A row is raging in the us over reports that the Bush administration meddled in a policy proposed to tackle the last uncontrolled source of mercury pollution

India dithers on cleaner coal technologies. But it has the technology to help the thermal power sector clean up its act

Will the targets set for utilising flyash by power plants be met?

The Brazilian government has decided against installing a new nuclear reactor at its Angra dos Reis nuclear complex. Instal

A coal based power plant in Chittorgarh shows that even old plants can be non polluting

More power will mean more pollution, say participants at a recently held seminar in Lucknow

FROm next year, us power plants will be forced to test the coal they burn for traces of mercury. The us Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will also require a selected number of plants to test

Catano in Puerto Rico is a small town inhabited by some 35,000 people. But in an ordinary sunny day, hardly any children are seen playing in the streets, and many houses bear a deserted look.

The first private sector thermal power plant was commissioned recently in Colombo with the help of the government which added an additional 22.5 MW of power to Sri Lanka's national grid. Such efforts

THE controversy over the 1,000 megawatt Cogentrix power projecr in Mangalore, Karnataka, has come to an end with the Centre formally giving its approval to the project in principle and the