Industry

 Tata offers to take up Bhopal gas tragedy liability

THERE is much controversy over the Tata Group

Publication Date: 
30/01/2007
Ritu Gupta
Down to Earth
Tags:
Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Rehabilitation, Compensation, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Industry, Union Carbide, High Court, NGO, India, Madhya Pradesh
Industry

 Matter of interpretation

15 hectares of utter confusion

Publication Date: 
29/04/2006
Ruksan Bose
Down to Earth
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Environment, Land Resources, Land Ownership, Land Reforms, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Conflicts, Industry, Maruti Udyog, Legislation, Governance, Chhattisgarh, Forests
Industry

 In Court

what an odour: A court in Tasmania recently fined a food packaging company for creating environmental nuisance. Classic Foods was charged after allowing wastewater to pool and stagnate, creating an

Publication Date: 
14/04/2006
Down to Earth
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Pollution, Food Process Industry, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Green House Gases, Legislation, Supreme Court, United States Of America (US), Australia
Industry

 Disposal dues

The Ramapough mountain tribe and other residents of Ringwood, New Jersey (nj), us, have filed a lawsuit against the Ford Motor Company and 12 other companies for property damage and personal

Publication Date: 
27/02/2006
Down to Earth
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Pollution, Health Effects, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Waste Disposal, Tribals, Auto Industry, Ford Motor, United States Of America (US)
Wildlife

 On its last legs

A rare bird versus a canal

Publication Date: 
27/02/2006
Down to Earth
Tags:
Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Endangered Species, Wildlife, Birds, Sanctuaries, Andhra Pradesh
India

 In short

NHPC EERS: An Assam-based NGO, River Basin's Friends, has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC). The petition claims that while

Publication Date: 
30/01/2006
Down to Earth
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Pollution, Heavy Metals, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Power Industry, Space Technology, NGO, Singapore, India, Assam
Environment

 Has the flood opened their eyes?

The Bombay HC order protects mangroves

Publication Date: 
14/11/2005
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Remote Sensing, High Court, Maharashtra
Industry

 Not in Delhi s backyard

Middle class environmentalism isn t the way ahead

Publication Date: 
14/04/2005
Down to Earth
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Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Industry, Supreme Court, Delhi
Industry

 Popular Opposition

To Jindal Steel's expansion planNearly 2,000 written complaints and a protest document signed by 40,000 people were submitted at a public hearing against the expansion plan of Jindal Steel and Power

Publication Date: 
27/02/2005
Down to Earth
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Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Iron And Steel Industry, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Chhattisgarh
India

 Landfill emissions poison breastmilk

After finding high levels of dioxin related compounds in breast milk of women living near landfills, a Vadodara based non governmental organisation intends to file a public interest litigation PIL against the Gujarat Pollution Control Board and the Vado

Publication Date: 
14/01/2004
Suverchala Kashyap
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, Pollution Control, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Breast Feeding, Dioxin, WHO, NGO, Gujarat, Statistics, Toxins

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