Air Pollution

EPA tells court U.S. mercury, toxics rule is legally justified

The U.S.

Publication Date: 
11/12/2013
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
United States Of America (US), Air Pollution, Mercury, Supreme Court, Energy, Thermal Power Plants, Coal
Environment

EPA tells court US mercury, toxics rule is legally justified

WASHINGTON: The US environmental regulator argued in court on Tuesday that its rule limiting mercury and hazardous air pollutants is "appropriate and necessary," not an improper interpretation of t

Publication Date: 
11/12/2013
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
United States Of America (US), Mercury, Power Industry, Air Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Hazardous Waste, Coal, Electricity, Environment
Pesticides And Toxins

Global chemicals outlook 2013: towards sound management of chemicals

This UNEP report focuses on trends in chemicals production, use and disposal, while offering policy advice aimed at meeting the 2020 goal. It focuses particularly on the challenges and opportunities facing developing nations.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2013
Elizabeth Kemf
UNEP
Tags:
Chemical Industry, Chemical Fertilisers, Pesticides, Lead, Mercury, Environment, Health Effects, Developing Countries, India, Economy
Air Pollution

From April, look around for hourly air pollution updates on LCDs

The project aims at monitoring 10 types of pollutants that affect people's health; it will also work towards reducing concerns.

Publication Date: 
06/11/2013
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Air Quality Monitoring, Maharashtra, Ozone, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Mercury, Benzene, Mumbai, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), PM 2.5
Air Pollution

New foul air system to gauge if deadly mercury is rising

The proposed air pollution measurement and forecasting system will track mercury levels, vindicating experts' views that the presence of the heavy metal in the air Mumbaikars breathe is a cause for

Publication Date: 
01/11/2013
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Mercury, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Heavy Metals, Health Effects, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Carbon Monoxide, Fossil Fuels, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)
Hazardous Waste

E-waste disposal unit may get Maharashtra nod

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority is planning to revive its three-year-old project for setting up an electronic-waste (e-waste) disposal facility.

Publication Date: 
28/10/2013
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Electronic Waste, Hazardous Waste, Waste Disposal, Maharashtra, Thane (D), Waste Management, Waste Recycling, Lead, Mercury
Environment

Treaty to cut mercury pollution signed by 92 countries, will the US join them?

A ground-breaking, legally-binding global treaty on reducing mercury pollution has been signed by 92 countries.

Publication Date: 
25/10/2013
Environment News Network
Tags:
Mercury, Pollution, Health Effects, Environment, UNEP, United States Of America (US), Hazardous Products, Mining
Hazardous Waste

Diplomatic conference on plenipotentiaries on the Minamata convention on mercury: 7-11 October 2013

The Minamata Convention on Mercury was adopted on Thursday, 10 October 2013 at 11:11 am in Kumamoto, Japan, following decades of increased awareness regarding the toxicity of mercury and mercury-related compounds. The journey

Publication Date: 
14/10/2013
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Tags:
Minamata Convention, Mercury, Japan, Hazardous Products, Health Effects

New global treaty cuts mercury emissions and releases, sets up controls on products, mines and industrial plants

Read this UNEP Press Release on the historic Minamata Convention on Mercury - a global, legally binding treaty which opened for signature - was agreed to by governments in January and formally adopted as international law on 10 October 2013.

Tags:
Minamata Convention, Mercury, Hazardous Waste, Japan
Hazardous Waste

Text of the Minamata Convention on Mercury for adoption by the Conference of Plenipotentiaries

This document contains the text of the Minamata Convention on Mercury as agreed, in the form of the draft Convention, by the intergovernmental negotiating committee to prepare a global legally binding instrument on mercury at its fifth session, held in Geneva from 13 to18 January 2013.

Publication Date: 
10/10/2013
UNEP
Tags:
Minamata Convention, Mercury, Japan, Environmental Health, Hazardous Waste, Water Pollution, CFL, Cosmetics

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