Govt to build cement plants near power plants to use fly-ash

April 2017

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change will examine the possibility of building cement plants near power plants to use fly-ash. Only ...

Tags: Ministry of Environment, Forest, Climate Change, Pozzolana, Ministry of Environment, Forest, Climate Change, Pozzolana Portland Cement, Fly-ash

GMR’s airport SEZ plea turned down

February 2017

A proposal by the GMR Group for converting an aviation SEZ into a multi-product SEZ has been rejected by the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) under t...

Tags: GMR Group, Aviation, SEZ, Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, GMR Aerospace, Industrial Park

Cairn gets nod for 64 exploratory wells

February 2017

A committee under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has given the green signal to Cairn India for undertaking drilling works of...

Tags: Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Cairn India, KG basin, EAC

Cairn gets nod for 64 exploratory wells

February 2017

A committee under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has given the green signal to Cairn India for undertaking drilling works of...

Tags: Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Cairn India, KG basin, EAC

Cairn India gets nod for drilling 64 exploratory and appraisal wells

January 2017

A committee under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has given the green signal to Cairn India for undertaking drilling works of...

Tags: Ministry of Environment, Forests, Climate Change, Cairn India, Expert Appraisal Committee, Bay of Bengal

Govt nod for International Solar Alliance

January 2017

The Centre has given ex post facto approval to the proposal of the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy for ratification of the International Solar All...

Tags: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, ISA, Narendra Modi, MNRE, 21st Conference of the Parties, United Nations Framework Convention, Climate Change

Can't Wish Away Coal

December 2016

Benjamin Sporton, Chief Executive of the powerful London-based World Coal Association (WCA), urges India to move over to high-efficiency, low-emissio...

Tags: Benjamin Sporton, World Coal Association, Coal-fired power plants, Affordable, Reliable electricity, Coal, CO2 emissions, OECD, Televisions, Refrigerators, Washing machines, UN Climate Change Summit, Manish Pant

The country lacks institutions that can actually enforce laws

October 2016

Environmentalist and activist Sunita Narain has been instrumental in raising environmental awareness and bringing about sustainable change in India. ...

Tags: Sunita Narain, Padma Shri, Tiger Task Force, ouncil for Climate Change, National Ganga River Basin Authority, CSE, SHRIYAL SETHUMADHAVAN, Buildings, Wastewater, GRIHA, IGBC, Renewable energy, Swacch Bharat Abhiyan