Japan firm to control arsenic poisoning in Bengal
The West Bengal government is in talks with a Japanese technology firm for procuring specialized water treatment units to control the growing scourge of arsenic poisoning of groundwater in the state,
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Delhi units seek review on ETPs
Worried at the prospects of having to close shop on account of water pollution for which their units are primarily responsible, the industry in Delhi is seeking clarification from the State
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PCB-industry session held
The Haryana State Pollution Control Board has issued exemption certificates to 16 industrial units during an interactive session with various industries at GIA House last week. The session that was
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Improper disposal of hospital waste lead to fatal diseases: expert
Eighty per cent of the total prevalent Hepatitis B cases are caused by the improper disposal of hospital waste. This was stated by Dr Naila Khalil, head of the Pakistan environmental health unit,
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CRZ green signal for four more Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project units
NPCIL to submit technical details to MoEF before starting work With the first two units of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) coming close to the stage of commissioning, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has received the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearance for starting work on the next four units (KKNPP units 3-6). The NPCIL has to submit a schematic diagram of its outfall and technical details to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) before commencing the work.
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The role of biomass in the Sustainable Development Goals: a reality check and governance implications
Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals entails an immense demand for natural resources. This could threaten global ecological development, a new study warns. In 2005, the world-wide biomass harvest
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Filthy lucre
US's Democrats and Republicans break common bread over the fairness, or otherwise, of the Regulatory Reform Bill that could make industry accountable for the phenomenal fouling of America
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AASU district units stage protest in Dibrugarh, Sivasagar
Folic acid debacle SIVASAGAR: The Sivasagar district unit of All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) today staged a three-hour protest at Doul Mukh Charali in Sivasagar against ‘folic acid poisoning’, in which several hundred girls in Sonitpur and Darrang districts fell ill after consuming the folic acid tablets distributed free in schools under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scheme.
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In Court
damage control: The Tokyo District Court awarded US $458 in damages to a municipal employee over passive smoking he suffered at his workplace. This is the first such ruling in Japan. The court said
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British Minister says London Olympics will be the ‘greenest ever'
The British Minister of State, department of energy and climate change, Mr Gregory Barker, said on Friday that the London Olympics 2012 would be the “greenest Olympics ever.” “We want to raise the benchmarks
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Changing social contracts in climate-change adaptation
Risks from extreme weather events are mediated through state, civil society and individual action. We propose evolving social contracts as a primary mechanism by which adaptation to climate change proceeds.
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India's sawmill policy filled with loopholes
India s sawmill regulation
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A state of play assessment of land use in the international policy response to climate change
<p>As this assessment will show, an extraordinary amount of time, effort and resources have been dedicated to pursuing land based solutions to climate change by both developing and developed countries across the globe. Progress has been made in building capacity and readiness, tools and techniques and principles and partnerships.
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Mahad loses river, crops
<p>Despite closure notices several industrial units are operating in Mahad tehsil of Raigad district, polluting a river and wells. As a result fishing and farming in the region have been badly affected. 5,000 fisher families have lost their means of living due to pollution in the Savitri river.</p>
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Married in space
The recent Atlantis Mir docking in space, only the 2nd of its kind, is the first tentative step towards Mars
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Abu Dhabi looks to Sudan for food supply
Abu Dhabi is preparing to launch a large-scale agricultural project in Sudan to develop more than 70,000 acres of land as part of the oil-rich Gulf emirate's efforts to secure food supplies. The project comes amid growing interest from Middle Eastern states to use land overseas to ensure food security. Saudi Arabia and Egypt have also held talks with Sudan and are considering agricultural projects of their own in Africa's largest nation, officials confirmed yesterday.
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• After requesting for more time, Turkmenistan signed the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea on November 8, 2003. The treaty was formally signed by
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Muckraking
Calcutta comes up with the "most efficient and ecologically benign method" of re using municipal waste and sewage
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What a bloody mess
When the Ebola virus broke on April 10 this year, the scientific world went into a tizzy? It's uncontrollable, it's the big daddy of horror movies, and it's incurable. Authors look at the little killer from a safe distance
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Review of Maritime Transport 2014
Reflecting stumbling growth in the world economy, world seaborne shipments grew by an average of just 3.8 per cent in 2013, taking total volumes to nearly 9.6 billion tons, UNCTAD's Review of Maritime