Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
A new U.S. government analysis has found that the plutonium at the heart of the country's nearly 10,000 stockpiled nuclear weapons could last twice as long as previously thought. That conclusion is likely to escalate the debate over the Bush Administration's campaign to build a new generation of weapons.
The cabinet of Ivory Coast has resigned following the dumping of toxic sludge in the city of Abidjan. A Panamanian-registered vessel, Probo Koala, had dumped over 500 tonnes of liquid toxic sludge into 14 open-air rubbish tips around Abidjan. Experts say, Marpol, the international convention on maritime pollution strictly prohibits …
While children activists have been expressing concern over the rampant child labour menace in Uttar Pradesh, the state government has been able to detect only 24 children in hazardous and four in non-hazardous occupations in 18 months for the period between April 2004 to May 2005. Taking cognisance of this …
The shipbreakers of Alang are an exasperated lot. "As it is we are crippled by excise duty and competition. Then these Greenpeace activists make business tough for us. Shipbreaking falls under 32 government departments. How are we supposed to operate,' says R K Jain, operator of a ship breaking plot …
Le Clemenceau is undoubtedly big. It has dominated more than its fair share of media space. But it does deserve it. Not because of its scale or the fact that it is carrying asbestos, whether in its cargo or its structure. But that the Le Clemenceau's fate will set a …
The European Commission (ec) recently issued a second formal warning to Slovenia to implement European Union rules on the prevention of sea pollution. In case of further non-compliance, ec threatened to drag the East European country to the court of the European Communities in Luxembourg. ec had issued its first …
The most influential process safety accident passed its 20th anniversary on Dec 3, 2004. At an international symposium to mark the event in Kanpur, India during the week of this anniversary, process safety practitioners from around the world assembled to discuss progress in resolving the Bhopal tragedy and in advancing …
Local Area Environmental Committee was constituted by the Kerala State Pollution Control Board in compliance of the direction issued by the Supreme Court Monitoring Committee. This environment audit report was prepared by the Local Area Environmental Committee, Eloor-Edayar, Kochi, dealing with 247 industries in the Eloor/Edayar industrial belt.
Local Area Environment committee under the term of reference was asked to conduct an environmental audit of 247 industries located in Eloor-Edayar industrial belt and report the effect on the ecology, environment and on the health of the local population with the specific reference to the study of raw materials, …
More than 3,000 anti-nuclear activists attempted to block the delivery of atomic waste from France to the German town of Gorleben, on November 20, 2005. The activists staging a sit-down blockade on the railway track were arrested and farmers' tractors forming a barricade along the route confiscated. The controversial waste …
The fire and resultant losses at the manufacturing facility of Dishman Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals Ltd on Saturday has raised a question about the ability of local fire safety agencies to deal with big chemical fires. It is the Ahmedabad Fire & Emergency Services (AFES) run by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) …
On December 3 1984, more than 40 tons of methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, immediately killing at least 3,800 people and causing significant morbidity and premature death for many thousands more. The company involved in what became the worst industrial accident in history immediately …
