Full Coverage: Pollution

24.06.2005 The thought of Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) is enough to spoil the weekend for most OneWorld readers. SUV owners feel much the same about the criticism they incur. The two sides shape up in this debate.

24.06.2005 We are all a little scared of the implications for global warming if per capita emissions in China were to match those in Europe and North America. In Beijing the authorities are taking action against pollution and congestion even though car ownership is only around 10%.

23.06.2005 “Volujica” environmental NGO protested, on Wednesday, June 22, the poor performance by the Bar Municipality Legislative Commission in the processing of the civic initiative for a local referendum, submitted by the citizens of Old Bar community, on the future location of a waste dump of Bar and Ulcinj municipalities.

23.06.2005 The Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests has initiated a unique project to educate pilgrims in five holy cities about the importance of protecting and preserving rivers. The pilgrims have been targeted because part of the pollution in Indian rivers is believed to be caused by religious offerings and immersion of idols. Rahul Kumar reports about river Yamuna from New Delhi.

23.06.2005 Is the high number of cancer patients in Punjab villages directly linked to the level of pesticides the farmers use in the state? This could be the finding of a research by the New Delhi-based organisation Centre for Science and Environment.

22.06.2005 Nigerian communities have brought legal action against the government, the state petroleum company, and foreign oil corporations--including Shell, Exxon, Chevron, Total, and Agip--for violating environmental regulations and putting local citizens at risk from toxic chemicals in gas flares.

22.06.2005 If you have seen the condition of parts of the coastline along the west of Scotland, you will understand why the Scottish parliament is proposing a tax on the use of plastic bags. A similar tax in Ireland has been successful.

20.06.2005 More than 200 citizens of Bhopal, led by survivors organisations, entered the Union Carbide factory site to stop the illegal pre-remediation work being carried out by Ramky Pharma City Ltd. Survivors and residents say they had to take this extreme step after waiting in vain for three days for the Madhya Pradesh State Government and the Supreme Court Monitoring Committee on Hazardous Wastes (SCMC) to stop what was clearly a dangerous and illegal activity.

16.06.2005 A group of experts will study the effects on human health of four toxic chemicals to consider their potential inclusion on a list of products banned under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).

16.06.2005 There is little sign of "best practice" in the proposed construction of a gas pipeline in North Mayo by a consortium led by Shell. Campaigners have drawn up a long list of grievances.

16.06.2005 The “Front” environmental organization started the first phase of the “I am against Plastic Bags” Campaign, in cooperation with “Nova” High School from Skopje. The Campaign is part of the “Circle” programme, with the goal to provide for waste disposal practices based on the “Triple R – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” principle.

16.06.2005 After damning reports of excessively high levels of pesticides in the bodies of people in Punjab, the state government has now started a pest management programme that will educate farmers about pesticide use.

13.06.2005 Two decades after the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India released toxic gas killing thousands, deadly chemicals continue to contaminate soil and groundwater. Residents of the area need your help to get clean drinking water.

10.06.2005 Indian non governmental organisation - Toxics Link - has appealed to people to participate in a campaign to disallow exports of mercury from the European Union to India.

09.06.2005 Villagers in Plachimada district of the south Indian state of Kerala have once again resorted to protests against the multinational soft drinks company after the Kerala High Court asked the panchayat local village council to restore the licence to the unit.

07.06.2005 New Delhi-based Indian NGO, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), finds residues of 6-13 pesticides in blood samples of villagers in Punjab - a state which is known as the bread basket of India - where India's famed green revolution had taken place.

07.06.2005 In an unusual coalition, citizens' groups, small farmers, and environmental organizations have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), alleging that a recent agreement would weaken controls on factory farm pollution.

06.06.2005 Under the “Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection in SEE” project, funded by the Geneva Canton, Switzerland, a public debate on sorting and recycling of waste was held in Prijedor.

01.06.2005 The Students Association of the Mostar University sent an open letter to Ljubo Beslic, the Mayor of Mostar, to protest the unprofessional conduct by the City Administration, the Public Parks Enterprise and the Mayor himself, regarding the derelict campus of Mostar University.