WHO, UNDP, UNEP and UNICEF have partnered to create a new compendium of 500 actions aimed at reducing death and diseases driven by environmental risk factors, the first such resource to unite this expertise from across the UN system. Environmental pollution and other environmental risks cause 24 per cent of …
This second edition of "Vital Ozone Graphics" includes details on the latest decisions taken by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol to accelerate the phase out of HCFCs and outlines the implications this has on the use of replacement chemicals. The Resource Kit also focuses on the linkages and interconnections …
The efforts of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol have, over the last 25 years, translated scientific realities into political decisions leading to concrete action on the ground. The experience of this Protocol can act as both guide and inspiring example of the multilateral system at its best, and should …
City residents, worried about the presence of a mobile tower in their locality, can now heave a sigh of relief as the same would finally be removed. This comes after a part of the mobile policy was revised and finalized by the administration. According to it, the mobile towers would …
Japan pledged a renewed push to contain potentially hazardous leaks at Fukushima on Tuesday after the operator of the crippled plant reported spiking levels of radiation in groundwater. Late on Monday, two days after Tokyo won the bid to host the 2020 Olympics, plant operator TEPCO announced samples taken from …
Exposure to emissions would be fatal within hours, say authorities The crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant has radiation leaks strong enough to deliver a fatal dose within hours, Japanese authorities have revealed, as the government prepares to step in to help contain leaks of highly toxic water at the …
Radiation readings around tanks holding contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have spiked by more than a fifth to their highest levels, Japan's nuclear regulator said, heightening concerns about the clean-up of the worst atomic disaster in almost three decades. Radiation hotspots have spread to three holding areas …
Tokyo Electric Power Co, the operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, said on Monday that a patrol of workers had found a new area of high radiation near tanks used to store contaminated water. The latest revelation in a statement by Tokyo Electric late on Monday comes a day …
A radioactive plume of water in the Pacific Ocean from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, which was crippled in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, will likely reach U.S. coastal waters starting in 2014, according to a new study. The long journey of the radioactive particles could help researchers better understand how …
Japan pledged nearly $500 million to contain leaks and decontaminate radioactive water from the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, as the government stepped up its intervention in the worst atomic disaster in a quarter century. The announcement comes just days before the International Olympics Committee decides whether Tokyo - 230 km …
Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday directed chief secretary Sindh to ensure that cellular phone towers in the city are “regulated and restricted”. A division bench of SHC headed by Chief Justice Mushir Alam gave this direction while hearing the petition filed by Al-Fatima Chambers Welfare Association. The petition was …
Mumbai: Why is the state government sitting on the policy guidelines to regulate cell tower installation across Maharashtra though they were drafted two years ago, ask citizens from Thane, Navi Mumbai and Kalyan-Dombivli. After the BMC recently drafted a policy to regulate such installations in Mumbai, other cities, second-rung towns …
Delivering the final verdict of a case in which residents of Indirapuram were opposed to the construction of a 400KV substation adjacent to housing colonies, the National Green Tribunal has lifted the stay imposed on construction work more than a year ago. The tribunal has allowed the project to come …
LUCKNOW: Centre on Thursday told the high court that it had constituted a high-power committee to study ill effects of radiation emitting from mobile towers installed in residential colonies. A division bench of Justice DP Singh and Justice Ashok Pal Singh directed the committee to prepare its report within three …
Two citizens groups in Mumbai are perfect examples of the anti-radiation movement. The F-North Ward Citizens’ Forum in Matunga and the Bandra’s Perry Road Residents’ Association are working towards increasing green cover in their respected areas to tackle cell tower radiation. The F-North Ward Citizens’ Forum is chalking out a …
Over 40 varieties of crops have been developed by the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) under its nuclear agriculture programme. The BARC had developed 15 varieties of groundnut, eight of mung bean (greengram), five of urad bean (blackgram), four of tur (pigeonpea), three of mustard, two of soybean and one …
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has declared Chutka Madhya Pradesh Atomic Power Project (CMPAPP) safe. An environmental impact assessment report filed by the corporation says the project in the low seismic activity zone- II is environmentally benign, techno-economically viable and sustainable. The base cost of the two 700-megawatt …
The residents of Cariamoddi, Curchorem, have strongly opposed the erection of a mobile phone tower in the locality for fear of any possible health hazards from the radiation emitted by the mobile tower. Around 30 residents have signed a memorandum addressed to the chief officer of the Curchorem Cacora municipal …
The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant said on Monday that contaminated ground water had likely been flowing into the sea, acknowledging such a leakage for the first time. Tokyo Electric Power Co., or Tepco, made the announcement a day after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's pro-nuclear Liberal Democratic …
Medical science is yet to establish the exact link between mobile tower radiation and health hazards and ascertain whether it is related to mental stress levels or triggers cancerous growth. There is a known probability of health hazards being associated with high-levels of microwave radiation on which the mobile phones …
Two years after the Fukushima disaster started unfolding on 11 March 2011, its impact on the global nuclear industry has become increasingly visible. Global electricity generation from nuclear plants dropped by a historic 7 percent in 2012, adding to the record drop of 4 percent in 2011. This World Nuclear …
