Thermal Power Plants

on december 14, 2006, the state environment appellate authority stayed an order of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board directing Mumbai Port Trust (mbpt) to stop handling of coal at its Haji

Publication Date:

14/01/2007

Author(s): Nidhi Jamwal

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Air Pollution, Ports, Health Effects, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Coal, Fossil Fuels, Thermal Power Plants, India, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Statistics

Water Resources

Udipi farmers' land taken over for thermal power plant

in october 2006, 150 farmers of Yellur village in Udupi district of Karnataka lost 195 hectares (ha) of land. According to Janajagrithi Samiti, a local ngo, the Udupi tehsildar K Muralidhar

Publication Date:

14/12/2006

Author(s): Nidhi Jamwal

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Environment, Air Pollution, Land Ownership, Western Ghats, Water Resources, Heavy Metals, Displacement, Farmers, Thermal Power Plants, High Court, India, Karnataka, Fly Ash

Climate Change

Ruckus over IPCC's global warming data

the world's top climate scientists, part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (ipcc), have toned down the worst possible forecast for global warming over the next 100 years, claims The

Publication Date:

14/10/2006

Author(s): Ritu Gupta

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Climate Change, Global Warming, Sea Level Rise, Fossil Fuels, Thermal Power Plants, Research, Scientists

Climate Change

AES corporation's Chhattisgarh power plant in trouble

American power major aes Corporation's proposed us $1.2 billion power plant in Chhattisgarh has run into rough weather after the Orissa government refused to give it a no-objection certificate.

Publication Date:

14/10/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20061015

pp:

0

Tags:

Thermal Power Plants, Power Industry, United States Of America (US), Chhattisgarh, Orissa (Odisha)

Air Pollution

Lights out in Hong Kong to protest polluted air

Pollution

Publication Date:

14/09/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Air Pollution, Thermal Power Plants, Media

Climate Change

In Court

blind eye: An environment court of New Zealand has rejected the first part of the Greenpeace appeal, which opposed re-firing of the Marsden B coal power station, near Whangarei district, due to its

Publication Date:

30/08/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20060831

pp:

0

Tags:

Mining, Climate Change, Global Warming, Thermal Power Plants, Greenpeace, Philippines, New Zealand

India

No smiling matter

Three Thai community leaders presented a bowl of coal to Asian Development Bank president Haruhiko Kuroda during the bank's annual meeting in Hyderabad, between May 3-6, 2006. It was a symbolic

Publication Date:

14/06/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20060615

pp:

0

Tags:

Coal, Thermal Power Plants, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Thailand

India