A campaign to encourage the use of LED (light-emitting diode) bulbs was launched at Valavil and Parakkal villages at Mahe by home minister E Valsaraj on Saturday.

Under the campaign, incandescent and fluorescent bulbs are being replaced with 22-watt LED bulbs by the Renewable Energy Agency of Puducherry (REAP).

According to a press release from the REAP project director, the government is sp

More than 70 per cent of work in two units of 600 mega watt coal-based thermal power plant in North Chennai Thermal Power station at Athipatu village of Thiruvallur district is completed and the units will go critical by January 2012, according to TNEB officials.

Chief engineer of the station N Murugesan told reporters visiting the site that the boiler drums for units I and II have been lifted

Anitha Jaishankar AS the government failed to supply required power, the industrial units in Hosur are weighing option to set up captive power plant or purchase power from outside.

The industrial bodies, Hosur Industries Association (HIA) and Hosur Small and Tiny Industries Association (HOSTIA), plans to set up a captive power plant with an investment of `1,200 crore to generate 300 mw power.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has extended the stay on the order of the Madras High Court with regard to Sterlite Industries till the second week of December.

A Bench comprising Justices R V Raveendran and H L Gokhale directed the respondents to file their replies in four weeks and the rejoinder thereafter in two weeks.

The Bench also asked the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to file the

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Shyam B Chennai,

A bunch of young boys stood on the beach facing the sunrise. They stared in utter concentration at the point where the waves washed up against the shore. Suddenly, one of the boys dived at the ebbing wave with a loud whoop, catching the attention of his comrades.

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Public hearings are meant to elicit people's views on upcoming projects, though authorities are not obliged to act on them.

THE Periyar Science and Technology Centre (PSTC) will soon be able to boast of a renewable energy park, displaying gadgets run by alternative sources of energy, according to its director P Iyemperumal.

Renewable energy certification system
TAMIL Nadu is on its way to generate an additional 5000 MW power from renewable sources this year, particularly from wind mills, according to the Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA).

THE issue of mercury leak in the eco-sensitive Pambar Shola forest in Kodaikanal from Hin dustan Lever's thermometer factory was firs brought to notice in 2001 by factory workers and environmental groups.

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The goal is to end the farmers' addiction to chemical fertilisers China's leadership has recognised the problem and adopted new regulations on industrial and agricultural pollution. But that doesn't guarantee that all local officials -- let alone polluters -- will follow the rules