Environment

China's soil plan needs strong support

The impact of the booming Chinese economy on the quality of the nation’s air and water has garnered a lot of attention recently. Now, focus is turning to another polluted realm: the very ground beneath China’s feet.

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Publication Date: 
25/08/2016
Hong Yang
Nature
536
375
Tags:
Soil Resources, Soil Capability, China, Land Pollution, Legislation, India, Developing Countries, Brazil
Water Pollution

Caste law may land polluters In deep water

On June 9, Meenakshipuram police station in Kerala's Palakkad district registered a case against Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Ltd (HCCBL) for wilfully polluting water sources near its manufacturin

Publication Date: 
26/07/2016
Dinesh Narayanan
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Kerala, Palakkad (D), Coca Cola, Groundwater Pollution, Land Pollution, NGO, High Court, Water Pollution
Environment

Closure notice served on nine Bhubaneswar hotels

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) on Saturday slapped closure notice on nine hotels here for failing to deposit the penalty amount it had imposed on it in May for violat

Publication Date: 
18/07/2016
Times Of India (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Hotels, National Green Trbunal (NGT), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Water Pollution, Land Pollution, Environment
Air Pollution

Power plants must supply fly-ash for free: MPCB

Nagpur: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has asked all power generation companies to supply fly-ash free of cost within 300 km radius of their plants.

Publication Date: 
08/07/2016
Ashish Roy
Times of India (Nagpur)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Nagpur (D), Air Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Fly Ash, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), National Green Trbunal (NGT), Land Pollution, Water Pollution
Industry

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding discharge of effluents by M/s. N. Muneeba Tanning Company into agricultural lands, Vellore District, Tamil Nadu, 05/07/2016

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of R. Rajendran Vs Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board dated 05/07/2016 regarding discharge of effluents by M/s. N. Muneeba Tanning Company into the Applicants (R. Rajendran) lands. Tribunal directs the Tannery to be immediately closed and electricity disconnected.

Judgement Date: 
05/07/2016
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Waste Disposal, Industrial Waste, Land Pollution, Vellore (D), Tamil Nadu, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Agriculture, River Pollution, Palar, Leather Industry
Environment

Plastics and sustainability: a valuation of environmental benefits, costs and opportunities for continuous improvement

A new study by Trucost finds the environmental cost of using plastics in consumer goods and packaging is nearly four times less than it would be if plastics were replaced with alternative materials.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2016
Rick Lord
Trucost
Tags:
Plastics, Environment, Economy, Air Pollution, Water Pollution, Land Pollution, Oceans and Seas, Green House Gases, Global, Waste Management
Environment

Assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals pollution in soils of Guwahati city, Assam, India

Soil pollution in Guwahati city, Assam, India has become a major concern since the last few decades. To study the impact of automobile and industrial emission, distribution patterns of 16 different polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and eight heavy metals were investigated in the soil samples collected from 15 different sites. Higher concentration of total PAHs and heavy metals was found in the industrial areas compared to the high traffic areas.

Publication Date: 
25/06/2016
Momita Das, Devendra Kumar Patel, Arup Kumar Sarma & et al
Current Science
110
12
2285-2292
Tags:
Land Pollution, Heavy Metals, Guwahati, Assam, Vehicular Pollution, Statistics
Environment

Fear of pollution by bulk drug unit haunts Konaseema people

KAKINADA: The villagers of Konaseema area, during a public hearing organised by the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) at Kottapakala village in Tondangi mandal of East Godavari distric

Publication Date: 
23/06/2016
New Indian Express (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Andhra Pradesh, Industrial Pollution, Public Hearing, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), East Godavari, Environmental Security, Chemical Industry, Drug Industry, Industrial Waste, Land Pollution, Environment
Environment

Villagers migrate as industrial pollution turns agrilands barren in Dothigudem

NALGONDA: The residents of four villages in Bhudanpochampally mandal are forced to migrate to other areas as seven factories manufacturing intermediatory pharma products, are releasing effluents th

Publication Date: 
22/06/2016
New Indian Express (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Telangana, Industrial Pollution, Chemical Industry, Land Pollution, Water Pollution, Industrial Waste, Agriculture, Environment
Hazardous Waste

Cuncolim locals demand inspection of hazardous waste at industrial estate

Cuncolim locals have demanded that the government carry out an inspection of the hazardous waste dumped at Cuncolim industrial estate, waste from steel factory and pollution caused by the fish meal

Publication Date: 
13/06/2016
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Goa, Hazardous Industry, Industrial Waste, Iron And Steel Industry, Industrial Pollution, Land Pollution, Water Pollution

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