and movement were being trampled upon, the Bombay high court directed the state government
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Tata Steel to invest £4.5 m more at UK plant on efficiency
Tata Steel is investing £4.5 million more this year at its South Yorkshire operations in the UK, over the £20 million investment that it has already put in last year. In all, this could lead to savings
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Areva offers India stakes in Uranium mines
Areva SA, the world's biggest maker of atomic reactors, has offered India stakes in African uranium mines to ensure supplies for fuel-starved plants, the head of the nation's monopoly nuclear generator said. State-run Nuclear Power Corp of India is considering investing in as many as four mines, including projects in South Africa and Nigeria, chairman Shreyans Kumar Jain said.
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Coca-Cola told to pay Rs 216cr for damage to environment
Thiruvananthapuram: A high-power committee appointed by Kerala government has accused Coca-Cola of causing damages to the tune of Rs 216.26 crore through the operation of its bottling plant in Plachimada in Palakkad district.
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India's N-plan worries Lanka, seeks help for radiation safety
Nuclear plantA shock in Fukushima, Japan, was causing fear waves across the world and now even in Sri Lanka, which has no nuclear reactors at all. Concerned over the nuclear programmes in South India, Sri Lanka has sought India
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Ecology and livelihoods closely linked
<p>I represent the Forum for Better Visakha (FBV) based at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. We have been active for quite sometime in highlighting the meaning of "development" as perceived by the local communities. I have tried to document the relevant concerns in my article on Sompeta in Economic and Political Weekly.
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Delhi hits the dirty track
THE World Health Organization has identified New Delhi as one of the 10 most polluted cities in the world, a dubious distinction that Delhi now shares with other megacities like Mexico City, Seoul
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Popular Opposition
To Jindal Steel's expansion planNearly 2,000 written complaints and a protest document signed by 40,000 people were submitted at a public hearing against the expansion plan of Jindal Steel and Power
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Silver lining
Rules abate mercury pollution
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Balancing act: Creating the right regulation for coal combustion waste
With the 22 December 2008 collapse of a Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) ash pond in Kingston, Tennessee, and the arrival of the Obama administration the following month, the regulatory ground is shifting in regards to coal combustion waste (CCW), the millions of tons of waste left over each year from burning coal for electricity. The U.S.
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Nuclear option
On July 16, leaders of the industrialised world at the g8 summit adopted a plan of action on global energy security ignoring worldwide protests against nuclear power. At St Petersburg, the host
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reen power' to use woodchips
The State Government's business arm is proposing using woodchips from native forests in a string of new 'green power'' electricity plants across Victoria (Australia). In a prospectus