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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
‘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 …
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 …
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 …
Campaigners accuse Coca-Cola CEO of not being open with investors about the potential liabilities it faces for environmental damage in water-stressed areas of India
… Kerala’s Agriculture, Groundwater, Health and Pollution Control Departments, said the …
India's renewable power capacity is set to reach 170GW by 2022, write Areeba Hamid & Oliver Tickell - reducing power shortages and bringing electricity to off-grid of rural communities for the first time. But it may also have an unintended consequence - cutting off investment in India's troubled coal sector as prospects for future profitability evaporate..
… Area. Coal's longer term issues - from pollution to profitablity (lack of) Burning … mercury amd other toxins. Industrial pollution, most of from coal burning, is … air quality often worse than Beijing's with pollution 10 times higher than WHO limits. …
I’m sitting opposite the large Coca-Cola bottling plant next to the village of Plachimada in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Plachimada is a farming village of about 800 families, many of them tribal. The ugly factory looks rather out of place in such a beautiful setting, the Western Ghats mountains clearly visible in the distance.
… Sugar Drought Health Politics And Economics Pollution Investigates_61.jpg I’m sitting … the Plachimada plant responsible for ‘causing pollution of water, depleting groundwater… …
The disposal of human faces from the world's megacities is expensive and hazardous to health. But new technologies have emerged that mean we can use what we flush away to make electronic goods, fuel our buses and even bring huge health benefits, discovers KURT HOLLANDER.
… environment: more large intestines, more pollution. Two billion people on this planet … who come into contact with it, and this pollution is considered contagious, thus those …
An Ecologist investigation reveals how the largest coal power plant to be awarded UN carbon credit funds is displacing poor communities and destroying forest in India. Luke Starr reports from Madhya Pradesh
… industrialised countries to offset their pollution by investing in projects that reduce … risk death to expose illegal logging, pollution and mining The recent death of …
Indian coal firm Adani is struggling to finance its proposed mega coal mine in Australia's Galilee Basin, write Marina Lou & Christine Ottery, as promised government support evaporates and a major investor looks set to pull out.
… If India follows China's lead in tackling air pollution from burning coal - which as … of its strategy to rid itself of heavy air pollution . Apart from the five-year low price … is also likely increase urban and industrial pollution into the coastal environment and …
First the Pepsi-Cola bottling company in south India caused outrage by depleting groundwater. Next it was found to be operating without valid permits.Then as protests grew the company won a High Court order giving it police protection. Now locals are vowing to keep the plant shut for good.
… trouble since early last year, as its state Pollution Control Board's permit for ground … government authorizes, including the state Pollution Control Board, to reject L.A. …