Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Ajai Sreevatsan CHENNAI: An unidentified ship which dumped bilge water at a point close to the coast is the most likely reason for the oil slick, which hit the beach along Uthandi and Kanathur around 3 p.m. on Friday, according to government officials. Bilge water is a mixture of fresh …
SMIT Singapore Private Limited (SSPL), the Singapore based salvage company, has commenced its salvage operations for the removal of oil from the sunken vessel M V Asian Forest, after five months and 10 days, on Tuesday. Deputy Commissioner V Ponnuraj holding discussion with representatives of SMIT Singapore Private Limited in …
GUWAHATI, Dec 20: The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), the one of the major player of the country in energy sector which contributes 77 per cent of India
The extraction of oil from the second largest reserves in the world has merely begun, but the environmental costs are already skyrocketing. Canadian NGOs claim tar sand development is the most destructive project on earth.
MUMBAI: The Mumbai coast guard's pollution response team (west) is set to purchase three modern pollution control vehicles (PCVs) to ensure a cleaner sea off the western shores. Induction of PCVs in the Coast Guard's fleet, along with other modern equipment to control oil spills and pollution, will be complete …
RABINDRA NATH CHOUDHURY Contrary to the claims of the Paradip Port Trust (PPT) authorities, fresh oil spillage has been reported from the harbour area, where a Mongolian cargo ship MV Black Rose sank on September 9. A team of scientists of Dehra Dun-based Wildlife Institute of India, which visited Paradip …
PARADIP: A major portion of the Jatadhari river mouth has been covered by black oil reportedly leaking from the sunken Mongolian vessel Black Rose. Besides, fishermen have also witnessed oil slick on sea surface from Sandhkuda to Jatadhari river mouth and in Badtanda area of Erasama block. Local fishermen alleged …
Oil spill in the Bay of Bengal spells doomsday for breeding of Ridley turtles The worst fears of environmentalists appear to have come true with reports of an oil leak from MV Black Rose, the Mongolian ship that sank off Paradeep coast in Orissa on the 9th of September. The …
Biosorption of oil from wastewater was investigated by Pistia stratiotes in batch studies at different sorbent dosage (0.02 to 0.10 g per 100 mL), pH (2 to 6) and oil water ratio (2 to 10 g per 100 mL). Removal of oil was determined by measuring the oil concentration before …
Environment watchdog Greenpeace on Thursday warned that the costs of the Paradip oil spill caused by the drowning of the Mongolian ship MV Black Rose on September 9, in terms of damage to ecology, could be far more than what a clean-up would involve. "As we move forward, the focus …
A team of experts from the shipping ministry is reaching Paradip port on Saturday to inspect Black Rose, a Mongolian ship that sank about 1.6 miles off the coast on September 9 with 924 tonnes of furnace oil and 48 tonnes of diesel. The decision to dispatch the team was …
The iron ore-laden ship that sank off Paradip coast 12 days ago has started discharging oil in small quantities, triggering concern among the environmentalists in the state. Mongolian vessel MV Black Rose, carrying 24,000 tonnes of iron ore, sank 3 km off Paradip on September 10 soon after it anchored …
RABINDRA NATH CHOUDHURY and AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO BHUBANESWAR/PARADIP The worst fear appears to have come true. Oil spillage has begun from Black Rose, the cargo ship that sank on September 9 off the Bay of Bengal coast, nearly seven km away from Orissa's Paradip port. The oil leakage threatens to …
PARADIP/KENDRAPARA: The State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) has swung into action along with Coast Guard and Paradip Port Trust (PPT) today, on the directive of the State Government, to prevent possible oil spill from the sunken Mongolian ship
Oil waste litters Gujarat seafront in early August, Magodh Dhungri, a fishing village on the southern Gujarat coast was invaded by a smell very different from that of drying fish. When the fishermen came out to investigate, they saw lumps of tar-like substance floating on the sea surface; the coast …
This article investigates weaknesses of consumer boycotts. First, usual shortcomings of collective action, such as coordination failure and free riding, reduce considerably the success likelihood. Second, consumers with the highest ability to hurt the targeted firm
Aircraft sprayed chemicals to break up a large oil slick off Australia's northwestern coast on Sunday as environmentalists expressed fears for rare wildlife from oil gushing into the sea from an uncapped well. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said the slick from the West Atlas offshore drilling rig had …
