Report filed by the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board in the matter of News item titled 'Residents stage protest against pollution caused by Vijayawada Thermal Power Station" which appeared in the Hindu, November 4, 2024. The report was dated February 22, 2025. M/s Dr. Narla Tatarao Thermal Power Station is …
Atomic Energy Authority officials, along with other stakeholders, collected samples in the deep sea upto four kilometres in the Beruwala area, to check whether they were contaminated due to the radiation leak in Japan. Atomic Energy Authority Sectional Head Wijeya A. Waduge told The Island yesterday that the earlier test …
Says this will uphold the noble ideals of Olympic Movement The Union Sports Ministry has written to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), urging it to cancel the sponsorship of Dow Chemical for the London Olympics. In a letter, dated February 24, to IOC president Jacques Rogge, the Ministry's joint secretary …
Ambernath: Two workers died and another two were left critically ill following a leak in a newly-opened chemical plant at the Anand Nagar MIDC in Ambernath. The police said the incident occurred on Tuesday morning when the four were working in the chemical unit situated on plot number 4. A …
The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a pipeline safety bill on Monday that would require strength-testing of old pipes and hike fines for safety violations after a series of accidents and explosions. The legislation was sparked by an explosion a year ago in San Bruno, California, on a line owned by …
A chemical leak in Dammam, in Saudi Arabia's oil-rich Eastern Province, has forced some schools to shut down and sent 13 people to hospital with breathing problems, sources and civil defense authorities said on Wednesday. The leak has been brought under control, officials said. The civil defense authority said in …
Government officials failed to distribute to thousands of people pills that could have minimized radiation risks from the March nuclear accident, government documents show. The disclosure is the latest evidence of government neglect of emergency procedures in the chaotic days after the disaster, in which an earthquake and tsunami damaged …
A salt water pipeline leak offshore Alabama has forced ExxonMobil to halt gas production in the Mobile Bay area of the Gulf of Mexico, the company said on Thursday. A sheen was detected on the water on Tuesday night, one mile south of Dauphin Island where ExxonMobil runs a number …
An oil spill off the coast of China at a field operated by ConocoPhillips has sparked concerns about discrimination against foreign companies and underscored how Chinese regulators are getting stricter on pollution. China, the world’s biggest consumer of energy, has ambitious plans to develop offshore oil and gas, particularly in …
The Delhi police today filed a chargesheet in a city court against six Delhi University professors in the 2010 Mayapuri radiation case for endangering lives by auctioning a radioactive gamma irradiator without following mandatory precautions. The chargesheet, filed before Metropolitan Magistrate Lovleen, covers Delhi University teachers, including the then Head …
About 1,000 gallons of a biodegradable detergent spilled from a chemical plant into a southwestern Pennsylvania river, killing a small number of fish and prompting an investigation by state environmental authorities, officials said on Thursday. The spill at the Henwil Corp. facility in Newell occurred when a tank overflowed into …
ConocoPhillips China said Wednesday that it has submitted a report to China's State Oceanic Administration detailing its response to two oil leaks at the Penglai 19-3 oil field
Plaintiff lawyers claimed a victory on Friday when a federal judge overseeing hundreds of lawsuits against BP and others over last year's big oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico allowed much of the case to move ahead, including punitive damages claims. "We are very pleased with the ruling," said …
A subsidiary of ConocoPhillips said it has started evaluating the impact of its oil spill in China's northern Bohai Bay on the marine environment, but has not yet received any claims for the incident. State media have said fishermen in northern China's Hebei Province were preparing to sue ConocoPhillips for …
BP Plc has paid out more than $5 billion to 204,434 victims of last year's massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, fund administrator Kenneth Feinberg said on Tuesday. The payouts amount to roughly 25 percent of the $20 billion fund, known as the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, which was set …
US oil giant ConocoPhillips, already facing legal action and mounting public anger over a huge oil spill off China's northeast coast, has found nine new leaks in the same area, authorities said. The State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said on Saturday ConocoPhillips had reported the leakages near a platform in Bohai …
A Chinese authority says the local unit of ConocoPhillips has found nine oil spill sources amid intensifying pressure on the company to clean up oil spills in the Bohai Bay. The North China Sea branch of the State Oceanic Administration says ConocoPhillips "admitted" Saturday that there were nine oil spill …
Authorities arrested dozens of people on Sunday protesting outside the White House against a proposed $7 billion oil pipeline they oppose for environmental reasons. Park Police Sergeant David Schlosser said 45 activists were arrested on Sunday for "failure to obey lawful order." They were released after paying a fine, he …
Royal Dutch Shell said it had moved closer to stemming Britain's biggest oil spill for over a decade by closing a valve from which crude had been seeping for over 8 days. "Closing the valve is a key step," said Glen Cayley, Technical Director of Shell's exploration and production activities …
A fresh oil spill and a resulting fire has hit an area of Nigeria's main oil-producing region after suspected sabotage to a Shell pipeline, an activist and residents said Sunday. The fire along the Okordia-Rumuekpe Trunkline began several days ago and has since been put out in the area of …
Royal Dutch Shell said Friday that it had closed a valve from which oil was spilling into the North Sea, calling it a “key step” in stopping the leak at its Gannet Alpha platform. Glen Cayley, technical director of Shell’s exploration and production in Europe, said divers sealed off the …
