A measure of pollution

In court

Battle over oil, coal & forests

Post-Katrina, arsenic contamination haunts New Orleans

Srinagar officials, residents agree on three more dumpsites

Villagers ransack mining site in Vietnam

Science and Technology - Briefs

Pollution glorified

World Bank arm finances polluting steel mill in Jharkhand

When battered people took on the pesticide industry

SNIPPETS

Uruguay's pulp mill begins operation

South Asia

Letters

Can faith heal?

Billed as the largest gathering of humanity in recorded history, Maha Kumbh has commenced in Allahabad. Over the next few weeks, pilgrims will …

Too high a price

Unwitting subjects to a 1954 nuclear experiment, the former inhabitants of a Pacific atoll continue to suffer

Microplastics on agricultural lands may threaten farm productivity: study

Between 110,000 and 730,000 tonnes of microplastics are transferred to agricultural soils in Europe and North America every year

When defending environment came at a price — of life

At least 227 land and environmental defenders were killed in 2020. But the year also saw communities winning against industries and governments

Poorer countries more exposed to fire-induced air pollution: Study

The exposure levels were particularly high in several hotspots like Central Africa, Southeast Asia, South America and Siberia

Microbial carriers

Microorganisms can enhance the movement of carcinogenic hydrocarbons in soil, making them degrade at a quicker rate

Lessons from COVID-19 on reducing India's environmental pollution

We can tackle our pollution problems by emulating approaches adopted to successfully tackle COVID-19

Using tannery waste in fields turning soil toxic: study

Researchers studied soil and groundwater samples from farms irrigated by tannery effluents in and around Kanpur city in Uttar Pradesh

Subterranean Leak

The CSE tests had found high levels of groundwater and soil contamination in and around the Union Carbide factory

Healing festering wounds

An action plan is ready to decontaminate UCILÔÇÖs plant site in Bhopal. It just needs to be implemented

Coca-Cola asked to pay Rs 216 crore

Kerala gets tough with soft drink company for polluting Plachimada

Cost of marble

Mining in Rajasthan's Rishab Dev tehsil, the only place in the country that produces green marble, registered 6,681 times growth in 14 years. But …