Tamil Nadu

India

Junking plastic

Proposal to clamp down on plastic carrybags and wrappers in Tamil Nadu

Publication Date:

14/06/2002

Author(s): Nidhi Jamwal

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Solid Waste, Plastics, Legislation, Governance, NGO, India, Tamil Nadu, Waste Recycling

India

The right blend

Ethanol, a safer alternative to MTBE, will now be mixed with petrol to curb emissions. Lopamudra Banerjee analyses the impact of this environment friendly decision

Publication Date:

30/05/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Groundwater Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Ethanol, Petrol, MTBE, Emissions Trading, Research, India, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Statistics, Two Wheelers, Toxins

Biodiversity

Bat Tracks

On the tracks of two Indian bat species: one found in abundance, the other most elusive

Publication Date:

30/05/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20020531

pp:

0

Tags:

Mammals, Elephant, Lion, Rhinoceros, Tiger, Wildlife Act 1972, Biodiversity, Tamil Nadu

India

Kochi has been selected as one of the centres for a major study, undertaken by the US-based Oakridge National Laboratory, to measure the phenomenon of global warming. An

Publication Date:

14/04/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Pollution, Water Distribution, Global Warming, Coal, Research, Legislation, Human Rights, Governance, Parliament, India, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Waste Recycling, Hotels

India

US shipping out spoils of terror

Rubble from World Trade Center arrives in India to a hostile reception by environmentalists

Publication Date:

27/02/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Basel Convention, Pollution, Trade, Hazardous Products, China, United States Of America (US), India, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, Waste Recycling

India

FOLLOW UP

The Tamil Nadu government is planning to reopen all the polluting tanneries of the state, despite the Supreme Court (SC) ordering

Publication Date:

14/10/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Pollution, Health Effects, Industry, Legislation, Supreme Court, India, Tamil Nadu, Environmental Security

India

Patrolling pollution

Tamil Nadu becomes the first state to punish polluting petrol stations

Publication Date:

30/08/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Pollution, Groundwater, Water Act 1974, Petrol, India, Tamil Nadu

Environment

FOLLOW UP

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has confirmed that mercury-contaminated glass pieces were dumped at various locations in Kodaikanal by a thermometer factory of Unilever, a

Publication Date:

14/08/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Environment, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Waste Disposal, Mercury, Greenpeace, India, Tamil Nadu, Kodaikanal

India