Chemical Industry

The organic chemical manufacturing industry may have to undergo a complete makeover to comply with the new standards on effluent treatment and emission standards for hazardous wastes.

Comprehensive guidelines have been put out by the Union ministry of environment and forests.

Publication Date:

31/08/2010

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

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Industrial Pollution, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Chemical Industry, Hazardous Waste

Hazardous Waste

US pressures India to go easy on Dow

New Delhi: Ahead of the November visit of President Barack Obama, US has stepped up efforts to push India to drop its demand that Dow Chemicals pay Rs 1,500 crore compensation to victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.

On Wednesday, Times Now, in an exclusive report, said US deputy NSA Michael Froman wrote to Planning Commission deputy chairmanMontek Singh Ahluwalia in an email that the

Publication Date:

19/08/2010

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

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Chemical Industry, Union Carbide, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Madhya Pradesh, Toxic Wastes, Industrial Disasters, United States Of America (US), Compensation

Environment

A proactive approach to toxic chemicals: Moving green chemistry beyond alternatives in the Safe chemicals Act of 2010

On April 15, Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced the

Publication Date:

23/07/2010

Author(s): Kira J. M. Matus, Julie B. Zimmerman, Evan Beach

Source: Environmental Science & Technology

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Green Products, Environment, Legislation, Environmentalists, United States Of America (US), Environmental Science & Technology, Kira J. M. Matus, Julie B. Zimmerman, Evan Beach, Chemical Industry

Industry

Standards for organic chemicals manufacturing industry

Standards for Organic Chemicals Manufacuturing Industry [S.O.608 (E)]. These rules may be called the Environment (Protection) (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2010.

Publication Date:

20/07/2010

Source: Ministry of Environment and Forests

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Chemical Industry, Industry, India, Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Industrial Waste Treatment, Waste Incineration, Carbon Dioxide

Hazardous Waste

No chemical disaster plan with GSDMA, reveals RTI plea

Tushar Tere | TNN

Publication Date:

16/07/2010

Source: Times Of India (Ahmedabad)

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Chemical Industry, Disaster Management, Hazardous Waste, Industrial Disasters, Right To Information (RTI), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Gujarat, Times Of India (Ahmedabad)

Hazardous Waste

Bhopal verdict not to impact India plans: Dow

Kolkata: For all those worried over the impact of a possible hounding of The Dow Chemical Company on foreign investment flows to India, rest assured! Dow itself has no intention of scaling down its proposed expansion plans for the country in the wake of fresh pressure building up on the UPA-2 government to have a relook at the 1984 Bhopal gas leak issue.

Publication Date:

07/07/2010

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

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Chemical Industry, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, Madhya Pradesh, Times Of India (New Delhi)

Climate Change

HFC-23 offsets in the context of the EU emissions trading scheme

This briefing illustrates how HFC-23 projects under the CDM are working directly against the objectives of the UNFCCC and the Montreal Protocol, which is working to phase out HCFCs. HFC-23 emissions are clearly best addressed through direct measures outside the CDM.

Publication Date:

30/06/2010

Source: Environmental Investigation Agency

Tags:

CFCs, EU-ETS, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), UNFCCC, India, Green House Gases, Chemical Industry, Montreal Protocol, Climate Change

Hazardous Waste

Dow Chemicals issue triggers uproar in Gujarat

Two days after Chief Minister Narendra Modi embarrassed UPA chief Sonia Gandhi over the 1984 Union Carbide leak incident, the BJP and Opposition Congress here engaged in a slanging match over US company Dow Chemicals

Publication Date:

16/06/2010

Source: Pioneer (New Delhi)

Tags:

Chemical Industry, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Hazardous Waste, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, Supreme Court, Gujarat, Bharuch, Pioneer (New Delhi)