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Stiff pollution rules for organic chemical makers
Anindita Dey / Mumbai August 31, 2010, 0:24 IST
The organic chemical manufacturing industry may have to undergo a complete makeover to comply with the new standards on effluent treatment and emission standards for hazardous wastes.
Comprehensive guidelines have been put out by the Union ministry of environment and forests.
31/08/2010
Business Standard (New Delhi)
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US pressures India to go easy on Dow
New Delhi: Ahead of the November visit of President Barack Obama, US has stepped up efforts to push India to drop its demand that Dow Chemicals pay Rs 1,500 crore compensation to victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.
On Wednesday, Times Now, in an exclusive report, said US deputy NSA Michael Froman wrote to Planning Commission deputy chairmanMontek Singh Ahluwalia in an email that the “noise”
19/08/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Feature Articles
A proactive approach to toxic chemicals: Moving green chemistry beyond alternatives in the “Safe chemicals Act of 2010”
On April 15, Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced the “Safe Chemicals Act of 2010” in the United States Senate. On the same day, Representatives Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Bobby Rush (D-IL) released a discussion draft of a similar bill in the House. These bills present an important and much needed modernization to the management and regulation of chemical hazards in the United States.
Jul 2010
Environmental Science & Technology
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Standards for organic chemicals manufacturing industry
Standards for Organic Chemicals Manufacuturing Industry [S.O.608 (E)]. These rules may be called the Environment (Protection) (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2010.
Jul 2010
Ministry of Environment and Forests
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Bhopal verdict not to impact India plans: Dow
Kolkata: For all those worried over the impact of a possible hounding of The Dow Chemical Company on foreign investment flows to India, rest assured! Dow itself has no intention of scaling down its proposed expansion plans for the country in the wake of fresh pressure building up on the UPA-2 government to have a relook at the 1984 Bhopal gas leak issue.
07/07/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Dow Chemicals issue triggers uproar in Gujarat
Two days after Chief Minister Narendra Modi embarrassed UPA chief Sonia Gandhi over the 1984 Union Carbide leak incident, the BJP and Opposition Congress here engaged in a slanging match over US company Dow Chemicals’ links in Gujarat.
16/06/2010
Pioneer (New Delhi)
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Gujarat to seek Central clarification on Dow issue
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has decided to seek directions from the central government on whether to continue with the implementation of the agreement between Dow Chemical Company and the state-owned Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd (GACL).
16/06/2010
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
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Modi rolled out red carpet to Dow: Gohil
Ahmedabad: Leader of opposition in Gujarat legislative assembly Shaktisinh Gohil alleged that chief minister Narendra Modi was “shedding crocodile tears” on Bhopal gas tragedy but in reality when the entire country was against Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), Modi rolled out a red carpet for them.
15/06/2010
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
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Bhopal gas tragedy cloud over GACL-Dow deal?
Rajiv Shah | TNN
Gandhinagar: Gujarat government is starting to show its reservations on whether to continue implementing the agreement between Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd (GACL), a state PSU, and Dow Chemicals Company, reached in April 2008 to set up a Rs 600-crore plant to produce chloromethane.
15/06/2010
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
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