Nitin Sethi | TNN

New Delhi: The controversy over the allegedly contaminated US ship took a new twist on Wednesday with Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) giving it a clean chit, but Union environment ministry rejecting it to send its own team to the state for investigation.

After Outcry, Env Ministry Orders Probe
Nitin Sethi | TNN

New Delhi: The shipbreaking yards of Alang have once again been hit by controversy with the anchoring of an allegedly contaminated ship from the US.

The pollution control board has cracked down on three multinational companies. Three Phase-2-based companies have been served with notices for not putting in place scrubber systems. The notices have been sent on the receipt of complaints from the district administration, it is learnt.

Navi Pillay

The millions of people who risk their lives in order to cross international borders in search of a better life present one of the most serious human rights problems today.

International Finance Corporation (IFC), a subsidiary of World Bank, has pledged assistance to Waste Management Corporation (WMC) to eliminate waste collected across the country.

We found staggeringly high levels of lead in virtually all samples we checked

When paint companies were asked about their plans to phase out lead, three responded by doing so in months.

Joining issue with villagers of 10 panchayats, the Himalaya Niti Abhiyan has also lent support to the cause of villagers who are opposing the 30 MW captive thermal plant being set up at Bagheri by the JP Associates.

This organisation was a coalition of environment activists and community movement leaders from across Himachal.

Industrialists feel that the power crisis might demolish the industrial structure in the state. If things don

Continuing the process of disconnecting power supply to dyeing factories for failure to adhere to the norms for effluent discharge, the PSEB authorities today snapped power supply to five more units on the instructions of the Punjab Pollution Control Board. With this, the total number of dyeing units, which have faced disconnection of power, has gone up to 15 in the city during past three days.

Most of the popular brands of paints contain high quantities of lead, a toxin especially dangerous for children, says a latest study done by Centre for Science and Environment. While there is no mandatory standard for lead levels in paints in the country, top companies exceed even the voluntary limit specified by the Bureau of Indian Standards.