SC notices on Bhopal gas disaster compensation

Issues notices to Union Carbide, Dow Chemicals on Centre's plea seeking enhancement in compensation 

The dark zone

When Down To Earth correspondents nidhi jamwal and d b manisha started filing their reports on the problem of fluoride and arsenic in groundwater,…

Subterranean Leak

25 years after the gas leak, another tragedy is unfolding in Bhopal. CSE tests reveal the water and soil in and around the Union Carbide factory …

Ban toxic imports: court

Supreme Court wants hazardous waste rules aligned with Basel Convention

Unchecked

Industry flouts weak regulations at will

Unsettling

What the Centre and the state government did to rehabilitate victims

Serving the symptom

The government still does not know what still afflicts people in Bhopal

Foul Debris

The UCIL plant is still a health hazard

Industry fouls groundwater in Goa

In court

NGT wants groundwater extraction based on EIA only

Tribunal calls for doing away with general permissions given to commercial entities to withdraw groundwater

Battle over oil, coal & forests

BHOPAL: the bad dream continues

Bhopal is a metaphor for disaster, industrial and human. It has been the object of much speculation and typically endless litigation. A case …

Ratlam’s toxic legacy

Hazardous waste kept in shut factories continues to contaminate groundwater

Stink in the leather belt

Calcutta Leather Complex has shifted from the heart of the city to the outskirts on Supreme Court order, but it fails to treat toxic effluent and …

Criminal charges against Coke plant in Kerala

Gentle on critical pollution

After declaring 43 industrial areas in India as critically polluted and imposing a moratorium on their expansion, the Union Ministry of …

Kudankulam meltdown

The spectre of Fukushima continues to haunt the world, forcing governments in most parts of the globe to rethink their plans to tap this …