As Lebanon turns 100, capital Beirut can face a ‘waste crisis’

The city’s waste management systems were reportedly on the verge of collapse, as one of the two plants serving the city was severely …

Beirut blast lessons: Time for India to strengthen handling of explosives, chemicals

The country imports around 300,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate every year. A small portion of this is used to make explosives for mines, while the …

Beirut explosion: The disaster was exceptional but events leading up to it were not - researchers

Hazardous material is shipped across the world’s oceans on a daily basis. It is often mishandled or illegally traded. Abandoned containers …

What is ammonium nitrate, the chemical that exploded in Beirut?

Ammonium nitrate has the chemical formula NH₄NO₃. Produced as small porous pellets, or ‘prills’, it’s one of the world&…

Neyveli Lignite boiler blast leaves 6 dead, 17 injured

Several workers feared trapped; second blast at the power plant in two months

Dahej blast: Industrial accidents will stop only if factories observe rules

Ten people had died in the blast at Yashasvi Rasayan Pvt Ltd in Dahej on June 3, 2020

Dahej chemicals factory blast: Is it another case of negligence?

Chemical industries usually neglect the availability of skilled workforce and operate with untrained employees, despite knowing the …

Mauritius is reeling from a spreading oil spill – and people are angry with how the government has handled it

The recent Beirut tragedy — a deadly explosion of ammonium nitrate in long-term port storage — and now this Mauritius incident raise …

One dead in Ankleshwar factory blast

Second industrial accident in Gujarat in as many weeks

Dahej blast: 3 dead, 32 injured in chemical factory accident

The number of casualties is expected to rise as many victims have received 70 per cent burn injuries  

Wheat blast: A fungus that spread to three continents can threaten food security globally

Magnaporthe oryzae fungus was first reported in South America, from where it independently spread to Asia and Africa

Dahej blast: Experts call for utmost safety in operating industries after lockdown

Since the workforce running industrial units has changed post-lockdown, accidents can happen, they said  

NASA offers insight on supernova that may have been alluded to in ‘Hamlet’

450-year-old supernova’s shockwave still apparent; was visible to humans on Earth in 1572  

Vizag, Dahej, Baghjan: Death by a thousand cuts

Recent environmental disasters caused by negligence in India have caused irreparable damage to the environment and are eerily similar to what an …

Ludhiana: Ineffective manhole cleanup, chemicals disposed in sewers emerge as theories for Giaspura tragedy

Steps to be taken in the event of an industrial accident or to gauge its environmental impact lacking, say experts

Accident at Sainor unit in Vizag more proof of companies bypassing rules

Life-saving equipments were absent on-site though the company had approvals to show they were present

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 25, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Scientists discover green way to produce steel

Closer scrutiny by NGO Centre for Science and Environment, however, shows the process is not quite as CO2 emission-free as claimed

Industrial accidents: Time for Neyveli Lignite to take a call

Management should decide the fate of the old plant units immediately

Visakhapatnam pharmaceuticals ‘unit’ leaks gas; 2 dead, 4 injured

The city unit of Sainor Life Sciences Pvt Ltd, in Parwada area, reported a leak of benzimidazole gas at 11.30 pm

Concrete without sand?

The world is sitting over a landfill of possible substitutes for sand