Why Ganga Action Plan is a pipe dream

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Children of endosulfan

Several unusual diseases afflict a Kerala village. Residents blame aerial spraying of the pesticide endosulfan by the Plantation Corporation of …

Ground reality

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

Making India's mining sector socially and environmentally viable

A government committee wants regime change to facilitate private investment in mining. What it is oblivious to is the need for more regulation to …

Pollution pays

Whenever the issue of how to end pollution is raised, it hits a block: technology. Take the case of air pollution: among other things, the issue …

Darkling waters

The Bagmati loses its way in Kathmandu amid political vacuum and urban chaos

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E-waste posing health risks for workers in scrapyards

What China is doing to Goa

From water to water

Towards zero discharge

Two textile cities, Tirupur and Ludhiana, explore ways to stop effluent discharge into streams

NGT orders probe into fly ash pollution in Singrauli

Further directions given to expedite clean water supply to residents by polluting industries

Rajasthan fails to comply with NGT order to close textile units of Pali

The polluting industries did not have 'consent to operate' from the Rajasthan Pollution Control Board

Bareilly civic body to pay for unlawful dumping of city garbage

National Green Tribunal invokes 'polluter pays' principle while imposing penalty to restore dump site

Concrete invasion

Colombo’s marshes cannot avert floods the way they used to. Construction is to be blamed

Budget 2013: the path remains the same

COVID-19 lockdown: Why battle against air pollution needs to continue

Air crisis will spiral if it’s not contained long-term and if mitigation actions are diluted to make up for time lost during lockdown

Heightened risk

“Superbug” gene levels in microbes are 60 per cent higher in the upper Gangetic areas during pilgrimage season

Grave yards

Ship-breaking industry, once banned in Bangladesh for violating environment and safety norms, is back in business

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 …

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PLANT MENACE

Action against polluting units gives Goa villagers some relief

Salmon farming under scrutiny in Chile