Air Pollution

NCR battles Air pollution

Is stubble burning the main reason for the worsening condition of NCR Air quality? With the air quality in Delhi-NCR crossing the 'very poor' mark, concerns over the sources of pollution have started to emerge. Apart from the regular vehicular and industrial emissions, a significant amount of pollution is attributed to the stubble-burning activities in northern states post-monsoon. Now, environmentalists and even the Delhi government are highlighting that, despite regulations, farmers have continued to burn crops this year. (00:00 to 32:00)

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Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Urban Air Quality, Air Pollution Control, Industrial Pollution, Health Effects, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Industrial Pollution

Tuticorin Trouble, Sterlite Storm: Sterlite Copper CEO's First TV Interview

Shereen Bhan speaks to Sterlite Copper's CEO P Ramnath about the escalation of protests in Tuticorin against the company's plant.

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Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd., Industrial Pollution, Chemical Industry, Tuticorin, Health Effects, Environmental Security, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Air Pollution

Pollution: What Will it Take for Us to Clean Up Our Act?

India has the uncomfortable honour of being one of the most polluted countries in the world with 13 of its cities on that list, and the national capital prominently on it. An alarming number of school children have asthma or other respiratory disorders in spite of efforts to enforce guidelines for industry, the use of cleaner fuel, or encourage public transport. Nothing seems to work, nothing seems to help.

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Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Air Quality and Health, Air Quality Standards, Health Effects, Industrial Pollution, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Hazardous Waste

Monsanto agrees clean-up of toxic Brofiscin quarry in Wales



Environment Agency finds Monsanto, BP and Veolia liable for clean up after thousand

Publication Date: 
19/02/2011
Tom Levitt
Ecologist
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Industrial Pollution, United Kingdom (UK), Monsanto, Toxins, Hazardous Waste, Land Pollution, Waste Disposal, PCBs, Dioxin
Hazardous Waste

Monsanto agrees clean-up of toxic Brofiscin quarry in Wales



Environment Agency finds Monsanto, BP and Veolia liable for clean up after thousand

Publication Date: 
19/02/2011
Tom Levitt
Ecologist
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Industrial Pollution, United Kingdom (UK), Monsanto, Toxins, Hazardous Waste, Land Pollution, Waste Disposal, PCBs, Dioxin
Environment

Guidelines for abatement of pollution in stone crusher industry

The State Board has issued detailed guidelines from time to time to facilitate the process of grant of consent to establish/consent to operate and also to suitably guide/advice the stone crushing industry for taking appropriate measures for abatement of pollution.

Publication Date: 
18/02/2011
Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board
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Industrial Pollution, Environment, Pollution Control, Stone, Stone Industry, Rajasthan, Pollution
Environment

Jairam ministry gives go-ahead to new projects in Ludhiana

The Environment Ministry has lifted its January-2010 moratorium on environmental clearance for new projects and expansion in eight critically polluted areas, including Ludhiana in Punjab.

Based on recommendations received from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the moratorium has been lifted in Ludhiana (Punjab), Varanasi-Mirzapur (UP), Agra (UP), Bhavnagar (Gujarat), Cuddalore (Tamil

Publication Date: 
17/02/2011
Tribune (New Delhi)
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Ludhiana (D), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
Environment

MoEF lifts moratorium on new projects in 8 areas

The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF),currently under attack for being allegedly too rigid in providing clearances to projects, has lifted an earlier moratorium in this regard on eight more critically polluted areas.

However, the MoEF has indicated that the respective state governments and pollution control boards need to adhere to strict implementation of action plan to contain pollut

Publication Date: 
17/02/2011
Business Standard (New Delhi)
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Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Nuclear Power
Mining

Green hurdles for 16 coal blocks cleared

New Delhi: Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh would dilute environmental norms to allow 16 coal projects to take off, coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal said on Tuesday.

Jairam Ramesh had not taken a decision by the evening but he wrote a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh apprising him of the meeting between the two.

Publication Date: 
16/02/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Mining, Ministry of Coal, India, Industrial Pollution, Pollution, Environment, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan
Hazardous Waste

House panel unhappy over pollution

PARADIP: The House panel on environment expressed dissatisfaction over inability of Paradip Port Trust, IOCL, Paradeep Phosphates Ltd in controlling industrial pollution in the area.

Publication Date: 
14/01/2011
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
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State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Orissa (Odisha), Petrochemical Industry

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