Beyond Bhopal: incentive for unsafe industries

A judgement by a Bhopal court has brought the worst gas tragedy into spotlight. It has galvanized the media and the government into action. A …

The new banana republic

Leaking Oil India well that caught fire yesterday should have been flagged earlier

Serious observations were made about Oil India project near Dibru-Saikhowa national park

Cost of climate change grossly underestimated: Nicholas Stern

Latest report by eminent economist criticises current climate change models for not adequately reflecting the science of climate change and its …

No trial incineration of Bhopal’s toxic waste in Nagpur

Madhya Pradesh High Court takes cognisance of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Boards objection

International people's tribunal indicts Monsanto, Dow Chemical and others for pesticide deaths, injuries

Jury headed by Upendra Baxi takes up Bhopal gas leak disaster and endosulfan deaths in Kerala, too

Bhopal’s toxic waste raises stink

Bombay High Court stays transfer of Union Carbide waste to Maharashtra

Bhopal gas survivors' Delhi march delivers little

January 31, 2009

New victims

No one is cleaning up

25 years on, thousands of tonnes of hazardous waste is scattered around the Union Carbide factory

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As told to Parliament (December 13, 2022): 130 sq km of forest land set to be diverted in Great Nicobar Island

Mitigation measures have been proposed for the ‘sustainable development’ projects

World’s two biggest polluters-China and US-strike deal to cut carbon emissions

Delhi non-profit Centre for Science and Environment warns the deal will push the world to catastrophic increase in average global temperature

Can’t switch to renewable energy: telecom operators

Country’s varied topography, space constraint make it an uphill task, they say

A work in progress

Obama’s grand climate plan doesn’t add up

Obama used all the right words. He tried to please all. But ultimately it will not curb emissions in the US to the required levels. Further, it …

The idea of corruption

One dead in Ankleshwar factory blast

Second industrial accident in Gujarat in as many weeks

G20 nations subsidise fossil fuel exploration by $88bn a year: study

Study carried out by US and UK experts is the “most detailed breakdown yet of global fossil fuel subsidies”

United States climate targets are completely inadequate, says CSE

Delhi-based non-profit says the world’s largest historic polluter is doing the least to address climate change

$6.4 trillion investment expected in clean technology over 10 years

Report indicates massive growth potential for SMEs

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

EU imposes emissions tax on airlines

It will hamper investment in technology to reduce emissions, says air transport association

DRDO unit not fit to handle union carbide waste : MPCB

Incinerator out of order since two years