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 …

In court

Mind the mercury

Why no one is checking how mercury-laden CFLs are handled and discarded

Light on mercury

Regulations to check mercury pollution take backseat as Centre promotes fluorescent light

Coal toll

More than 70 per cent of India's electricity is produced by coal-fired power plants. Most of them do not have modern technologies and use low-…

Caution over cleanup of Nura river

Science and Technology - Briefs

India’s Minamata

Singrauli, the powerhouse of India with massive coal reserves and many thermal power plants, should have been prosperous. But it is poor and …