Supreme Court reserves verdict on Exxon Valdez for July 30

'Gujarat authorities violated apex court order banning entry of ship into Indian waters'

Supreme Court asks government to ban import of toxic waste

Seeks changes in hazardous waste rules so that it complies with provisions of the Basel Convention

Misguided shot

The Basel convention guidelines to manage plastic waste miss the point: reducing plastics is the real solution

Attempts to allow toxic ship to beach at Alang

Gujarat government should decide fate of Oriental Nicety: MoEF to Supreme Court

Supreme Court seeks status report on hazardous waste directives

The directives were issued by a monitoring committee appointed by the court on October 14, 2003

Ban toxic imports: court

Supreme Court wants hazardous waste rules aligned with Basel Convention

South Asia: world's ship scrapping yard

Ship-breaking or recycling industry is growing at a fast rate amid a global downturn in the shipping business and economic slump. This is the …

Under siege

India, seen as a dumpyard by the developed countries for toxic wastes, is under pressure not to ratify the Basel Ban

Deadly generosity

Eighty-four nations may have 'agreed' to ban the export of poisonous wastes, but major players in the trade like Germany could ruin the …

In the dumps

Despite international regulations and campaigning by environmentalists, hazardous waste continues to be dumped in India

Rich nations can’t dump toxic waste on poor nations

178 nations agree to enforce Basel Ban Amendment

Basel final day: Rich nations can’t dump toxic waste on poor nations

178 nations agree to enforce Basel Ban Amendment

Indecent proposal

In urging free import of zinc ash, which is often contaminated, Planning Commission member G Thimmiah has shown scant respect for the environment

Coming out of coma

A decline in its funds and erosion in its mandate have made the United Nations Environment Programme virtually ineffective. Bharat H Desai looks …

International dump yard

Ship breaking thrives in South Asia because of weak laws

Pesky pets

One of the first species domesticated by man, the pigeon is now an invasive species and a pest in many parts of the world

Another ammunition cache in Ghaziabad

There will be many more if we don't clean up

Alang: India's graveyard for ships

Talking in riddles

A recent protocol on compensation to victims of hazardous waste permits the generators to go scot-free

Nations discuss ban on toxic exports

Ban Amendment seeks to curb export of hazardous waste by rich countries to the poor, but has not been brought into force since 1994

Environet

This column will bring you an update on various groups and individuals working in fields related to environment, development and the sciences. …

Green politics

Is your government signing away your future rights to the world's natural resources?

Breakthrough in impasse over toxic export ban

Parties take a step forward to make it easy to enforce Basel Ban Amendment

Just dump it

Acids of arsenic. Organo-mercury compounds. Batteries. Bristles of boars or hogs. More potent stuff: asbestos; slag dross; ash and residues of …

Battle for turf

If the South wants to protect its interests against the power of the Bretton Woods institutions and WTO, it will need its own, equally powerful forum