The illegal trade in chemicals
<p>Chemicals provide important benefits to society and play a vital role in the global economy, but they also carry risks for the environment and human health, with greater risks to vulnerable social groups.
Toxic Wastes
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Exxon $225 mln pollution settlement with New Jersey is approved
Exxon Mobil Corp's $225 million settlement with the administration of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie of a longstanding environmental pollution case won approval on Tuesday from a state judge, over
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Tianjin toll now 135 dead with 38 still missing
THE death toll in the Tianjin hazmat warehouse blast was updated to 135 yesterday, while 38 others remain missing, rescue authorities said. All the dead have been identified, including 81 firefighters
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Zambia: Villagers Sue Vedanta
MORE than 1,800 Zambian villagers in Chingola have taken mining giant Vedanta to court in the United Kingdom over toxic leaks. The London-listed mining giant has been polluting the drinking water of
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EPA says it isn't monitoring an estimated 161,000 abandoned mines
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said it has no system for monitoring hundreds of thousands of abandoned mines that pock the American landscape, or knowing which one could be the source of
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Adani poised to submit third plan for dredging in Great Barrier Reef
Queensland mining minister set to announce Abbot Point environmental impact statement complete, putting Adani closer to submitting plan to Greg Hunt The latest version of Adani’s controversial plan
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NGT asks MP, CG and Rajasthan to seize and destruct PoP idols
BHOPAL: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has again asked three states of MP, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan to comply with Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) guidelines on idol immersion within 15 days.
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Bangladesh’s top court pummels 10 tardy polluters
The High Court yesterday issued a contempt of court rule against 10 tannery owners for obstructing the implementation of its 2001 judgment on relocation of hazardous tannery industries from the capital's
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NGT seeks report on service stations operating in capital
Automobile service stations operating in the capital and discharging toxic pollutants like grease and oil into the Yamuna have come under the radar of the National Green Tribunal which has sought a status
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Korba is ranks third in new critically polluted areas
Korba in Chhattisgarh is among three newly identified critically polluted areas (CPAs) in the country with the collected sampling of ‘Volatile Organic Compounds” (VOCs), according to the 2014-15 annual
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UK authorities 'lack resources' to investigate Trafigura over toxic waste
Environment Agency says it lacks necessary expertise and resources to investigate oil firm over 2006 toxic waste dump in Ivory Coast UK authorities have admitted they lack both the expertise and resources