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Study Finds Industrial Aerosols May Cause Local Snowfall by Freezing Clouds
A new study led by the University of Tartu has shown that industrial emissions, particularly aerosol particles, can influence local snowfall by triggering ice formation in supercooled clouds. Using satellite and ground-based radar observations, researchers found that factories, including cement plants and power stations, may cause localised snow pl...
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Delhi's Air Quality Severe, Vehicular Emissions Largest Contributor
Delhi's 24-hour average Air Quality Index, recorded at 4 pm every day, stood at 419 on Thursday. It was 401 on Wednesday, 397 on Tuesday, 358 on Monday and 218 on Sunday, 220 on Saturday and 279 on Friday.
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Power Plants Shut, 'Public Transport' Call In Delhi Air Crisis: 10 Points
Schools have been shut, six of 11 power plants will halt operations and thousands of government employees will be urged to work-from-home or use public transport, in attempts to tackle Delhis life-threatening air quality crisis.
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Centre Tweaks Policy To Use Biomass Pellets In Coal-Fired Power Plants
The power ministry has set a revised policy to use biomass pellets in coal-burning thermal power plants, encouraging use of agricultural waste that is otherwise burnt by farmers, causing air pollution.
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Coal Power Plant Pollution Could Lead To More Premature Deaths In 6 Cities, Finds Study
A recent study shows that the number of premature deaths due to coal-fired thermal power plant pollution has increased by 60 per cent in cities including Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi/NCT and Bengaluru.
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Air Quality Panel Asks 11 Thermal Plants Near Delhi To Co-Fire Biomass Pellets
Centre's air quality commission has directed 11 thermal power plants within 300-km radius of Delhi to co-fire biomass pellets with coal, saying this can utilise millions of tonnes of biomass, address issue of stubble burning and reduce air pollution
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"Amusing" That Delhi Government Filed PIL Against Centre: Supreme Court
The Delhi government had filed a PIL against a Union Environment Ministry notification on power plants. The Supreme Court found it amusing that a state had used such an instrument against the Centre, allowing Delhi's counsel to withdraw the plea.
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11 NCR Thermal Plants Caused 7% Delhi Air Pollution In October-January: Study
The 11 coal-fired power plants in the National Capital Region contributed just 7 per cent to Delhi's PM2.5 pollution on an average between October 2020 and January 2021, while vehicles contributed 14 per cent, according to a new study.
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Close Thermal Plants If Air Quality Falls: Green Panel To Haryana, UP
Haryana and Uttar Pradesh must be ready to shut down some thermal power plants if air quality worsens in the coming days, a top anti-pollution body has said.
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Will Write To Pollution Control Authorities For Shutting 11 Plants Near Delhi: Minister
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Thursday said he will ask the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and a Supreme Court-mandated pollution control authority to shut the 11 coal-fired power plants operating within 300 kilometres of Delhi within a week.
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2 Dead, 4 Missing After Ash Leak From Reliance Power Plant In Madhya Pradesh
Two villagers have died and four are missingafter a breach in an artificial pond that stores toxic residue from a coal power plant run by Reliance Power in Madhya Pradesh's Singrauli on Friday evening.
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Finance Commission Likely To Reject Rs 800 Billion Package To Cut Air Pollution: Report
India's Finance Commission has told the power ministry that its proposal to award utilities 835 billion rupees in incentives to install equipment to curb emissions is "unviable," a senior official at the ministry told Reuters on Tuesday.
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Black Carbon Found In Placentas Of Women Exposed To Air Pollution: Study
Black carbon particles typically emitted by vehicle exhaust and coal-fired power plants have been detected on the foetus-facing side of placentas, researchers said Tuesday.
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Proposed Coal Power Plant A Threat To Delhi's Air Quality: Report
The Tehri Hydro Development Corporation's (THDC) proposed Khurja coal power plant in Uttar Pradesh will push up the cost of electricity and increase air pollution levels in Delhi, says a report by a research institute today. THDC India Limited (THDCIL), formerly known as Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Ltd, is a joint venture of the Centre and ...
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Delhi's Biggest Thermal Plant Shuts As Pollution Plan Kicks In: 10 Points
Delhi's biggest coal power plant has been ordered to be permanently closed from today and the roads will be swept with special machines as part of a set of emergency measures that have been put in place by the government to combat air pollution, authorities said. With the temperatures slowing dipping, Delhi air pollution levels have gone up with to...
