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In the name of streamlining the process to get environmental clearances, the Centre has turned these rules into a mere formality The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), on  January 4, 2019, came up with a memorandum setting standard environmental clearance conditions for two sectors that currently see the highest investment—Infrastructure and building/construction projects and area development projects....

Alternatives to nuclear energy, in particular renewable sources of electricity like wind and solar energy, have become drastically cheaper. India and China are often considered the poster children for nuclear energy growth—and even there the picture is quite dismal.  “It is nuclear power that will be the main tool to reduce emissions”  Poland’s Minister of Energy, Krzysztof Tchórzewski, in keynote remarks at a meeting during the 24th...