New Delhi: Coca-Cola's second largest bottling plant in India has shut production due to pollution violations, the India Resource Center has confirmed after a visit to the plant yesterday.
… shut down 18th August 2016 News Coca-Cola Pollution India Waste Disposal Environmental Pollution coca cola ad.jpg New Delhi: … plant in India has shut production due to pollution violations, the India Resource …
Beijing is to plant trees over an area 200 times the size of Central Park in the city's latest effort to neutralise its choking pollution. But Jun Yang asks - how much will the trees really help, unless accompanied by drastic reductions in emissions?
… Beijing's $5bn tree project - will it cut pollution? Jun Yang | 16th March 2014 Comment China Pollution Forests Cities beijing-tree-smog.png … latest effort to neutralise its choking pollution. But Jun Yang asks - how much will …
Pollution levels in nearly 250 cities exceed the government’s ambient air quality standards, new data shows
… Myllyvirta | 31st January 2019 News India Air Pollution Thought Leaders Unearthed trafficjamdelhi.jpg Pollution levels in nearly 250 cities exceed … unveiled the country’s first ever air pollution reduction targets, new data has …
Local campaigners fearful of water shortages and industrial pollution have forced state authorities to cancel an unpopular plan to allocate land for a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Tamil Nadu, India.
… Ecologist | 21st April 2015 News India Water Pollution Corporations coca-cola-india-cut.jpg … fearful of water shortages and industrial pollution have forced state authorities to … water shortages in the area, and bring more pollution into the area. Residents in …
Grassroots opposition is mounting in India as new coal projects displace communities and destroy ancient forests.
… 1.2 million people died in India due to air pollution in 2017, ccording to the State of … plants continue to be the major source of air pollution in the country, with over 300 coal … intends to reduce particulate matter (PM) pollution by 20-30% in at least 102 Indian …
It was all going so well for Chevron - a New York court had ruled that a $9.5 billion judgment against it set by Ecuador's supreme court for massive pollution deep in the Amazon was corrupt and fraudulent. But then its star witness broke ranks and admitted, in another court, that he had lied, and the only bribes were coming from Chevron. Will Ecuador's pollution victims finally get justice?
… star witness in $9.5 billion Ecuador oil pollution claim admits: 'I lied' Paul Paz y … 2015 News Law Ecuador USA Corporations Oil Pollution Waste Forests lago-agrio-2-cut.jpg … it set by Ecuador's supreme court for massive pollution deep in the Amazon was corrupt and …
Trees in cities make us feel happier and more relaxed, writes Pat Thomas, but that's only the beginning of the benefits they confer. They also reduce air pollution, levels of asthma and other respiratory problems, and lower healthcare costs by $7 billion in the US alone.
… benefits they confer. They also reduce air pollution, levels of asthma and other … in New York, published in Environmental Pollution (Open Access), which put a slightly … increasingly in the developing - world air pollution is a real problem. It affects human …
Indian drug companies try to gut antibiotic pollution controls.
… Resistance Big Pharma India Waste Pollution Bureau Of Investigative Journalism hyderabad-pollution-3.jpg Indian drug companies try to gut antibiotic pollution controls. India’s powerful …
The main opposition party will treat air pollution as a national emergency and tackle climate change impacts if elected, it promises as India goes to the polls.
… The main opposition party will treat air pollution as a national emergency and tackle … Congress vowed to take on the country’s air pollution and ramp up its defences against … by Rahul Gandhi, said it “recognises that air pollution is a national health emergency”. The …
Campaigner GD Agarwal was living on water mixed with lemon and honey for months in protest at the government’s failure to clean holy river.
… Ganges river pollution hunger striker dies Catherine Early | 2nd November 2018 News India Pollution River Activism polluted_ganges.jpg … against a failure to prevent industrial pollution into the river eventually led to his …
We must beware an 'environmental' agenda that excludes the human dimension, Pope Francis writes in his recent Encyclical: the poor are least to blame for the ecological and climate crises, yet they are its primary victims. Humanity must make enduring decisions about the world we and our children will share.
… Comment Religion Economics Cliamte Chantge Pollution Forests pope-francis-cut.jpg We must … unhealthy to live in, not only because of pollution caused by toxic emissions but also … urban chaos, poor transportation, and visual pollution and noise. Many cities are huge, …
Public protests at the copper smelter plant of Sterlite Industries in the town of Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu, India, were met with police fire during the last two days, with 13 protesters killed and and hundreds injured. MRINALINI SHINDE and AMEYA BOKIL report
… Activism Environmental Justice Industrial PollutionPollution sterlite_protests_tuticorin_0.jpg … tend to defend yourselves”. Environmental pollution The district of Thoothukudi is …
The world's big cities are choking with pollution and endless traffic jams, writes Colin Todhunter - except one. Copenhagen, faced with these problems half a century ago, decided to act. Now it is showing the world that cycling is not just the basis of a sustainable transport strategy, but is key to making our cities clean, green, human and livable. May the global revolution unfold ...
