Despite Environment Minister Suresh Prabhu's aim to quicken the entire process of giving environment clearances to power projects, no meetings have been held of the environment committees since the

British Petroleum's plans for a 3,000 'energy park' in South Wales are to be blocked as part of the government's efforts to safeguard the deep-mine coal

Oil and Natural gas Corporation(ONGC), which has an estimated 400 billion cubic metre prognosticated natural gas reserves in Tripura, is awarding contracts to two American companies for exploration

The environmental public hearing on Hindustan Petroleum's Mangalore-Bangalore petroleum pipeline in Bangalore was inconclusive for the second time. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr. M.K. Shankaralinge

Natural gas can meet as much as one-third of China's future power needs if certain market reforms are under-taken, according to the summary of a joint U.S.-China study. The full study offers a number

The Karnataka State Government has urged the Centre to clear the counter guarantee for the Cogentrix power project proposed near Dakshina

To bring electricity to the lives of about half a million people living in various islands dotting the Sundarban deltaic region, the West Bengal government is formulating a Rs. 50 crore

The British government ordered the controversial Dounreay nuclear plant in Scotland not to take on any more commercial reprocessing work. The decision means Dounreay will, in the long-term,

Occidental Petroleum got a permit to explore the Samore field in eastern Colombia, 20% of it lying beneath the U'wa reservation, in early 1995. The U'wa Indians promptly threatened to commit mass

Union Power Minister Rangarajan Kumaramangalam has agreed to consider the capacity of the Kayamkulam Thermal Plant from 350 mw to 2500mw. Kerala has received the first major bonanza from the BJP