Mayapuri still exposed to radiation
Year After Radioactive Material Scarred Scrapyard, No Safety Measures Taken New Delhi: A year has passed since the Mayapuri radiation incident but shopkeepers in one of India
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Alang shipbreakers warned against dumping waste
Bhavnagar: Following the finding of a high amount of hazardous industrial waste that was being dumped in a creek near Sisodiya Yard in Alang, Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) held an emergency meeting with Alang Ship Breakers
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Hindon canal, 27/07/2015
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of J.P. Sharma Vs. Delhi Development Authority & Ors. dated 27/07/2015 regarding pollution of Hindon canal.</p> <p><em>The
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NGO demands action against Tata company
Citing the Bhopal gas leak case, a prominent environmental organisation from Orissa on Wednesday demanded that compensation claims be filed against Tata Refractories for releasing poisonous chemicals outside their factory premises three years ago.
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Radioactive water leaks from Japan nuclear plant
About 100 tons of water containing high levels of radioactive material leaked at the damaged Japanese nuclear power plant in Fukushima, the operator of the plant said Thursday. Tokyo Electric Power Co
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Veggies main worry, sushi at lower risk
Fish sold in Japan
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Plastic bag ban to stay as SC dismisses appeal
New Delhi: The Supreme Court dismissed a petition by the All India Plastic Industries Association (AIPIA) on Friday that challenged the ban on plastic bags and their manufacturing in the capital. After an oral direction by the Delhi high court in December 2012, Delhi government had suspended prosecution under its October notification, but will now start cracking down on violations again. The environment department has said that it will come up with an action plan to restart its drive against plastic bags.
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Pollution control board readying for crackdown
BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) is all set to crack down on sale of nonsmoking tobacco, available in plastic sachets.
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GoM to ask CBI to proceed against Dow Chemicals
A day after a Delhi court accepted the CBI request seeking extradition of former Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) chairman Warren Anderson
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UPJN to ready new site plan for MSW project
LUCKNOW: The UP Jal Nigam (UPJN) is doing all it can to make the proposed Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) plant at Kakori a reality. After the State Advisory Council met the senior members of UPJN on June 14, the implementing authority for the plant is busy preparing a fresh blueprint for the site.
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Call to send Bhopal toxic waste back to US
Jun 22nd, 2010 -- Rashme Sehgal | A section of senior Madhya Pradesh bureaucrats along with several NGOs believe the solution to the outstanding issue of toxic waste from the Union Carbides factory in Bhopal is to send it back to the United States. They cite the precedent of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) having ordered Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL)
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Viable alternative for plastic bags proposed
Staff Reporter NEW DELHI: Advocacy group People
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Tribunal chief unhappy over plastic ban implementation in Haridwar: NGT commissioner
National Green Tribunal chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar has reportedly expressed displeasure over the "slow pace of work being done" in the implementation of its order of complete plastic ban in Haridwar.
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MPCB faces heat for failing to take strict measures
Aurangabad: Taking serious cognizance of pollution caused by industrial effluent in Waluj MIDC the National Green Tribunal (NGT) criticised the Maharashtra pollution Control Board (MPCB) 'soft' actions.
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Centre may fund Bhopal clean-up
NEW DELHI: The Centre is likely to foot the bill for remediation, or cleaning up, of the contaminated site of the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal. This is expected to be among the recommendations of the group of ministers (GoM), which are to be finalized and handed over to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by Monday afternoon.
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GoM discusses clean-up options
Deliberating on remediation measures, the Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Home Minister P Chidambaram on Sunday considered a number of clean-up options, including building a memorial and burying part of the toxic waste at the disaster site in Bhopal where the Union Carbide factory is located.
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Awareness only tool for Govt to enforce plastic ban
Yogita Sabberwal | New Delhi
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Green Tribunal summons Pallavaram Municipal Commissioner
For dumping garbage in the lake despite an interim order The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Bench, on Thursday directed the Pallavaram Municipal Commissioner to appear before it and explain why the civic body continues to dump waste in ‘Periya Eri’ (lake) in spite of an interim order against it. Following an application from S.P. Surendranath Karthik, Madipakkam, the National Green Tribunal, New Delhi, in September last, granted an interim injunction restraining the municipality from dumping waste in the lake.
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Degradable plastic units seek waiver from CM
Neha Sinha Posted: Jan 21, 2009 at 0039 hrs IST New Delhi: The Department of Environment has sought a customs duty waiver or VAT exemption for biodegradable plastic bag manufacturers.
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Trash to cash
Ragpicking, one would assume, is the last area a corporate would want to foray into. But for ITC, which had in the past entered unorganised businesses such as manufacturing match sticks and incense sticks, it is a potential gold mine. Consider this: for 80 per cent of the 630 paper mills in India, waste paper is a key raw material.