Industry

Ethanol blending order can't work, say chemical manufacturers

Ajay Modi / New Delhi December 01, 2009, 1:10 IST

The alcohol-based chemical industry, representing companies such as Jubilant Organosys and India Glycols, among others, believes the recent Cabinet decision to continue the order on five per cent mandatory ethanol blending with petrol is not realistic.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2009
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Chemical Industry, Alternative Fuels, Ethanol, Industry
Land

Buzz of pact on Nayachar

Indonesian Salim Group associate Prasoon Mukherjee today met a senior government official, triggering speculation about progress on the proposed Nayachar chemical hub.

Publication Date: 
21/11/2009
Telegraph (Kolkata)
Tags:
Environment, Chemical Industry, Industry, West Bengal
Industry

Govt to study disaster-prone chemical, petrochem units

Rajiv Shah | TNN

Publication Date: 
17/11/2009
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Chemical Industry, Disaster Management, Industrial Disasters, Industry, Petrochemical Industry, Gujarat
Water Pollution

Impact of industrial activity on water quality in parts of Mayurbhanj District, Orissa

Water quality in and around an industrial town in Mayurbhanj district was monitored for three years by taking samples from different water abstraction structures in both pre and post monsoon periods. The present paper deals with a case study of point source water pollution due to industrial activity at Kalma area, Mayurbhanj district, Orissa.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2009
S. Brahma, J. K. Mohanty, M. Dash
Indian Journal of Environmental Protection
29
11
981
Tags:
Water Pollution, Water Quality, Heavy Metals, Industrial Pollution, Chemical Industry, Orissa (Odisha), Mayurbhanj
Industry

Pharma industry told to aim at zero discharge

Call to adopt latest pollution control methods.

Publication Date: 
31/10/2009
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Pollution Control, Industrial Pollution, Chemical Industry, Drug Industry, Industry, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Andhra Pradesh, Vishakhapatnam (D)
Habitat And Urbanisation

Centre clears road project

New Delhi, Oct. 29: The Centre today approved the four-laning of the 84km Barasat-Krishnagar section of NH 34 at an estimated cost of Rs 859 crore.

Publication Date: 
30/10/2009
Telegraph (Kolkata)
Tags:
Chemical Industry, Habitat And Urbanisation, Roads, Highways, West Bengal, Calcutta (D), Infrastructure Development
Environment

Nayachar yet to get nod from environmentalists

HALDIA : For the first time, the state

Publication Date: 
28/10/2009
Statesman (Kolkata)
Tags:
Environment, Land, Industrial Pollution, Chemical Industry, West Bengal
Air Pollution

Cleansing the Air at the Expense of Waterways

For years, residents here complained about the yellow smoke pouring from the tall chimneys of the nearby coal-fired power plant, which left a film on their cars and pebbles of coal waste in their yards. Five states

Publication Date: 
13/10/2009
New York Times (New York)
Tags:
Environment, Water Pollution, Air Pollution, Groundwater, Arsenic, Drinking Water, Chemical Industry, Green House Gases, Health, Coal, Plastics, Landfill, Thermal Power Plants, United States Of America (US), New York
Environment

A material flow analysis of phosphorus in Japan : The iron and steel industry as a major phosphorus source

The demand for biofuels has recently increased because of rising prices of fossil fuels and diversification of energy resources. As a result, the demand for sugarcane and corn has been increasing, not only for food production, but also as sources of energy.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2009
Kazuyo Matsubae-Yokoyama, Hironari Kubo, Kenichi Nakajima & et al
Journal of Industrial Ecology
13
5
687
Tags:
Environment, Livestock, Minerals, Chemical Industry, Industrial Waste Treatment, Waste Conversion, Fertiliser Industry, Iron And Steel Industry, Japan, Waste Recycling, Agricultural Inputs
Atmosphere And Ozone Layer

HFCs: a growing threat to the climate

The most commonly-known f-gases are the early, so-called first generation F-gases: the CFCs that destroyed the ozone layer and were banned by the Montreal Protocol. However, in the race to save the ozone layer, the use of their second generation cousins was accelerated: HCFCs, now also banned under the Montreal Protocol.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2009
Paula Tejn Carbajal, David Kanter
Greenpeace International
Tags:
Montreal Protocol, Chemical Industry, Ozone, Ozone Layer, CFCs, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Global Warming, India, Global, Developing Countries

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