Hazardous Waste

5 illegal textile units pulled down

TNPCB's drive against polluting industrial units on

Five textile processing units, found functioning illegally in Erode, were demolished on Tuesday.Continuing the drive against polluting industrial units for the second day on Tuesday, officials from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board identified four unauthorised textile processing units operating in Muthalithottam area and one in Kongampalayam.

Publication Date: 
22/02/2012
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Erode (D), Textile Industry, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Industrial Pollution, Water Pollution, Industrial Waste, Paint And Dye Industry, Toxic Wastes, Health Effects, Hazardous Waste, Tamil Nadu
Hazardous Waste

Lanong gives clean chit to cement companies

SHILLONG: Endorsing the State government official team’s clean chit to four giant cement factories operating in Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Bindo Lanong attributed unscientific coal mining as a major cause of pollution of streams and rivers in Khleihriat sub division.

It is an irrefutable fact that unscientific “rat hole’ mining has contaminated the water sources and bodies within the periphery of the rich coal deposited sites of Khliehriat sub division. Adding more woes was the scientific declaration that waste from cement plants was the cause of death of aquatic lives in Lukha river.

Publication Date: 
22/02/2012
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Jaintia Hills, Coal, Cement Industry, River Pollution, Industrial Waste, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Limestone, Water Resources, Grasslands, Right To Information (RTI), Hazardous Waste, Water Pollution, Meghalaya
Energy

Oil PSUs moving towards eco-friendly production tech

The public sector oil companies in the country are aware of their social responsibilities and are taking all steps to adopt eco-friendly production technologies and keep pollution to the minimum, a

Publication Date: 
21/02/2012
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Environment, Pollution, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL), Euro III, Euro IV, Petrol, Vishakhapatnam (D), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Andhra Pradesh
Industry

 National Green Tribunal stays thermal power plant in Gujarat

The National Green Tribunal has put on hold the Bhadreshwar thermal power plant at Mundra in Gujarat. It has asked the project proponent, OPG Power Gujarat Pvt Ltd, to stop all works at its 300 MW power plant till it gets the requisite environmental clearance.

"We have no hesitation to hold that until OPG Power Gujarat Pvt Ltd obtains clearance to use reserve forest land and clearance from the Coastal Regulation Zone Authorities, it cannot go ahead with the project," said a bench comprising chairperson A S Naidu and Vijai Sharma on February 14.

Publication Date: 
20/02/2012
Swati Singh Sambyal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Thermal Power Plants, Coastal Regulations, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Power Industry, Gujarat, National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Water Pollution

Pollution level comes down in Buddha Nullah: PPCB

But discharge of hazardous waste continues in it

Publication Date: 
20/02/2012
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Water Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Hazardous Waste, Patiala (D), Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Industrial Pollution, Hazardous Industry, Fisheries, Acute Toxicity, Paint And Dye Industry
Solid Waste

PCB pulls up 97 hospitals over waste rules

The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board has directed 97 healthcare establishments with over 100-beds capacity to submit bank guarantee within a week, assuring that they would conform to Biomedic

Publication Date: 
20/02/2012
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Hyderabad (D), Warangal (D), Karimnagar (D), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Hospital Waste, Bio-Medical Waste Rules 2003, Environment, Solid Waste, Andhra Pradesh
Hazardous Waste

Going green, with a large side order of mercury

Steady release of mercury into the air, soil and water poses a significant health risk. But, it appears, not for policymakers in India.

Publication Date: 
20/02/2012
G. Ananthakrishnan
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
CFL, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Toxic Wastes, Health Effects, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Mercury, Solid Waste, Waste Management, Right To Information (RTI), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environment, Water Pollution, Landfill, Air Pollution, Tamil Nadu, Hazardous Waste
Environment

Govt to study cell phone tower radiation on birds

CHENNAI: The ministry for environment and forests has commissioned a vital three-month study to understand the impact of mobile phone tower radiation on birds and insects in the wake of disappearin

Publication Date: 
20/02/2012
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Radiation, Birds, Telecommunication, Health Effects, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment, Bees, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Pollution
Environment

Self regulatory system soon for companies to monitor emissions

As the corporate sector “has been extremely cooperative when it comes to emission regulations”, the Union Government is planning to introduce a self regulatory system for companies to monitor and r

Publication Date: 
18/02/2012
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Industry, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Canada, Carbon Dioxide, India, Industrial Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Vedanta Aluminium, Orissa (Odisha), High Court
Water Pollution

Effluents eat into life of groundwater: ryots

Ambur, Vaniyambadi and Pernambut areas are reportedly bearing the brunt

Publication Date: 
18/02/2012
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Vellore (D), Farmers, Groundwater Pollution, Total Dissolved Solids, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Water Resources, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environment, Agriculture, Water Pollution, Tamil Nadu

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