The gassing of a village
A petroleum product factory continues to chug out its poison, despite a decade of protests and official ire
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In the future...
...only stringent and serious measures can control further rise in pollution
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Deadly mettle
Air, water and soil: all have varying amounts of toxic heavy metals. Gradually, they are entering the human body through the food chain. Down To Earth reports on the extent of the problem in India
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An earful of high decibels
As the rumble of traffic in the Capital gets louder, experts come up with various ways to clear the clatter
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A peoples charter...
... for clean air
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Industrial devil ution
Maharashtra and Gujarat. The brightest jewels in India s industrial crown. But impressive industrial growth figures fail to hide the grim realities of environmental pollution. While, the state governments are only bothered about industrial growth, the civ
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Waste more want more
Delhi is choking on its own sewage
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Here, not there
A new atlas classifies some districts into zones based on their ability to absorb pollution
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Shape up or ship out
Pollution control board sets November deadline for brick kiln manufacturers to clean up their act
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Mayas mega project irks Noida
Residents File PIL Against Memorial Megha Suri & Neha Lalchandani
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Minister for moratorium on new units at 43 highly polluted areas
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on Thursday recommended a moratorium on new units at 43 highly polluted industrial areas in the country.
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Greater Kochi industrial cluster critically polluted
2 Gujarat clusters top the PCB pollution list. Ankleshwar in Gujarat topped the list with a CEPI score of 88.5, followed by Vapi (88.09), Ghaziabad (87.37) and Chandrapur (83.88). The Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) of the Central Pollution Control Board has found that the Greater Cochin industrial cluster area is critically polluted.
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Govt not to consider projects in critically-polluted clusters
The Centre on Wednesday decided that it would not consider any development project proposed in the country's top 43 identified 'critically-polluted' industrial clusters and pending with it for an environment clearance for the next eight months.
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No new projects in Ghaziabad, Kanpur
The Uttar Pradesh government has decided not to consider new development projects for Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Singrauli, Noida, Agra and Varanasi-Mirzapur for the next eight months following directions from the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF).
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No pollution board relief for steel units
Solan: With the State Pollution Control Board (PCB) directing induction furnaces and steel units to get their non-hazardous slag treated through the Shiwalik Hazardous Waste Plant, investors resent that the board had made it compulsory to get this waste treated from the hazardous plant which was contrary to the laid guidelines. Conversely, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) had laid dow
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MoEF lifts moratorium on new projects in 8 areas
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF),currently under attack for being allegedly too rigid in providing clearances to projects, has lifted an earlier moratorium in this regard on eight more critically polluted areas. However, the MoEF has indicated that the respective state governments and pollution control boards need to adhere to strict implementation of action plan to contain pollut
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Children of green stars!
What does your star foretell - are you born an environmentalist? So said Enviro-astronomical Star Gazer, a Central Pollution Control Board advertisement in, all major Indian newspapers,
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Eco Mark marks time
The fate of the only Indian product to be accorded environmental clearance hangs in the balance
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We need a different approach
Down To Earth spoke to D K Biswas, chairperson, Central Pollution Control Board, about the seriousness of groundwater pollution. Excerpts:
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Bare facts
Alang, Gujarat. This is where ships from across the world are sent to be wrecked. A shipbreaking industry has emerged as a consequence, which is spelling doom for the ecology of the region
