Industry

 In A Spot

Are the new industrial siting rules a boon or a bane?

Publication Date: 
14/01/2000
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Pollution, Industrial Siting, Land Use, Health Effects, Economic Development, Industry, Governance, Sustainable Development
Environment

 International pressure and the civil society

Linking trade and environment benefits industrialised countries in every way. And they will promote their civil society to create a bigger and bigger fuss about it

Publication Date: 
30/12/1999
Anil Agarwal
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Environment Economics, Environment Politics, Wildlife, Public Participation, Governance, Anil Agarwal, India, 24 Parganas (S), 24 Parganas (N), WTO, NGO
Industry

 Ineffective laws

in india, cases of industries flouting environmental laws are not rare and in Gujarat this has become a rule. To set up any industry, an environmental clearance from the Union ministry of

Publication Date: 
14/12/1999
Down to Earth
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Industry, Legislation, Governance, Gujarat
Wildlife

 Park in trouble

Proposal for an oil exploration site inside the Kirthar National Park outrages environmentalists in Pakistan

Publication Date: 
29/11/1999
Down to Earth
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Monuments, Oil Exploration, Wildlife, National Parks, Governance, NGO, Pakistan
Economy

 Empower civil society

Fiscal incentives for the middle class would help mobilise Indian money for NGOs. They would not have to depend on foreign funds

Publication Date: 
29/11/1999
Anil Agarwal
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Economy, Aid, Public Participation, Governance, NGO, Anil Agarwal, Politics, India
Environment

 The new order

T R Balu has to become more important for the environment than judges of the Supreme Court

Publication Date: 
14/11/1999
Anil Agarwal
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Environment, Government Of India (GOI), Political Parties, Anil Agarwal, Netherlands, Environment Management, Governance
India

 Industrial blackmail!

Having done precious little to clean up its polluting act in the past 30 years, a Kerala factory is indirectly blackmailing the state government with a closure notice if it does not get raw material at dirt cheap rates

Publication Date: 
29/09/1999
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Pollution, Health Effects, Paper and Pulp Industry, Forest Policy, Wood, Occupational Health, Unemployment, Grasim Industries, Governance, Kerala
Environment

 Lacking teeth

Why the French pollution tax is unlikely to produce results

Publication Date: 
29/09/1999
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Environment, Governance, Greenpeace, Politics, France, Pollution Control
Energy

 A lesson unlearnt

Belgium seems to pay little heed to the UK government s handling of the madcow disease

Publication Date: 
14/09/1999
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Mad Cow Disease, Animal Products, Food Standards, Food Contamination, Governance, Belgium, Toxins
Industry

 Manimata and mercury: the rude awakening

It was like the loss of innocence, one of the first incidents to open humankind's eye to what industrial pollution can do. One of the earliest tragedies caused by chemical pollution was the

Publication Date: 
30/08/1999
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Tags:
Groundwater Pollution, Groundwater, Wells, Heavy Metals, Arsenic, Health Effects, Waste Disposal, Industry, Governance, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Corruption

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