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Study Finds Industrial Aerosols May Cause Local Snowfall by Freezing Clouds
A new study led by the University of Tartu has shown that industrial emissions, particularly aerosol particles, can influence local snowfall by triggering ice formation in supercooled clouds. Using satellite and ground-based radar observations, researchers found that factories, including cement plants and power stations, may cause localised snow pl...
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Delhi's Air Quality Severe, Vehicular Emissions Largest Contributor
Delhi's 24-hour average Air Quality Index, recorded at 4 pm every day, stood at 419 on Thursday. It was 401 on Wednesday, 397 on Tuesday, 358 on Monday and 218 on Sunday, 220 on Saturday and 279 on Friday.
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Power Plants Shut, 'Public Transport' Call In Delhi Air Crisis: 10 Points
Schools have been shut, six of 11 power plants will halt operations and thousands of government employees will be urged to work-from-home or use public transport, in attempts to tackle Delhis life-threatening air quality crisis.
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Centre Tweaks Policy To Use Biomass Pellets In Coal-Fired Power Plants
The power ministry has set a revised policy to use biomass pellets in coal-burning thermal power plants, encouraging use of agricultural waste that is otherwise burnt by farmers, causing air pollution.
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Coal Power Plant Pollution Could Lead To More Premature Deaths In 6 Cities, Finds Study
A recent study shows that the number of premature deaths due to coal-fired thermal power plant pollution has increased by 60 per cent in cities including Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi/NCT and Bengaluru.
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Air Quality Panel Asks 11 Thermal Plants Near Delhi To Co-Fire Biomass Pellets
Centre's air quality commission has directed 11 thermal power plants within 300-km radius of Delhi to co-fire biomass pellets with coal, saying this can utilise millions of tonnes of biomass, address issue of stubble burning and reduce air pollution
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"Amusing" That Delhi Government Filed PIL Against Centre: Supreme Court
The Delhi government had filed a PIL against a Union Environment Ministry notification on power plants. The Supreme Court found it amusing that a state had used such an instrument against the Centre, allowing Delhi's counsel to withdraw the plea.
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11 NCR Thermal Plants Caused 7% Delhi Air Pollution In October-January: Study
The 11 coal-fired power plants in the National Capital Region contributed just 7 per cent to Delhi's PM2.5 pollution on an average between October 2020 and January 2021, while vehicles contributed 14 per cent, according to a new study.
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Close Thermal Plants If Air Quality Falls: Green Panel To Haryana, UP
Haryana and Uttar Pradesh must be ready to shut down some thermal power plants if air quality worsens in the coming days, a top anti-pollution body has said.
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Will Write To Pollution Control Authorities For Shutting 11 Plants Near Delhi: Minister
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Thursday said he will ask the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and a Supreme Court-mandated pollution control authority to shut the 11 coal-fired power plants operating within 300 kilometres of Delhi within a week.
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2 Dead, 4 Missing After Ash Leak From Reliance Power Plant In Madhya Pradesh
Two villagers have died and four are missingafter a breach in an artificial pond that stores toxic residue from a coal power plant run by Reliance Power in Madhya Pradesh's Singrauli on Friday evening.
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Finance Commission Likely To Reject Rs 800 Billion Package To Cut Air Pollution: Report
India's Finance Commission has told the power ministry that its proposal to award utilities 835 billion rupees in incentives to install equipment to curb emissions is "unviable," a senior official at the ministry told Reuters on Tuesday.
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Black Carbon Found In Placentas Of Women Exposed To Air Pollution: Study
Black carbon particles typically emitted by vehicle exhaust and coal-fired power plants have been detected on the foetus-facing side of placentas, researchers said Tuesday.
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Proposed Coal Power Plant A Threat To Delhi's Air Quality: Report
The Tehri Hydro Development Corporation's (THDC) proposed Khurja coal power plant in Uttar Pradesh will push up the cost of electricity and increase air pollution levels in Delhi, says a report by a research institute today. THDC India Limited (THDCIL), formerly known as Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Ltd, is a joint venture of the Centre and ...
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Delhi's Biggest Thermal Plant Shuts As Pollution Plan Kicks In: 10 Points
Delhi's biggest coal power plant has been ordered to be permanently closed from today and the roads will be swept with special machines as part of a set of emergency measures that have been put in place by the government to combat air pollution, authorities said. With the temperatures slowing dipping, Delhi air pollution levels have gone up with to...