… | 11th January 2016 News Cities Transport Pollution India Denmark Mexico … The world's big cities are choking with pollution and endless traffic jams, writes … They are clogged with traffic, choked with pollution, blighted by concrete flyovers, …
The NHS is buying drugs from pharmaceutical companies in India whose dirty production methods are fuelling the rise of superbugs, write Andrew Wasley & Madlen Davies. There are no checks or regulations in place to stop this happening - even though the rapid growth in antibiotic resistant bacteria in India is spreading across the world, including to the UK and NHS hospitals.
… health crises facing the world today, and pollution in drug companies' supply chains is … that firms with a history of bad practice and pollution are supplying the NHS, and … by 2050 if no action is taken, and cited pollution in pharmaceutical supply chains as a …
Under the 'Incredible India' brand lurk millions of fast-growing piles of decomposing waste, reports Almudena Serpis. As they await removal, polluting waters and stinking under the tropical sun, India is rapidy becoming the world's biggest rubbish dump.
… Serpis | 17th December 2013 News India Waste Pollution india-waste-cow.png Under the … above the ground, the scope of this pollution extends its roots down and across, …
The recent death of Indian environmentalist Amit Jethva was the latest in a growing number of disturbing incidents of brutality and violence against activists, report Ambika Hiranandani and Tom Levitt
… risk death to expose illegal logging, pollution and mining Ambika Hiranandani Tom … and activists who investigate industrial pollution or deforestation. It claims that … Indian journalist, has tried to investigate pollution from mines operated by the National …
After a 15-year battle, local campaigners infuriated by pollution, over-pumping of groundwater and land-grabbing have finally forced the closure of Coca-Cola's $25 million factory near Varanasi.
… battle, local campaigners infuriated by pollution, over-pumping of groundwater and … regulatory agency, and the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) - the statewide pollution regulatory agency. The Central …
A new computer software package developed in the US puts a financial value on the ecosystem services trees perform, from reduced air pollution to the amount of carbon dioxide removed... can it now work in the UK?
… services trees perform, from reduced air pollution to the amount of carbon dioxide … some of the nuts and bolts: how much pollution is being removed from the air, how … million more trees in the next ten years. Air pollution absorbed by leaves saved an …
The revolution in remote monitoring should help solve environmental problems, but might it also increase our distance from the natural world?
… 2012 News Forests Technology Investigations Pollution Science And Technology … and herbs. Future smart phones could include pollution sensors There’s no technical … Future smart phones could connect to wearable pollution sensors, or even have them embedded …
‘This is the Indian dream!’ shouts Mohit, clutching a tattered plastic bag as he joins the impatient throng gathering at Hall A of the Auto Expo in New Delhi. Around us more than 100,000 Indians are aggressively jostling for space and a precious glimpse of the £1,200 Tata Nano, the world’s cheapest car. It is a vehicle that, put simply, costs less than the optional DVD player on the new Lexus LX470 SUV.
… Xenetis, also has plans to make a budget car. Pollution Matters One of the key questions … bolts in certain parts. Yet Michael Walsh, a pollution consultant and former US … years behind those of the European Union and pollution levels at critical levels in many of …
A new paradigm of forest conservation is gaining ground, writes Isaac Rojas: 'financialising' them and the climate and ecological services they provide to global investors. But this is a false solution - and one that excludes the local and indigenous forest communities who can truly be relied upon to sustain their sylvan heritage.
… to their lands and their rights. Similarly, pollution or biodiversity offsetting - the … a unit of nature that can be traded to offset pollution or compensate for biodiversity loss … too easy to circumvent these restrictions. Pollution in Indonesia, for instance, may be …
After eleven years of campaigning by local people suffering from water shortages, state authorities have closed Coca-Cola's bottling plant at Mehdiganj, Uttar Pradesh - inspiring campaigners at another three Coca Cola sites in India.
… 19th June 2014 News Corporations India Water Pollution Law Food coca-cola-factory-cut.jpg … government authorities. The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) ordered the … Center. No permit to extract groundwater The Pollution Control Board, in its order dated …
Paris has been awash with hype about 'CO2 recycling' and 'carbon neutral' or even 'carbon negative' technologies based on burning millions of trees, writes Rachel Smolker. But the alchemical notion that waste carbon can be spun into corporate gold is hitting serious reality checks. It's time to ditch the fantasies and progress the real solutions: like caring for land, soils, forests and grasslands.
… CO 2 and sell it? We can profit from our own pollution! Recently, 'XPrize' announced a … shiny new technofixes or pretend to 'recycle' pollution. Importantly, they are not so … shiny new technofixes or pretend to 'recycle' pollution. Nor are they amenable to …
The Rampal coal power plant in Bangladesh, near the world's greatest mangrove forest, is a deeply misconceived project that must be abandoned, writes Johan Frijns in this Open Letter to the Exim Bank of India - which is planning to finance its construction. It would severely damage the precious local environment and wildlife, while adding to global climate change and sea level rise.
… With increased river erosion, noise pollution, health hazards and a decrease in …