Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Sushmi Dey NEW DELHI THIS may well turn out to be a desi version of carbon trading. The power ministry is planning to lay down energy benchmarks for nine energyintensive industrial sectors, including thermal power, cement, iron & steel, railways and fertilisers, an official said. While this may make it …
BS Reporter / Mumbai July 04, 2008, 0:16 IST The global copper mine production will grow at an average rate of 5.2 per cent per annum to reach 23 million tonne (MT) in 2012, says an inter-governmental forum. South American and African countries will account for more than 42 per …
A group of asthma patients from Peru have sued the Southern Peru Copper Corporation. The patients allege that the company's activities have led to the large-scale pollution around the city of Ilo. They allege that "deadly pollution' resulting from the company's activities has caused loss of life, health and property. …
the agitation against Meta Strips United factory at Sancoale, Goa, has intensified with the Anti-Meta Strips Citizens Action Committee ( amcac ) issuing an ultimatum to the government for closing down the controversial project. amcac has decided to launch a
even with social activism on the increase, there are cases of powerful industry managing to circumvent rules and bypass procedures to ensure their units get governmental approval to function, regardless of their polluting and degrading natures. An example is Meta Strips Limited (msl), a copper recycling plant, which has got …
The SC declined to entertain two related special leave petitions (SLPs) against an interim order of the Madras High Court which directed that the copper smelting plant of the Sterlite Industries (India) at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu could resume operation on an experimental basis till February 28, 1999. In its …
Three officials of the Marcopper Mining Corporation in the Philippines have been named in a criminal prosecution launched by the Philippine government last month. The officials have been accused of negligence for allowing a copper mill - on the Marindique island - to leak toxic waste into the Boac river …
THE people of Ratnagiri, a coastal district in southern Maharashtra, are a jubilant lot today. A recent report by an expert committee instituted by the state government has vindicated their opposition to a large copper smelting unit proposed in the district. The committee said firmly that such industries would endanger …
Citizens of Ratnagiri in Maharashtra have decided to revive their agitation against the Rs 700-crore copper smelting factory of Sterlite Industries India Ltd in the district. Last August, local environmentalists had formed the Ratnagiri Bachao Sangharsh Samiti, which campaigned against the unit located at Zadgaon, protesting that its operations would …
