US reaction to cola controversy exaggerrated India Inc

States take the fizz out of cola

Cyclones, doubts and monsoon

An early monsoon breaks a few myths

People reject EIA for Chhattisgarh steel project

PR companies give public face to corporate agenda

Delhi’s dream of clean air goes up in smoke

Data fudged for mining clearance

Iron ore mines in Goa also concealed facts to get environmental clearance, shows report

Centre to identify a laboratory to analyse toxic waste from Union Carbide factory

Order follows Maharashtra Pollution Control Board statement that it cannot predict the impact of burning the toxic waste

DRDO unit not fit to handle union carbide waste : MPCB

Incinerator out of order since two years

Scientists get legal notice for highlighting health hazards of endosulfan

Excel Crop Care asks them to withdraw report, apologise publicly by July 28

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People in Delhi exposed to much higher levels of air toxins than estimated: CSE

Ambient air quality data not the real indicator; CSE demands immediate implementation of priority pollution control action

CSE volunteer barred from filming public hearing for Ultratech cement plant

He was detained and his cassette was snatched away at company's behest

Solar trick

A number of solar mission projects operational only on paper

Waterbullying to sink 20 villages

Bhushan Steel’s Odisha unit in the dock for illegal expansion

Stock market research firms turn blind eye to the unit’s environmental violations

‘Brick kiln workers in India underpaid and exploited’

India employs double the number of labourers than China, yet produces one-fifth of China’s annual brick production of 1 trillion

‘Short-lived climate pollutants more lethal than greenhouse gases’

Black carbon has claimed 1.15 million lives across the world

Odisha miners to pay royalty for tribal welfare

State CM approves formulation of new mining regulation; funds to be used for local infrastructure in Scheduled Areas

No pesticide check yet

Despite joint parliamentary committee’s concerns, pesticides remain unregulated, finds CSE study

Climate studies, the Indian way

At climate meet researchers present studies on subjects unique to Indian context

Polluters under MoEF scanner

Ministry bans setting up of industries in eight highly polluted industrial clusters

US challenges India's solar energy policy before WTO

'It is an attempt to browbeat India and further the interest of US solar companies'

Free food body of corporate influence

Supreme Court asks food regulator to form new scientific panels

Ganguly panel confirms pesticide in soft drinks