The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has refused to renew Ramky Energy and Environment Limited’s (Ramky) “consent to operate” for the bio-medical waste incineration facility in A. Mukkulam, Virudhunagar, which expired on 31...
By now, there is an almost universal consensus that the world energy systems must move away from climate-threatening fossil fuels and into non-carbon, safe, and sustainable sources.
In the last week of April, the situation in Rajapur tehsil, Maharahtra turned tense in the context of the RRPCL project and people’s resistance to the project.
A battle is raging in the Konkan region of Maharashtra between the people and the government. So far over a thousand people were arrested and many were booked for rioting, unlawful assembly and disobedience...
தமிழ்நாட்டின் தலைநகரமாகிய சென்னையின் எண்ணூர் பகுதி பல ஆண்டுகளாக
The term ‘energy security’ has become popular again after February 2022 when Russian troops invaded Ukraine and the subsequent events.
From opposing the world's largest nuclear power generating station to the world's largest single-location integrated refinery and petrochemical complex, the residents of areas along the Konkan coast have been fighting for their land and...
Globalisation and consumerism are the two elements that define our present economic era. Intricately entwined, and complementing each other they have come to occupy a dominant position in this political economy. This hegemony of...
“Operation successful but the patient died” is perhaps the best phrase to describe the handling of the Brahmapuram fire which ravaged the city of Kochi. Spread over 110 acres of land, the Brahmapuram dumpyard...
In this period of ever-increasing Climate Crisis, when many voices pushing nuclear fission power as a supposedly zero-carbon safe’ energy are being heard, it is fitting to remember some of the catastrophic disasters of...
The expenditure budgeted for the year 2023-24 is 192 crores which is 50% less than the budget of the previous years. At the face of it, it would seem that India is phasing out...
Over the last few decades, the volume and toxicity of waste being produced in India has been increasing exponentially. A major cause has been the increased use and dispose of more manufactured materials by...
तमिलनाडु राज्य के चेन्नई का एन्नोर क्षेत्र वर्षों से औद्योगिक परियोजनाओं की एक श्रृंखला का केंद्र बना है, मुख्य रूप से थर्मल पावर स्टेशन, उर्वरक कारखाने, औद्योगिक बंदरगाह, ऑइल एण्ड पट्रोलीअम इंडस्ट्रीज़ इत्यादि उद्योग...
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A Global Plastics Treaty is being negotiated under the aegis of the UNEP. This is an outcome of the advocacy with the United Nations Environment Assembly by several civil society organisations globally since 2017....
