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This report is an analysis of theactual conditions and impacts of coal and water utilisation in Mettur Thermal Power Plant for three consecutive years between 2015 and 2018 in line with the state and national statutes.
China had been the dump yard for most of the developed countries, with the US, Japan, Germany, UK on the top list of waste exporters to developing nations. When China announced its National Sword policy, the exporter nations began looking for…
The Zero Waste Chennai (ZWC) initiative focuses on decentralised waste management and resource recovery. Since its initiation, the city has faced several challenges in different domains: source segregation, door-to-door collection,…
News media has a significant role to play in keeping the masses informed, shaping public opinion, setting the public agenda and in turn, enhancing public participation in the decision making process. This study examines the extent and nature of…
In May 2019, Citizen Consumer and Civic Action Group (CAG) and the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) collaborated to launch the Zero Waste Chennai initiative. One of the key principles of the new decentralised waste management system…
“Bend me, shape me, anyway you want me” - the lyrics of an old love song can easily be the song for plastics, dubbed as the miraculous material, the magic material, and a marvel in our modern world. Owing to its multiple uses and unique physical and…
Reams of paper (made by felling healthy trees) are being spent on reports (some of questionable quality) reinforcing the wisdom that school textbooks tell us- that our environment and natural resources are precious, and we need to nurture them to…
On a cloudy Sunday evening, before the sun set, I took a test ride of the bicycle “SmartBike”. While I unlocked the cycle a passerby asked me, “How much is the rental for the cycle?” I could not tell him as it was my first experience with …
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With emerging technological advances and increased dependency on electronic appliances, household energy consumption levels and demand for electricity have been steadily rising. Recently, Tamilnadu recorded a peak demand of…
As on May 2019, Tamil Nadu has achieved only around 45 MW of rooftop solar with net meters and 134 MW without net meter facility1. This is a far cry from the targets of Solar Policy 2012 which had aimed for around 350 MW of rooftop…