May 2, 2010 - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/Biomedical-waste-PSHRC-seeks-report/articleshow/5884040.cms

LUDHIANA: Punjab State Human Rights Commission issued directions to the health department, Municipal Corporation and Punjab Pollution Control Board to submit report regarding disposal of biomedical waste by July 6. According to information, the com...

May 5, 2010 - http://parwablog.blogspot.com/2010/05/disposal-of-bio-medical-waste-in-esi.html

Disturbing news to the notice of PARWA EC. ESI dispensaries seem to be collecting bio-medical waste in the open in backyard of the dispensary building and then burning it in the open on weekly/fortnightly basis. If true, this is very dangerous. Resid...

May 11, 2010 - http://www.hawconews.com/hawaii-county-news/2010/5/11/free-household-hazardous-waste-recycling-events-set-for-june.html

The County of Hawai‘i Department of Environmental Management will be conducting Household Hazardous Waste Collection Events at its Hilo and Kailua-Kona (Kealakehe) Recycling & Solid Waste Transfer Stations in June. The Hilo HHW Collection Event will ...

May 2, 2010 - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/Biomedical-waste-PSHRC-seeks-report/articleshow/5884040.cms

LUDHIANA: Punjab State Human Rights Commission issued directions to the health department, municipal corporation and Punjab Pollution Control Board to submit report regarding disposal of biomedical waste by July 6. According to information, the comm...

May 12, 2010 - http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/alarm-over-toxic-dump-cancer-cluster-20100512-uxuq.html

Residents living near a toxic waste dump in Melbourne's north are demanding a health impact study amid concerns of a cancer cluster in their community. Opponents of the Tullamarine Hazardous Waste Landfill, which is now closed, have conducted a study...

April 30, 2010 - http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20100430/1496076.html

The type and form of radioactive material used in health-care establishments usually results in low-level radioactive waste and the quantity of radioactive waste is very small as compared to other bio-medical wastes which are more toxic than the radi...

April 20, 2010 - http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/global-warming-reduces-grain-output-in-inflation-ridden-india/392398/

Rising temperatures and inadequate rainfall in India is stagnating grain output, threatening food security in the world’s second-most populous country, according to a weather scientist. In the past decade, average temperatures have increased by 0.25 ...

April 21, 2010 - http://www.financialexpress.com/news/75m-ifc-loan-to-idfc-for-climate-change-projects/608931/

The World Bank’s multilateral lending arm, International Finance Corporation (IFC), will provide $75 million (around Rs 338 crore) to Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation (IDFC) for investments in renewable energy, cleaner production and en...

April 25, 2010 - http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/areva-to-tie-upbharat-forge-l/392925/

Areva Renewables, part of French nuclear giant Areva, plans to tie up with Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Bharat Forge for supply chain and engineering management, to enter India’s emerging solar energy industry. “We have started discussions with so...

April 21, 2010 - http://www.livemint.com/2010/04/21233621/Biodiesel-producers-looking-fo.html?d=1

Producers of biodiesel, banned from selling the fuel as a transport fuel, are looking to enter long-term supply arrangements with telecom tower operators, who use diesel gensets for power backup purposes. India has more than 20 biodiesel producers wi...