Category Archives: Pollution

Mercury ban agreed – Global treaty to control neurotoxin

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Ravleen

Global treaty to control neurotoxin OVER 120 nations have agreed to have legally binding measures to control the pollution by mercury, a neurotoxin. Formal negotiations for the treaty will begin in 2010. The agreement, reached at the 25th session of … Continue reading →

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Lower the din – Aircraft noise a Pain for Residents around Airport

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Ravleen

Aircraft noise a pain for residents around airport Sahil yaduvanshi, 4, loves airplanes. He does not have to go far to look at one. He just has to peer out of his play school window and look up every few … Continue reading →

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Too Hot to Handle – Storage of Toxic Industrial Waste

Posted on February 14, 2009 by Ravleen

India has tightened guidelines for storage of toxic industrial waste. But is it enough? A fire at Ankleshwar forced India to rethink how it handles hazardous waste. Drums carrying dangerous industrial sludge flew amid leaping flames and burst in the … Continue reading →

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Deadline for disposing UCIL (Union Carbide Plant) waste

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Ravleen

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on December 16 issued fresh directions to dispose the toxic waste lying at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal. The waste is to be incinerated at the waste treatment site in Ankleshwar industrial area of … Continue reading →

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[Nuclear Power] Stepping on a minefield

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Ravleen

As nuclear waste maims people, India plans to generate more. INDIA intends to increase the share of nuclear power from 3.1 per cent of its total energy generation to 25 per cent by 2050. Six nuclear power reactors are under … Continue reading →

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[India] Asbestos, endosulfan escape blacklist

Posted on November 29, 2008 by Ravleen

India blocked export restrictions on them at Rotterdam Convention. India yet again played spoilsport by preventing chrysotile asbestos and endosulfan from being included in Annex III of UN’s Rotterdam Convention that brands them hazardous. Had the two been included in … Continue reading →

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Pollution Not under Control

Posted on November 29, 2008 by Ravleen

Parliamentary report calls for saving the Central pollution control body It’s official. The Central Pollution Control Board (cpcb), the nodal body for regulating environmental norms in India, is being “reduced to a near-defunct body”. The parliamentary standing committee on science … Continue reading →

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Yamuna Satyagraha Yatra-fight for the river

Posted on November 12, 2008 by Ravleen

“Only 28 per cent water in the world is fresh, rest is all saline. Still, we do not understand it’s value. The next world war will surely be over water,” said Hero Hiralal, a boatman who ferried us around the … Continue reading →

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