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 …
Mumbai: The Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) will take criminal action against importers who have not claimed hazardous goods lying at its warehouses for seven or more years. An inventory check by the port authorities, after the chlorine leak at its Haji Bunder hazardous cargo warehouse on July 14, has revealed …
Mumbai: One of the chlorine gas cylinders neutralised following a leakage at Sewri, Mumbai last week was found floating off the sea coast here, fire brigade officials said today. The cylinder's resurfacing off Worli coast in Central Mumbai last night created panic in the area. Over 120 people fell sick …
Mumbai: Residents of Dosti Acres and Bhakti Park in Wadala (East) are finally a relieved lot. After six months of complaining about the yellow ammonia fumes emitting from the Rashtriya Chemical Fertilisers (RCF) chimney, five RCF officials visited Dosti Acres on Monday to find remedial measures. DNA on July 18, …
Mumbai: Union shipping minister GK Vasan has handed over a detailed report on the chlorine gas leakage to prime minister Manmohan Singh during the cabinet meeting on Thursday. Following the gas leak on Wednesday, the Centre had directed the port to come up with a detailed report on the whereabouts …
BERHAMPUR/PARADIP: With the operation to remove the spilled oil in full swing at Gopalpur, the apprehension of an environmental disaster has been minimised to a great extent. Some quantity of oil leaked from mv Malabika bringing coal from Indonesia after it collided with a berth at the port yesterday. Though …
BHUBANESWAR: An oil leak was Tuesday spotted at a crucial pipeline of the state-run Indian Oil Corp in Orissa's Bhadrak district, raising concerns over its environmental impact and loss of supplies. The leak was detected early morning by residents near Jafrabad village, some 170 km from state capital Bhubaneswar, said …
BALASORE: Panic spread in Faridabad and its adjacent villages under Tihidi block of Bhadrak district today following a leakage in Paradip-Haldia crude oil pipeline of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). The leakage occurred close on the heels of fire mishap at Jaipur oil depot of IOC in Rajasthan that claimed …
Canadian National Railway pleaded guilty and paid fines to settled environmental charges stemming from two high-profile derailments in Western Canada, officials said on Monday. The railroad will pay C$1.8 million ($1.6 million) to resolve the charges stemming from the crashes in August 2005 that leaked oil into Lake Wabamun in …
A paint chemical that is widely used in China is leaking into the Yangtze river and may be responsible for deformities and decreasing numbers of rare wild Chinese sturgeon, a study has found. In an article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers said a significant …
Protesters in Peru, angry over the handling of a mercury spill, have blocked the road to one of Latin America's largest gold mines, Yanacocha, which is running low on crucial supplies, sector sources said on Wednesday. Residents near the mine, run by US-based Newmont Mining Corp and Peruvian precious metals …
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday for Shell Oil Co and units of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp and Union Pacific Corp in a dispute over environmental cleanup costs at a contaminated industrial site in Arvin, California. Shell, an affiliate of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, and the two railroads argued …
The University of Michigan Dioxin Exposure Study was undertaken to address concerns that the discharge of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) from the Dow Chemical Company in the Midland, Michigan, area had resulted in contamination of soils in the Tittabawassee River floodplain and the city of Midland, leading …
The University of Michigan Dioxin Exposure Study (UMDES) was undertaken in response to concerns that the discharge of dioxin-like compounds from the Dow Chemical Company facilities in Midland, Michigan, resulted in contamination of soils in the Tittabawassee River floodplain and areas of the city of Midland, leading to an increase …
The explosion that tore through the Bayer CropScience chemical plant here last August, killing two employees, was an easily avoidable accident caused by management decisions and human error, a federal agency said Thursday. A House subcommittee held a hearing Tuesday on a fatal blast at a West Virginia chemical plant. …
