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In 10,000 Bottles, Artist Has A Message On Water Contamination In China
Chinese artist Brother Nut can point to some success from his Beijing exhibit that used 10,000 bottles of yellowish water to raise awareness of contaminated rural ground water, although it did not go down so well with Beijing authorities.
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"At Least 1 Should Die": Cop On Video Of Sterlite Protests That Killed 10
Tuesday's protests in the port city of Tuticorin, now called Thoothukudi, were to mark 100 days of their protests against the Sterlite plant, one of India's biggest copper plants, because they felt it was polluting their environment, The residents had been accusing the plant of polluting ground water for years
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National Green Tribunal Fines 3 Industries In Uttar Pradesh For Polluting Ganga
The National Green Tribunal on Friday slapped fine of Rs 10 lakh each on three industrial units in Uttar Pradesh for discharging untreated effluents and extracting ground water without permission from the Central Ground Water Authority.
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Humans Threaten Crucial 'Fossil' Groundwater: Study
Human activity risks contaminating pristine water locked underground for millennia and long thought impervious to pollution, said a study Tuesday that warned of a looming threat to the crucial resource.
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Varanasi Ghats May Soon Display Ganges Pollution Data: Expert
A clutch of real-time sensors have been installed along the Ganges in Varanasi for monitoring water quality and the data would be soon made available to visitors as displays at the ghats, a scientist involved in the project said here.
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Scientist Moves Green Tribunal Seeking Closure Of Delhi Secretariat
A scientist today moved the National Green Tribunal seeking a direction to close down the Delhi Secretariat building on the ground that it violates mandatory pollution norms.
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Massive Protests After Illegal Chemical Waste Dumped in Madhya Pradesh Villages
More than 100 villagers in western Madhya Pradesh indulged in stone pelting and violence in the industrial area of Jhabua district last week, alleging that chemical factories are flouting pollution norms. The administration has arrested one person on Sunday, and shut down three factories.
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Coca-Cola Shelves Varanasi Plant Expansion Due to Delay in Clearance
Beverages giant Coca-Cola has shelved the plan to expand its bottling plant at Varanasi citing "inordinate delay" in receiving clearance for the project from the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA).
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Coca-Cola to Resume Operations at Varanasi Plant
Beverages giant Coca Cola will resume operations at its Varanasi plant in Uttar Pradesh following an order from the National Green Tribunal, which on Friday stayed UP Pollution Control Board's directive to close the facility.
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In 10,000 Bottles, Artist Has A Message On Water Contamination In China
Chinese artist Brother Nut can point to some success from his Beijing exhibit that used 10,000 bottles of yellowish water to raise awareness of contaminated rural ground water, although it did not go down so well with Beijing authorities.
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"At Least 1 Should Die": Cop On Video Of Sterlite Protests That Killed 10
Tuesday's protests in the port city of Tuticorin, now called Thoothukudi, were to mark 100 days of their protests against the Sterlite plant, one of India's biggest copper plants, because they felt it was polluting their environment, The residents had been accusing the plant of polluting ground water for years
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National Green Tribunal Fines 3 Industries In Uttar Pradesh For Polluting Ganga
The National Green Tribunal on Friday slapped fine of Rs 10 lakh each on three industrial units in Uttar Pradesh for discharging untreated effluents and extracting ground water without permission from the Central Ground Water Authority.
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Humans Threaten Crucial 'Fossil' Groundwater: Study
Human activity risks contaminating pristine water locked underground for millennia and long thought impervious to pollution, said a study Tuesday that warned of a looming threat to the crucial resource.
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Varanasi Ghats May Soon Display Ganges Pollution Data: Expert
A clutch of real-time sensors have been installed along the Ganges in Varanasi for monitoring water quality and the data would be soon made available to visitors as displays at the ghats, a scientist involved in the project said here.
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Scientist Moves Green Tribunal Seeking Closure Of Delhi Secretariat
A scientist today moved the National Green Tribunal seeking a direction to close down the Delhi Secretariat building on the ground that it violates mandatory pollution norms.
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Massive Protests After Illegal Chemical Waste Dumped in Madhya Pradesh Villages
More than 100 villagers in western Madhya Pradesh indulged in stone pelting and violence in the industrial area of Jhabua district last week, alleging that chemical factories are flouting pollution norms. The administration has arrested one person on Sunday, and shut down three factories.
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Coca-Cola Shelves Varanasi Plant Expansion Due to Delay in Clearance
Beverages giant Coca-Cola has shelved the plan to expand its bottling plant at Varanasi citing "inordinate delay" in receiving clearance for the project from the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA).
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Coca-Cola to Resume Operations at Varanasi Plant
Beverages giant Coca Cola will resume operations at its Varanasi plant in Uttar Pradesh following an order from the National Green Tribunal, which on Friday stayed UP Pollution Control Board's directive to close the facility.
