Air to lung to DNA

January 31, 2009

Talcher thermal power plant shuts down, NTPC says modern unit will replace it

The 460-megawatt power plant was commissioned in 1967

State of India’s environment: Quality of air, water, land worsened in India’s industrial clusters

Tarapur in Maharashtra emerged the most polluted cluster between 2009 and 2018

Delhi air remains 'severe plus'

Emergency persists despite drop in stubble burning 

Ragpickers oppose waste to energy plants

Say studies have shown that Indian waste is unfit for the purpose

Flawed, but accepted

Pollution board report blames LPG for particulate matter, spares vehicles

Coliform will count

Experts rue Uttar Pradesh pollution board's move to reduce brick kiln pollution

A clear technological roadmap for the brick industry is the need of the hour

National Green Tribunal firm on not allowing new polluting industries in Ghaziabad

UP Pollution Control Board fails to furnish satisfactory report to tribunal

Four-stroke complements CNG

Converting two-stroke autorickshaw engines to CNG not wise

Stink of India's steel frame

NGT orders shut 15 chemical industrial units in Haryana for flouting norms

Experts express concern, point at state pollution control board for poor implementation

Another year of not-so-green Ganesh Visarjans?

Cash clogged

Will Delhi’s ambitious sewerage plan help clean the Yamuna?

Audit of India's water bodies confirms their polluted status

CAG assessment reveals governments' inaction in curbing water pollution

A measure of pollution

Reviving NCR’s air: CAQM submits action plan to NGT, mostly in line with CSE recommendations

The action plan incorporates the updating of emission inventories and source apportionment studies across the entire NCR

Ban toxic imports: court

Supreme Court wants hazardous waste rules aligned with Basel Convention

MoEF drags feet over law for safe disposal of CFLs

Reasons for prolonged delay unknown

Clean energy fund to be used for cleaning 12 toxic dump sites

States asked to bear 60 per cent cost

Weak rules, weaker regulators

Factories flout emission standards at will

Home truths

What's happening inside disposal units?

More cities critically polluted

Tighter norms make air we breathe more poisonous