What is the right to a healthy environment?
The triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity and nature loss, and pollution is increasingly affecting the human rights of people across the globe. This Information Note has been jointly
Pollution
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Wild disruption
Even low concentrations of pollutants can alter animal behaviour
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Strange
Polluting units in Ahmedabad get pollution board s support
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Bust the mills
The governor of Argentina's Entre Rios province, bordering Uruguay, recently announced his decision to file a complaint with us -based Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, opposing the
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One hour deadline
China's environment watchdog, the State Environmental Protection Administration (sepa), has recently asked industrial units and local officials to report environmental accidents to it within an hour
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IN SHORT
green gdp: According to the China Green National Accounting Study Report 2004, the country suffered economic losses to the tune of US $64 billion
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In Court
No remorse: Counsel for major US chemical companies have demanded the dismissal of a civil lawsuit which claims that nearly four million Vietnamese people suffered dioxin poisoning due to the use of
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Softening up
US mild stand on mercury
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In dis tress
Hair pollution hits Karnataka
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South Asia
Polluted fabric: Most textile factories in and around Bangladesh's capital Dhaka do not comply with environmental laws and cause severe pollution, the Bangladesh government's Directorate of
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Unbearable!
Polar bears in Arctic are suffering due to industrial chemicals