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MP govt prepares for trial burning of Carbide waste as SC refuses to interfere with HC orderPreparations have begun to incinerate 10 tonnes of Union Carbide waste in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district after the Supreme Court refused to...
Amid protests, MP govt to request HC for more time to dispose of Union Carbide wasteAmid opposition and protests, the Madhya Pradesh government plans to request additional time from the High Court to dispose of the Union Ca...
Union Carbide waste disposal: Protests rock Pithampur, two attempt self-immolationTwo men attempted self-immolation amid protests in Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh, against the disposal of 337 tonnes of Union Carbide hazardous...
Once shunned, areas near Bhopal gas tragedy site now seeing real estate boomThe Union Carbide factory site of the 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal has seen residential and commercial development over the years. Groundwate...
Bhopal Gas tragedy case: 18 years on, Dow Chemical to see their day in Bhopal courtDow Chemical's lawyers appeared in a Bhopal court in response to a summons related to their involvement in the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. The...
Water, air greatest gifts to mankind: NGT Chairperson Adarsh Kumar Goel on World Environment Day"Let us once again commit to protect water sources, use them appropriately and maintain their cleanliness. We can't afford to either lose o...
Centre's push to ease environmental regulations for speedy clearances sparks a rowThe government is proposing to reduce public participation, exempt some projects from rigorous appraisal and legalize others that are opera...
Benches shut, NGT forcing petitioners to come to DelhiAbhijit Prabhudesai, a Goa-based environmentalist, has travelled to Delhi six times since last December to appear before the National Green...
Land, water management resources are need of the hour: Prakash JavadekarThe implementation of watershed management projects has resulted in creating facilities for irrigation and also benefited the farmers, he s...
- Study presents grim tale of shrinking Upper Lake
Upper Lake is dying a slow and painful death because of mindless dumping of solid waste from half a dozen wards of Bhopal into the Upper La...
- Green tribunal member pleads for awareness
There is a need for more awareness about the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in states like Gujarat and Maharashtra, where development is tak...
Illegal sand mining: MP Congress forms 'fact-finding' committeeThe Leader of Opposition alleged that sand mining was rampant in the state even after the NGT's ban on the practice without environmental c...
Bhopal tragedy: Decision to summon Dow Chemicals a big step, says AmnestyAmnesty International Dow Chemicals demanded that the company must acknowledge its responsibility towards the survivors of the 1984 industr...
- Centre initiates fresh consultation on National Green Tribunal chief selection
Law minister Ashwani Kumar has sent the file on appointment of the NGT chief to Justice Kabir, who took over as Chief Justice of India on S...
- Environment court in limbo, 2 months on
While the environment ministry fights a pitched battle with industry on green clearances, the one legal tool the aam admi had to fight bad ...
- Toxic waste not to be dumped in Dhar: GoM
The GoM on Bhopal gas disaster has vetoed the move to dump around 347 metric tonnes of toxic waste of the Union Carbide’s Bhopal plant in D...
- Social networking a part of Tata Steel's corporate communication
With online social networks becoming popular in the country, Indian steel major Tata Steel has began reaching out to social networking webs...