Air Pollution

Online system to monitor smoke levels

Jamshedpur, March 3: Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) has decided to make online stack monitoring system compulsory in medium and large scale industrial units.

The JSPCB authorities will issue a circular to this effect to all such units and especially to those which have smokestacks.

Publication Date: 
04/03/2009
Telegraph (Ranchi)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Industrial Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Air Quality Monitoring, Thermal Power Plants, Jharkhand
Energy

Power plant near Jhikurkhali ploughs ahead

HALDIA, March 3: RPG flagship CESC Ltd is setting up a 2,000 MW greenfield thermal power plant in Haldia. The plant will come up in Baneswar Chawk, near Jhikurkhali, East Midnapore district.

Publication Date: 
04/03/2009
Statesman (Kolkata)
Tags:
Coal, Energy, Thermal Power Plants, Orissa (Odisha), West Bengal, Medinipur (D), Mahanadi Coalfields
Mining

Eco-watchdogs vs coal miners: a tie for now

- Visiting central team denies PSUs

Publication Date: 
03/03/2009
Telegraph (Ranchi)
Tags:
Mining, Coal, Thermal Power Plants, Jharkhand, Coal Industry, Central Coalfields, Coal India
Energy

Power project in Hisar nears completion

CHANDIGARH: Construction work for the prestigious 1,200 MW Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Project at Khedar in Hisar district is progressing steadily towards completion on schedule, said Haryana Power Generation Corporation Managing Director Sanjeev Kaushal here over the weekend.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2009
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Thermal Power Plants, Haryana, Hisar (D)
Air Pollution

Coal-fired power plants still heavy polluters

Large combustion plants are responsible for two thirds of EUs total sulphur emissions, and the coal-fired top ten polluters account for 30 per cent.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2009
Christer Agren
Acid News
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Tags:
Air Pollution, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Climate Change, Coal, Thermal Power Plants, European Union (EU)
Climate Change

Carbon limit proposed for large power plants

A carbon dioxide emission limit for power plants should apply to both new and existing installations if it is to have a significant impact on reducing emissions by 2030, according to a study published by environmental consultants Ecofys.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2009
Acid News
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Tags:
Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Emission Targets, Climate Mitigation, Emissions Trading, Thermal Power Plants, European Union (EU)
Climate Change

Are cities really to blame?

The Clinton Climate Initiative says that cities produce 80 percent of the world

Publication Date: 
01/03/2009
David Satterthwaite, David Dodman
Urban World
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Tags:
Lifestyles, Agriculture, Deforestation, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Consumption Patterns, Climate Adaptation, Urban Habitat, Rural Habitat, Thermal Power Plants, Global
Climate Change

Strong structure, weak numbers

The final agreement on the EU climate package retains the goal to reduce emissions by 20 per cent. Together with a 20-per-cent share of renewables and 20-per-cent energy savings, this creates the triple goal of 20-20-20 by 2020.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2009
Fredrik Lundberg
Acid News
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Tags:
Climate Change, Emission Targets, Climate Mitigation, Carbon Capture and Storage, Energy Policy, Nuclear Power, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Biofuel, Emissions Trading, Thermal Power Plants, Legislation, European Union (EU)
Air Pollution

Isopleths of sulphur dioxide in the neighbourhood of thermal power station-II at Neyveli

The purpose of the present study is to describe the pattern of pollutant dispersion in the neighbourhood of the thermal power station-II in Neyveli. Neyveli Lignite Corporation houses two mines and two thermal power stations. Thermal power station-II is designed for 7 numbers of boilers each producing electricity at 210 MW, using lignite as the fuel.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2009
S. Palanivelraja, M. P. Chockalingam
Indian Journal of Air Pollution Control
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Tags:
Air Pollution, Thermal Power Plants, Neyveli STPS, Tamil Nadu
Environment

Centre is responsible for the mess in Jharkhand

BABU LAL MARANDI - the first chief minister of Jharkhand and Union minister of state for forest and environment - had to resign and make way for Arjun Munda for the post of CM in 2002 following pressure exerted by some of the ministers. In the 2003 Loh Sabha elections, he contested from Koderma as a BJP candidate.

Publication Date: 
28/02/2009
Sahara Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Minerals, Development, Thermal Power Plants, Jharkhand, Naxalites

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