Double whammy

Increasing pollution, depleting water table make groundwater in Kathmandu unfit for drinking

Shale gas: hype and reality

As the world rushes for the gas, scientists gather evidence of its environmental risks

30 years of Bhopal gas tragedy: a continuing disaster

An appraisal by Sunita Narain and Chandra Bhushan, exclusively extracted from the recently released book, Bhopal Gas Tragedy, After 30 Years

What goes down must come up

It is a crime. Numerous factories deliberately inject untreated effluents directly into the ground, contaminating underground aquifers. Down …

Lessons from two cities

Pune aims to become a zero-landfill city by 2015. With a range of solid waste management options, the target does not seem too ambitious. …

Bullets for water

During a chance visit to Weliweriya, Sugandh Juneja wonders what took the Sri Lankan government so long to heed people’s complaints against …

Protests at Bihar asbestos unit

Deaths, diseases, skin ailments are common, complain residents

The MTBE joke

The way to clean up the air is to pollute groundwater, according to the Indian government

Cost of marble

Mining in Rajasthan's Rishab Dev tehsil, the only place in the country that produces green marble, registered 6,681 times growth in 14 years. But …

How did it go wrong?

The corrupt and inefficient among pollution control authorities have surrendered India's groundwater to unscrupulous industrial units

Disasters in the making?

Groundwater contamination in India is verging on disastrous proportions, especially with regard to mercury

Science and Technology - Briefs

Ground reality

Official report confirms presence of toxins in groundwater near Bhopal’s Union Carbide

The right blend

Ethanol, a safer alternative to MTBE, will now be mixed with petrol to curb emissions. Lopamudra Banerjee analyses the impact of this environment-…

Bhopal’s toxic waste raises stink

Bombay High Court stays transfer of Union Carbide waste to Maharashtra

DANGER zone

If no action is taken soon, a major ecological disaster is waiting to strike Panipat

What goes down must come up

It is a crime. Numerous factories deliberately inject untreated effluents directly into the ground, contaminating underground aquifers. Down To …

The idea of corruption

Curse of copper

After fouling 10 Madhya Pradesh villages with heavy metals and acid, HCL is set to expand its mine

Printers' devil

The Jaipur bench of the Rajasthan High Court has ordered the relocation of Sanganer's polluting dyeing and printing units within a year. Failure …

DRDO unit not fit to handle union carbide waste : MPCB

Incinerator out of order since two years

Mired in sewage

Temple town Guruvayur adamant on dumping its sewage in backwater villages despite stringent laws, opposition

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

Lost in plantation

Millions of growers and workers are in distress in Kerala, the plantation capital of India, as domestic and international prices of cash crops …

SC begins hearing curative petition in Bhopal gas tragedy

Raps CBI for approaching court after a gap of 16 years