India

 In short

effluents spur boycott: Farmers from Kuppam village in Tamil Nadu's Karur district have declared a boycott of the assembly elections, scheduled for May 8-10, 2006. They allege that effluents from

Publication Date: 
14/05/2006
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Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Ganga, Textile Industry, Garbage, Waste Disposal, Politics, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
India

 Plant problems

People s resistance builds up against Durgapur sponge iron units

Publication Date: 
29/06/2005
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Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Iron And Steel Industry, India, West Bengal
India

 Beijing s Green Olympics

A black countdown in West Bengal, India

Publication Date: 
14/06/2005
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Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Animal Diseases, Livestock, Cattle, Iron And Steel Industry, Health Effects, Coal, Tuberculosis, Electricity, Thermal Power Plants, Panchayats, India, West Bengal
Industry

 Play by the rules

Is the sponge iron industry listening?

Publication Date: 
14/06/2005
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Iron And Steel Industry, Iron, Health Effects, Industry, Legislation, West Bengal
India

 High radioactive toxicity

Scientists have detected an overload of radioactive compounds in the flyash in villages surrounding the 1,260 megawatt Kolaghat Thermal Power Station in West Bengal's Midnapur district. In

Publication Date: 
30/03/2005
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Pollution, Thermal Power Plants, Scientists, India, West Bengal, Toxic Wastes, Fly Ash
Industry

 Cold furnaces

West Bengal kilns asked to shut down to save mangoes

Publication Date: 
27/02/2005
Vikas Parashar
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Mango, Bricks, Industry, Legislation, Supreme Court, High Court, West Bengal
India

 Treated like cattle

A drawn out court case raises questions about India s animal quarantine managers

Publication Date: 
14/08/2004
E Vijayalakshmi
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Animal Breeding, Animal Feed, Animal Diseases, Cattle, Sanitation, Imports, Supreme Court, India, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal
India

 Imagining IEDP

Publication Date: 
30/07/2004
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Ecology, Periyar, Forest Resources, Forest Villages, Development, Wildlife, National Parks, Buxa SA, Biodiversity, Research, NGO, India, Karnataka, West Bengal, Tribals
India

 Lost in transit

A gravy train called eco development, now derailed

Publication Date: 
30/07/2004
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Ecology, Periyar, Forest Resources, Forest Villages, Development, National Parks, Buxa SA, Biodiversity, Research, NGO, India, Karnataka, West Bengal, Tribals
India

 Conserve or pickle?

Eco development in India had no clue

Publication Date: 
30/07/2004
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Ecology, Periyar, Forest Resources, Forest Villages, Development, National Parks, Buxa SA, Biodiversity, Research, NGO, India, Karnataka, West Bengal, Tribals

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