Environment

Govt. claiming less compensation than in 1985: Bhopal gas victims

Govt. claiming less compensation than in 1985: Bhopal gas victims

In 1985, it asked for $3.3 billion while it is $1.2 billion now, they say

Publication Date: 
03/12/2015
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal (D), Bhopal Gas Disaster, Compensation, Union Carbide, Chemical Industry, Industrial Disasters, Health Effects, Environment
Hazardous Waste

Effluents Dumped Once again in Periyar

KOCHI: Environmentalists have alleged that some companies in the Eloor-Edayar belt released large quanity of chemical effluents to the Periyar River on Saturday, a day after an expert team from the

Publication Date: 
03/11/2015
New Indian Express (Kochi)
Tags:
Kerala, Industrial Waste, Periyar, National Green Tribunal (NGT), National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), River Pollution, Fertiliser Industry, Chemical Industry, Hazardous Waste
Environment

Winter intensifies smell from industries, worries residents

Hyderabad: Winter is coming and worries are more.

Publication Date: 
30/10/2015
Deccan Chronicle (Telangana)
Tags:
Telangana, Industrial Pollution, Chemical Industry, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Hyderabad (D), Environmental Security, Regulations, Health Effects, Environment
Environment

Gujarat moves to lift moratorium on industrial clusters

Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel on Wednesday urged the central government to lift the moratorium on industrial clusters of Vapi, Ankleshwar and Vatva (Ahmedabad), which was imposed five year

Publication Date: 
29/10/2015
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Vapi, Chemical Industry, Industrial Pollution, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Industrial Waste, Environment
Hazardous Waste

GPCB unearths illegal dumping of chemicals

In an overnight operation, a team of Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) unearthed an illegal pi peline built by a chemical unit in Vatva Phase I GIDC to dump hazardous untreated effluents into

Publication Date: 
28/10/2015
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Chemical Industry, Industrial Waste, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environment, Hazardous Waste
Environment

GSPCB to test industry effluents for arsenic

Panaji: On directions of the central pollution control board (CPCB), the Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) will collect samples from effluent treatment plants of industries from across the

Publication Date: 
27/10/2015
Times Of India (Goa)
Tags:
Goa, Industrial Pollution, Arsenic Poisoning, Industrial Waste, State Pollution Cntrol Board (SPCB), Chemical Industry, Fertiliser Industry, Health Effects, Environment
Environment

GSPCB issues show cause notice to 6 polluting units in Cuncolim

MARGAO: In a strong message to polluting industries, the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) served show cause notices and issued directions to six companies in Cuncolim on Wednesday.

Publication Date: 
08/10/2015
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Goa, Industrial Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Air Act 1981, Water Act 1974, Industrial Waste, Chemical Industry, Environment
Industry

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused by M/S Matharu Chemical Industries, Sangrur District, Punjab, 23/09/2015

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Parminder Singh Vs. Punjab PCB & Ors dated 23/09/2015 regarding pollution caused by M/S Matharu Chemical Industries, Sangrur District, Punjab.

According to the petitioners the said unit was manufacturing H-acid, i.e. Sodium Salt, which is highly toxic in nature and the waste material, from the process of manufacturing is highly hazardous to the environment.

Judgement Date: 
23/09/2015
Tags:
Chemical Industry, Sangrur (D), Punjab, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Hazardous Industry, Industrial Waste, Waste Disposal, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Industrial Pollution, Groundwater Pollution
Industry

Accident at Eni chemical plant in Sicily kills two

Italian energy group Eni said two people had been killed in an accident at a Sicilian plant operated by its Versalis chemical unit, prompting trade union calls for a strike to protest over working

Publication Date: 
10/09/2015
Reuters
Tags:
Industrial Disasters, Chemical Industry, Italy, Occupational Accidents, Occupational Safety
Environment

Environment Ministry Directs CPCB to Ensure Better Implementation of Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has issued directions under section 18 (1) (a) of the Water Act and the Air Act to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to ensure better imp

Publication Date: 
08/09/2015
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Chemical Industry, Industrial Disasters, Occupational Accidents, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environment

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