Voices against Himachal thermal plant get shriller
Anandpur Sahib: Voices against the maiden thermal plant at Tikri village, Nalagarh, Himachal Pradesh, have grown shriller with Punjab NGO and Nalagarh MLA joining the bandwagon.
Anandpur Sahib: Voices against the maiden thermal plant at Tikri village, Nalagarh, Himachal Pradesh, have grown shriller with Punjab NGO and Nalagarh MLA joining the bandwagon.
Aug. 30: Children in Punjab are being born with birth defects due to pollution from coal-fired power stations, according to an investigation by a British newspaper.
Company increases effluent outlets instead of plugging them THE Orissa state pollution control board has issued notice to the Jharsuguda unit of Vedanta Aluminium Limited (val), a subsidiary of the mining giant Vedanta Resources Plc, after inspections revealed the company
Thousands of workers are demanding Peru's government save their jobs at a shuttered metals smelter high in the Andes, even if it means delaying a cleanup at the plant that has turned their town into one of the most polluted places on earth.
The Goa State Pollution Control Board is in the process of categorising industries based on colour codes in a bid to have better control over these and to simplify its administrative work.
Jairam Calls For Emulating Beijing On Emission Control Beijing: China has agreed to include India in a three-nation (China, Japan and South Korea) joint mechanism on climate control, minister of state for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh said on Tuesday.
Jalandhar: Setting up of a large number of thermal plants can prove to be a curse for Punjab.
Melvyn Thomas | TNN Surat: The city of diamonds and textile may have earned the distinction of being one of the cleanest cities in the country, but it lags behind when it comes to keeping a check on industrial pollution.
Stalin criticises AIADMK Government for neglecting industrial growth Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin looking at the machines installed at the factory of Gangotri Textiles Ltd., at SIPCOT Industrial Estate, in Perundurai, Erode on Monday.
Beijing, Aug. 20: More than 1,300 children have been sickened by lead poisoning in central China, the second such case involving a large number of children this month, state media said on Thursday.
The recommendation of NEERI and the P Ram Committee to attain zero liquid discharge by local dyeing units to save the Buddha Nullah has brought the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) back in action.
Sompeta, Aug. 18: Several fishermen, doctors and people
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government will have to do some explaining at the Forest and Environment Ministers
Beijing: Hundreds of villagers broke into a smelting plant in north China blamed for the lead poisoning of more than 600 children, smashing trucks in protest, state media reported on Monday.
Ananth Krishnan BEIJING: Hundreds of villagers in China
THE Centre on Monday warned of strict action against polluting industries and asked states to identify critically polluted clusters in order to prepare an action plan for initiating corrective steps.
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KARUR: Welcoming the statement of the Union Textiles Minister, Dayanidhi Maran, on the need to combat pollution in select cities in the State, handloom weavers and farmers have called upon the Central and the State governments to address the issue on a war footing to save both the textile industry, agriculture and environment.
P.V. Srividya People express strong opposition to the project at Maruthampallam NAGAPATTINAM: A public hearing on a proposed 2x500 MW coal-based thermal power plant at Maruthampallam village in Sirkazhi taluk was postponed amid opposition to the project from the public gathered there on Tuesday evening. Could affect 3 villages