Pure gas

Petroleum industry gears up to use "dirty oil", and this time they are being eco-friendly for a change

Biochemicals sweep US free of petrochemicals

Growing environmental awareness is making the Americans switch from chemicals derived from fossil fuels to those made from plant matter.

Environment management treated cursorily

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN PETROLEUM INDUSTRY Edited by S.K. Wahi, A.K. Agnihotri and J.S. Sharma Publisher: Wiley Eastern Limited, New Delhi …

The gassing of a village

A petroleum product factory continues to chug out its poison, despite a decade of protests and official ire

Life of Plastic: India’s petrochemical industry is a part of its ‘polymer problem’, says CSE; yet it is encouraged

India plans to position itself as a major exporter of basic petrochemicals, CSE’s new report hints

Fuelling a debate

Ethanol is a clean and cheap fuel blend. But the Indian government is impeding the use of ethanol when it is callously promoting cancer-causing MTBE

Fifteen non-profits take fresh legal action against Europe’s biggest plastics project

This marks a new phase in the over three-year long legal battle against INEOS’ ‘Project One’, a €3 billion plastic project …

MONEYMAKERS

CHINA

The power of the people

Good plastic

Down with diesel

The US Environment Protection Agency blows the whistle on the dirty diesel lobby

BRAZIL

VENEZUELA

West Bengal proposes alternative site for Nandigram chemical hub

Plastic’s toxic trail: The curious case of India’s petrochemical refineries

India’s legislations do not mandate it to create a baseline health assessment of the population before setting up factories with the …