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As I woke up this morning, the smell of air reminded me of a morning in Delhi. What was it in Chennai’s air that made my sleepy mind think of Delhi as I woke up? The smell was familiar, and I remembered having experienced it at the same time last year in Chennai. I peeped out of my bedroom window

by Bhagyashree Rath, Researcher - Environment and Climate Change Determining the performance of a power plant can be a complex topic to understand, given the various factors such as availability of fuel/water, installed capacity, the age of the unit, planned outage etc, at play. A brief

-By Niraj Bhatt, Researcher - Environment and Climate Action In part I of the three-part series on geoengineering, we learnt about marine geoengineering and why it is not a quick fix for the climate crisis. In part II of this series, we look at land-based geoengineering and why it is a bad bet to

-By Niraj Bhatt, Researcher - Environment and Climate Action Part I of this series was about marine geoengineering and why it is not a quick fix for the climate crisis, while part II was about land-based geoengineering and why it is a bad bet to combat climate crisis. In part III of the three-part

by Niraj Bhatt, Researcher - Environment and Climate Change In our last issue, we explored the detrimental effect of coal-fired power plants on the local aquatic and marine ecosystems. We also delved into how the discharges from coal-fired power plants affect fish health and human livelihoods and

The world celebrated June 05, 2019 as the World Environment Day (WED 2019), and the theme this year was “Air Pollution”. China, once famous for its smoggy skies and extremely polluted air was the global host, while back home in India, Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change (MoEFCC), in

by Niraj Bhatt, Researcher - Environment and Climate Change In our last issue, we looked at how different sectors contribute to pollutants in the air we breathe, of which ozone is one of the major pollutants. Ozone is a gas that is present in Earth’s upper atmosphere (stratosphere), where it

by Harshavardhini Varagunan, Researcher - Environment and Climate Change Use of land at the proposed site of a thermal power plant is a prime concern to communities living in the vicinity and the project proponent. Optimal use of land should be considered in order to ensure operation and maintenance

-By Niraj Bhatt, Researcher - Environment and Climate Action On January 10 2019, India had her first ever national programme to address the air pollution issue, released by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC). Considering the exigency and the magnitude of air pollution

Cuddalore is an important coastal district in Tamil Nadu, and is classified as a critically polluted industrial town by the Central Pollution Control Board in 2010. Despite this dubious distinction, the proliferation of polluting and hazardous industries continues, making the residents of Cuddalore

by Niraj Bhatt, Researcher - Environment and Climate Change United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties 24 (COP24) was held in the coal mining city of Katowice, Poland, from December 2 to 14, 2018. The negotiations at COP24 were billed the most important

In October 2018, IL&FS Tamil Nadu Power Company Limited (ITPCL), which operates a 1200 MW coal power plant in Ariyagoshti, Bhuvanagiri Taluk, Cuddalore, applied to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEF&CC), to amend its Environmental Clearance (EC). It proposed the use of a