Protesters forced the evacuation of an Australian power station on Friday, attempting to chain themselves to a coal conveyor-belt and ratchet up pressure on an industry blamed for half the nation's greenhouse gas emissions.

A 33KV power substation under the Rajiv Gandhi Rural Electrification Scheme has been scrapped because of the inability of the North Dinajpur administration to acquire land for the purpose.

District magistrate Sukumar Bhattacharyya said the project, whose foundation stone was laid in January this year, had been shifted from Gadahat, 100km from here, to Kishenganj in Bihar.

Maharaja Ranjit Singh Police University to come up in Ludhiana

The Punjab Cabinet today gave its approval in principle for setting up a 1,200-MW thermal plant at Rajpura. Work on the project is likely to be inaugurated on December 8.

ANGUL: The substantially-affected people (SAP) of NTPC-owned Talcher Thermal Power Station (TTPS) are a worried lot. It

BELLARY: The greenfield Bellary Thermal Power Station (BTPS) may get a third generating unit if the Union Government clears a proposal in this regard by Karnataka.

Himachal Pradesh has sought share in energy to be generated from ultra mega power projects (UMPPs) being established in different states of the country and urged the Centre to allocate at least 400 MW of thermal power from these projects.

BS Reporter / Mumbai October 30, 2008, 0:51 IST

Vedanta Resources, London-based energy company Aldwych International and infrastructure firm Nava Bharat Ventures have been shortlisted by Zambia Consolidated Copper Mine Investment Holdings (ZCCM-IH) to develop and operate a coal mine and build a 400 mega watt thermal power plant in the African nation, sources said.

Power producer Dynegy Inc will disclose its financial risks from global climate change under an agreement with the state of New York, former US Vice President Al Gore and New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Thursday.

Sudheer Pal Singh / New Delhi October 21, 2008, 0:01 IST

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