Entries from India Chemicals Blog tagged with 'pollution'

Plastics problem

We may finally be seeing some balance in the debate on plastic bags and pollution. Rather than being swayed by NGOs to introduce a blanket ban on plastic bags, Jairam Ramesh, the new environment minister, is pushing for greater recycling,...

Green lobby strikes again

Chemplast Sanmar's new PVC plant is ready but commissioning remains uncertain as the company faces two petitions in the Supreme Court against the company's marine terminal facility that would be used to import vinyl chloride monomer feedstock, says this report...

New brooms sweep clean

I should not be surprised that Maharashtra's new chief minister is having second thoughts about Dow Chemical's plans for a research centre at Chakan, near Pune. Unfortunately, I am. I fail to see how a research centre will increase pollution....

No end to pollution

India, I thought, had done a lot to curb industrial production and clean up its environment. I was also quite sure that the country was miles ahead of China in this area. So I was quite surprised to find that...