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 …
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) directed its staff on Thursday to start an environmental review into the temporary storage of spent nuclear fuel, following a court ruling that led the agency to stop issuing new reactor licenses. The NRC did not say when it would start issuing new reactor …
The government on Monday said it had chosen a 4-hectare area of national forest land in Tochigi Prefecture as a candidate storage site for radioactive waste from Fukushima Prefecture. The area is near the town of Yaita. It is the first time since last year’s nuclear disaster that the government …
The proposal of German development agency Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to dispose of the 350 tonnes of toxic waste lying at the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal has finally started moving forward. On August 27, representatives of the agency, which has offered to incinerate the waste at a …
MUMBAI: The air you breathe has worsened over the last year. The levels of harmful and carcinogenic compounds like benzopyrene and nickel have seen a rise and, more worryingly for you, in some places in the city the levels have crossed the permissible limits. Marawali (Chembur) recorded the highest level …
Thousands of villagers from Navelim in Bicholim taluka of Goa today observed a day-long bandh against Sesa Goa’s metallurgical coke plant in the village, claiming that it is polluting their surroundings. Police officials said the bandh which started at 7 am has remained peaceful till now. Locals were seen sloganeering …
Unattended rubbish heaps invite insects, rodents and stray animals. They do not, however, have any direct implication on people’s health, experts say. But if flies from garbage dumps bite someone, there are chances of him/her developing ‘insect bite allergy’, Dr Maya Philip, dermatologist, Mallya Hospital, said. There is no known …
A cruel joke has been played out at the expense of the Bhopal victims of the world’s worst industrial disaster. The Supreme Court had ordered the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to file a report on the status of the ground water contamination at the Union Carbide plant site in …
It was called Treasure Island in honour of Robert Louis Stevenson's pirate classic, but the artificial island off San Francisco bay has nothing but trouble buried in its soil: radioactive contamination left by the US navy. Internal documents and emails from the navy and public health officials reveal that the …
The first-ever official test to find out toxicity level in groundwater around Bhopal’s Union Carbide plant since the leak of poisonous gas in 1984 will be soon conducted with the Supreme Court on Monday issuing notice to Lucknow-based Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR) asking it why it had not …
Five non-government organisations representing victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster on Monday described the latest decision taken at the meeting of Group of Ministers to send 350 tonnes of hazardous waste from the abandoned Union Carbide pesticide plant to Germany for safe disposal was a vindication of their long-standing …
The Supreme Court has washed its hands off monitoring the relief and rehabilitation schemes for the Bhopal gas victims, asking the Madhya Pradesh High Court early this week to keep an eye henceforth on them. Pointing out irretrievable damage to health and environment for generations from avoidable disasters caused by …
Asks Centre, M.P. to go by recommendations of monitoring and advisory committees and NIREH The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Union government and Madhya Pradesh to take immediate steps for disposal of toxic waste lying in and around the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal in six months. A Bench …
At a time when a bench of the Supreme Court has set a deadline of three weeks for the Centre and Madhya Pradesh Government to clear the toxic waste lying at the Union Carbide site in Bhopal, another apex bench on Thursday set out an outer limit of six months …
Supreme Court gave six months to the Central and the Madhya Pradesh governments to dispose of toxic waste lying in and around the abandoned Union Carbide factory in Bhopal for the past 28 years. Read this order. Supreme Court order on Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster dated 09/08/2012. See Also Feature: …
Antamina, one of the world's biggest copper-zinc mines, is facing community opposition and government inquiries after its pipeline burst nearly two weeks ago exposing more than 200 people to a mineral slurry. Two regulators, the OEFA office of environmental oversight and the mining agency Osinergmin, said on Monday they are …
The Philippines has indefinitely suspended the operations of the country's largest gold mine after a waste spillage near a major river, officials said on Monday. Philex Mining's Padcal facility will remain closed until a government investigation determines the extent of the spill and why it happened, said Leo Jasareno, head …
Authorities have closed two chemical waste disposal plants in Plaeng Yao and Phanom Sarakham districts for polluting the environment. Chachoengsao industry chief Surapol Suthijinda said he shut the two plants for violating factory and health laws. He said both operators had allowed chemical-contaminated water to leak into public waterways near …
The sensitivity of groundwater recharge to different climate conditions was simulated using the approach of climatic analogue stations, i.e. stations presently experiencing climatic conditions corresponding to a possible future climate state. The study was conducted in the context of a safety assessment of a future near-surface disposal facility for low …
Abandoned Carbide factory continues to leach toxic chemicals into groundwater Even as the world prepares to witness the London Olympics starting Friday, victims and survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy have decided to pre-empt the organisers by holding a “Bhopal Special Olympics” here on Thursday. Five survivor organisations, led by …
The Centre’s plan to dispose a fraction of the hazardous UCC waste is too little, too late, for the long-suffering victims, says Shonali Ghosal THE CENTRE has finally decided to dispose of 350 metric tonnes of toxic waste from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal to Hamburg, Germany. The waste …
