Land

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding employment to people whose land was acquired by Mahanadi Coal Fields, Odisha, 21/08/2019

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Mahanadi Coal Fields Ltd. & Others Vs Mathias Oram & Others dated 21/08/2019 regarding employment to people whose land was acquired by Mahanadi Coal Fields Ltd.

Judgement Date: 
21/08/2019
Tags:
Land Acquisition, Power Industry, Orissa (Odisha), Supreme Court, Displacement, Rehabilitation, Thermal Power Plants, Mahanadi Coalfields
Air Pollution

Global SO2 emission hotspot database: ranking the world’s worst sources of SO2 pollution

India is the world's largest emitter of sulphur dioxide contributing more than 15% of the global anthropogenic SO2 emissions from the point sources tracked by NASA. The major SO2 emission hotspots in India are Singrauli (Madhya Pradesh) Neyveli and Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Talcher and Jharsuguda (Odisha), Korba (Chhattisgarh) , Kutch (Gujarat), Ramagundam (Telangana) and Chandrapur and Koradi (Maharashtra) shows the Greenpeace study based on NASA data.

Publication Date: 
19/08/2019
Greenpeace
Tags:
Air Pollution, Coal, Thermal Power Plants, Health Effects, India, Global, Australia
Air Pollution

Order of the Supreme Court regarding environmental norms of NOx for coal based thermal power plants, 05/08/2019

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 05/08/2019 regarding environmental norms of NOx for coal based thermal power plants (TPPs).

Judgement Date: 
05/08/2019
Tags:
Thermal Power Plants, Supreme Court, Fossil Fuels, Coal, Air Pollution Control, India
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution by thermal power plants, coal washeries in Tamnar and Gharghoda blocks of Raigarh District, Chhattisgarh, 22/07/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shivpal Bhagat & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 22/07/2019 regarding pollution caused by the thermal power plants, the coal washeries in Tamnar and Gharghoda blocks of Raigarh District in Chhattisgarh, including M/s Jindal Power Limited, M/s Jindal Power and Steel Limited, M/s TRN Energy Private Limited, M/s Mahavir Energy & Coal Benefaction Limited, M/s. Hindalco Industries Limited and M/s. Monet Energy Limited, SECL.

Judgement Date: 
22/07/2019
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Raigarh (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT, Chhattisgarh, Court, Thermal Power Plants, Fossil Fuels, Air Pollution, Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), Health Effects
Environment

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution Caused by Coal Based Power Plants, 18/07/2019

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution Caused by Coal Based Power Plants, 18/07/2019.

Publication Date: 
18/07/2019
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Pollution, Coal, Thermal Power Plants, India, Parliament
Environment

Backers of Lamu coal project lose court case

Backers of Kenya’s Lamu coal plant have been instructed by the courts to conduct a new environmental impact assessment and halt work on the project, in a ruling celebrated by local environmental gr

Publication Date: 
08/07/2019
Eco Business
Tags:
Environment, Coal, Thermal Power Plants, Kenya, Energy, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Fish, Africa, Biodiversity
Environment

Kenya court blocks East Africa's first coal plant

Kenya's environment court blocked recently the construction of a coal-fired power station on the country's idyllic Indian Ocean coast, in a move hailed as a major victory by campaigners fighting a

Publication Date: 
02/07/2019
Seychelles News Agency
Tags:
Environment, Coal, Thermal Power Plants, Kenya, Court, Energy, Renewable Energy, Fossil Fuels, Africa
Climate Change

Global warming targets at risk from energy plants' CO2 emissions

Carbon emissions from existing and planned fossil fuel energy plants and projects will exceed the amount needed to curb global warming, jeopardising a 1.5 degree Celsius temperature limit goal, sci

Publication Date: 
02/07/2019
Thompson Reuters Foundation (TRUST)
Tags:
Climate Change, Global Warming, Fossil Fuels, Coal, Thermal Power Plants, Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Green House Gases, Global
Energy

GE Power India bags orders worth Rs 2,311 cr from state-owned NTPC

The orders are for supply and installation of wet Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) systems at three coal-based power plants

Publication Date: 
02/07/2019
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Thermal Power Plants, Coal, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Power Industry, Energy
Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding handling of fly ash at two thermal power plants at Jhajjar, Haryana, 01/07/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vedprakash Vs State of Haryana dated 01/07/2019 regarding handling of the accumulated fly ash at the units of M/s NTPC Aravali Power Co. (P) Ltd. and M/s Jhajjar Power Ltd. (CLP India) in District Jhajjar. According to the complaint, huge amount of fly ash is generated and accumulated causing air pollution which results in diseases to the inhabitants. A report submitted by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board also confirmed huge amount of fly ash accumulated at the two thermal power plants.

Judgement Date: 
01/07/2019
Tags:
Thermal Power Plants, Fly Ash, Jhajjar (D), Haryana, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Health Effects, Air Pollution, Respiratory Diseases, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)

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