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 Union ministry of petroleum and natural gas

Blames others for its failures. Is raring to destroy the CNG market by hiking prices

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 Ministry of Environment and Forests

Has a lot of power to safeguard public health. Prefers not to use it

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Transport

 Delhi government

Utterly confused. Speaks for polluters who have business interests in scuttling CNG

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Transport

 Abandoned to fate

Though private bus operators will have to shoulder a bulk of the responsibility of

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14/03/2001
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Transport

 Tata Energy Research Institute In service of polluters

The Swedish experts have identified traces of over 40 substances in diesel exhaust that are listed by the epa as hazardous air pollutants and by the California Air Resources Board as toxic air contaminants.

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Transport

 Missing the bus

The whole world is moving towards CNG. But the crisis of governance in Delhi keeps the air filthy

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Mining

 GUIENA

A Canadian mining company has been dumping cyanide, mercury and copper into Guyana's biggest river, the Essequibo, alleges the Guyana Shield Media Project (gsmp), a group that disseminates

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14/03/2001
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River Pollution, Mining, Health Effects, Canada, Waste Disposal, Mercury
Mining

 FOLLOW UP

US-based activists and representatives from the Indian Association of Occupational Health (IAOH) called for a ban on all activities relating to mining, manufacture, use and trade in asbestos at a

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27/02/2001
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Mining, Asbestos, Health Effects, Occupational Health, India, Sustainable Development
Environment

 Toxic fish

high levels of the cancer-causing

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30/01/2001
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Animal Products, Health Effects, Fish Poisoning, Europe, Toxins
India

 Playing safe

Nations finally draft a treaty to combat the use of toxic chemicals like DDT and PCBs, which are known for their damning health effects

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14/01/2001
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Global Environmental Agreements, Pollution Control, Health Effects, Vector Control, DDT, Environmental Health, PCBs, Dioxin, International Cooperation, Africa, Global, Developing Countries, European Union (EU), Toxins

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