This multi purpose project has the potential of solving the region s problems but at enormous environmental cost

the Kerala government has finally promulgated the Kerala Forest (Vesting and management of ecologically sensitive lands) Ordinance, 2000, which gives it the power to take ownership of all lands

JUSTICE N VENKATACHALA former judge of the Supreme Court, is currently chairperson of the National Environment Appellate Authority NEAA . Set up in July 1997, NEAA has so far handled about a dozen environment related cases. The numbers are far below exp

the state of Victoria in Australia may alter the laws to allow families of victims of asbestos-related diseases to make claims for pain and suffering

A recent protocol on compensation to victims of hazardous waste permits the generators to go scot free

the general manager, deputy general manager and chief executive of Indian Oil Corporation ( ioc ) have been served notices by seven farmers of Mota Thavaria village near Jamnagar in Gujarat.

The Union Carbide concealed information about radiation levels in a uranium plant for 20 years. Murky details are coming to light now

in spite of protests by villagers of Pulichintala, the Andhra Pradesh government has proposed to construct a Rs 675-crore dam downstream of the Nagarjuna Sagar Project near the village in Guntur

several political parties have demanded that south Haryana should be declared "drought-hit' and have asked for

The Union Carbide India Ltd. (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, which used to manufacture (among other products) the pesticide Sevin (carbaryl) gained world-wide recognition as a result of the tragic chemical disaster on the night of 2-3rd December

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