Mumbai: Finally, chief minister Ashok Chavan has something to showcase. The state government has given approval to start work on the world

Mumbai The state environment department plans to urge the Centre to regulate the sale of colours next Holi, the move following a report in The Indian Express that such colours contain heavy metals.

P B Jayakumar / Mumbai March 01, 2010, 0:15 IST

Pune-based energy and environment solutions

The 88 industrial clusters identified by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) will be re-verified for the amount of pollution they generate, on the basis of which they will be re-rated.

Hong Kong-based CLP Group company CLP Power India Pvt Ltd will invest $800 million (over Rs 3,700 crore)to augment its power generation capacity from renewable resources to 650 Mw by the end of this year.

Out of the total target, 346 Mw is under construction, while 104 Mw is operational. The company has also identified locations for building the remaining capacity.

Pune City-based World Institute of Sustainable Energy (WISE) recently organised a conference on

Pune Experts are of the opinion that sedentary lifestyle and environmental pollution also contribute to cancer

With 928 persons seeking radiation therapy at Ruby Hall centre in 2007 and 1258 in 2008, the number of cancer

ALREADY home to the mega project that bears its name, Dabhol, a once- sleepy village along the Konkan coast may soon host another power plant. NTPC, India

India will set up five energy parks by 2032 to raise the generation of nuclear energy.

"The selected sites for the energy parks are Haripur in West Bengal, Mithi Virdi in Gujarat, Jaitapur in Maharashtra, Kovvada in Andhra Pradesh and Kudamkulam in Tamil Nadu," chairman of Atomic Energy Commission and secretary, department of atomic energy, Srikumar Banerjee said.