Issue fresh consent order: HC to TNPCB
The Madras High Court on Tuesday observed that the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has not applied its mind while giving the consent order for the operation of the controversial Koodankulam
Industrial Dispersal
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Digging out trouble
Riots erupted recently in the towns surrounding the American-owned Freeport McMoRan copper and gold mine in Irian Jaya, Indonesia. An estimated 6,000 tribals attacked Freeport's offices in three
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Await the Indian Love Canal
WHEN will we see sincere efforts to introduce discipline in the disposal of industrial waste in India? If the official interventions in environmental management in India so far are any indication,
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In the bog
THE Bellanwila-Attitdiaya marsh, near Colombo in Sri Lanka, is in deep trouble, reports Mallika Wanigasundara. Despite being declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1990, its survival is threatened by the
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Printers' devil
The Jaipur bench of the Rajasthan High Court has ordered the relocation of Sanganer’s polluting dyeing and printing units within a year. Failure to comply with the directive would result in their closure
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CETPs: in fashion
Pollution from small-scale industries has grown by leaps and bounds. So, building common effluent treatment plants (cetps) has become a fashion. The Union ministry of environment and forests (mef)
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Indian asbestos workers want life
In view of the global and national evidence of the increasing death toll of asbestos workers, Indian trade unions, labour and environmental groups have demanded a boycott of all asbestos products and
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The pollution commons
#1 Who is the polluter? What is their waste-typology? This is the first critical and often make-or-break step. Get the property rights regime wrong and it is clear that nothing will work, is the
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Making CETPs work
If cetps are the answer, how do we make them work? The choice of technology, however important, is not the only challenge ahead. The key is to build a much stronger framework for common waste
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Plant problems
People s resistance builds up against Durgapur sponge iron units
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Pollution Pvt. Ltd.
A polluting industrial unit in Gujarat continues to operate, despite the state Pollution Control Board issuing notices to shut it down