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 …
Affidavit on behalf of the Bhopal Group for Information and Action, Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationary Karmachari Sangh & Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha. This affidavit is being filed by the Interveners in response to submissions of the Union of India - in the present matter as well …
Ata-Ul-Haq is CEO of Green Technology Environmental Corporation, which set up Pakistan's first mega composting plant in Lahore in 2006. He tells Arnab Pratim Dutta that the model adopted for the plant can be replicated across South Asia Why a composting plant for Lahore? Getting this plant up and running …
The Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) and the state government have decided not to allow hazardous toxic waste from Bhopal to be incinerated at Ankleshwar. In a press release, GPCB said: "There was some opposition to the proposal of incineration of hazardous waste of Union Carbide India Limited, Bhopal, at …
sethu panel receives views: Barely a week after an expert committee was constituted to record all objections and suggestions to the controversial Sethusamudram project, it has already received 11 views
Persistent organic pollutants found Rising sea level and erosion aside, the Sundarbans now face a new threat. An international research team has detected polybrominated diphenyl ethers (pbde), a persistent organic pollutant, in the core sediment from seven sites in the wetland. pbdes are used as flame retardants in electrical equipments, …
Computers are not designed for recycling. It's not surprising, therefore, that in Europe and the us, a computer is thrown away every two years. And there are thousands of other electronic gadgets. 20-50 million tonnes of e-waste is generated annually worldwide. A lot of these castoffs are now finding their …
A journalist recently called me to check if I thought that India had the same food-consumer product record as China. He wanted to know if we face the problems that are plaguing Chinese exports of late: tainted pet food, toxic toothpaste, lead-paint in toys, chemicals in textiles. It got me …
it seems the us is paying for its negligence on toxic-waste trade. A recent study says the country is flooded with Chinese jewellry made out of us-exported toxic e-waste. Researchers studied the lead content in jewellry sold in retail stores in the us. They found the proportion of lead exceeded …
new evidence has emerged showing that the Norwegian ship Blue Lady sent to India for dismantling may have radioactive material on board. Tom Haugen, former project manager of the ship (formerly known as SS Norway), recently submitted a letter in this regard to the Committee of Technical Experts (cte) set …
Almost 75 per cent sewage treatment plants in Maharashtra run without valid consents, reveals Maharashtra's State of Environment Report, 2007. The report, a public document released by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (mpcb), outlines present conditions and some future projections on environment. Prepared by the Mumbai-based Indira Gandhi Institute of Development …
epa's jurisdiction: In a 5-4 decision, the US Supreme Court ruled on June 25 that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can issue water pollution permits to states even if it appears to violate the Endangered Species Act 1973. The court reversed an appeals court decision that required the USEPA to …
the controversial move by the Madhya Pradesh government to incinerate some waste from the the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal has met with stiff opposition. Civil society groups have strongly criticised the plan to take the waste to an incinerator in Gujarat. They say the incinerator at Ankleshwar is badly …
The road map prepared by the ngos calls for a review of all scientific studies conducted at the Bhopal site since 1989. The threats the waste poses to workers, local residents and the environment have to be assessed first, it says. The liabilities of damages caused to workers, residents and …
Mining firm Acquitted: On April 24, 2007, Newmont Mining Corporation, the world's biggest gold producer, and one of its executives were acquitted of charges related to dumping unsafe levels of toxic waste into a bay off Indonesia's Sulawesi Island. The judge said documents presented during the trial could not prove …
Berger Pakistan admits to dumping toxic waste in Karachi Berger Pakistan (Pvt) Limited, accused of dumping toxic waste in Karachi's Orangi Town, admitted to the Sindh High Court on March 28, 2007, that it has failed to submit its environmental monitoring report on a regular basis due to the "rush …
on march 9, 2007, a fire in a scrap godown in an unauthorised colony in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh (up), killed a young boy and left many injured. The cause of fire is still unknown. The godown is situated within a residential colony, Vikram Enclave, Extension 1, at the Delhi- up …
