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Letter to Finance Department: to not give guarantees for funding thermal and hydro power plants in pipeline

Wed, 11/03/2020 - 08:44

TANGEDCO has requested the Power Finance Corporation and Rural Electrification Corporation, for funding thermal power projects of a combined capacity up to 5,300 MW, and hydro power projects to the…

Letter requesting inclusion of Chennai in National Clean Air Programme non-attainment cities list

Thu, 28/11/2019 - 00:00

Letter to NGT requesting inclusion of Chennai in National Clean Air Programme non-attainment cities. Chennai is the only major polluted city and one of the 12 cities with a population of more than a…

Report of the Consultation on the Environment Impact Assessment Notification 2019 (zero draft) And Status of Forest Rights Act 2006, in Tamil Nadu

Thu, 28/11/2019 - 00:00

The consultation workshop hosted by Citizen consumer and civic Action Group, Chennai; NTFP India, Adukkam; and Keystone Foundation, Kotagiri; in collaboration with the Coalition for Environmental…

ITPCL - Financially Viable or Not?

Tue, 20/08/2019 - 13:20

The power sector is one of the highly stressed sectors, responsible for 40% of the total stressed assets in India. The trigger for a financial analysis of IL&FS Tamil Nadu Power Company Limited (…

Marine geoengineering - not a quick fix for climate crisis

Wed, 17/07/2019 - 15:26

-by Niraj Bhatt, Researcher - Environment and Climate Change Introduction to geoengineering: As life on our planet struggles in Anthropocene to arrest the increasing greenhouse gas emissions and…

Coal Power Plants in Tamil Nadu - a decade of false starts and falling performance

Fri, 21/06/2019 - 15:34

The past decade saw Tamil Nadu go from being power deficit to power surplus- a change made possible by significant capacity addition. With a zeal to provide energy security for the state (which was a…

Strategies for control and reduction of ozone pollution

Fri, 10/05/2019 - 14:27

by Niraj Bhatt, Researcher - Environment and Climate Change In this last part of a two-part article, we will explore solutions for control and reduction of ground-level ozone. In our last issue, we…

Comments on proposed amendement of TOR for TANGEDCO's Ennore TPS expansion

Mon, 15/04/2019 - 11:19

State power utility TANGEDCO recently sought amendment in the Terms of Reference issued for its 660 MW expansion project in Ennore. The utility, which failed to submit a feasibility study for the…

Comments on proposed grant of TOR to MIDPL for Adani Kattupalli Port Expansion

Mon, 15/04/2019 - 11:09

Marine Infrastructure Developer Private Limited (MIDPL) proposed a revised Master Plan Development of the Adani Port at Kattupalli, Tiruvallur District. When the project was scheduled for discussion…

Comments on proposed grant of TOR to MIDPL for Adani Kattupalli Port Expansion

Mon, 15/04/2019 - 08:40

Marine Infrastructure Developer Private Limited (MIDPL) proposed a revised Master Plan Development of the Adani Port at Kattupalli, Tiruvallur District. When the project was scheduled for discussion…

Comments on proposed amendement of TOR for TANGEDCO's Ennore TPS expansion

Mon, 15/04/2019 - 08:38

State power utility TANGEDCO recently sought amendment in the Terms of Reference issued for its 660 MW expansion project in Ennore. The utility, which failed to submit a feasibility study for the…

What in Air is Killing You? A Sectoral Analysis offers Clues

Tue, 26/03/2019 - 17:27

-by Niraj Bhatt, Researcher - Environment and Climate Change We live in such times where the same air that sustains life holds agents of death and disease as well, and the concentrations of the…