New Kerala 16 December, 2005 Chennai: As many as 35 environmental health and justice organisations from world-over have expressed their opposition to the proposed Chemplast PVC plant in Cuddalore. The groups have sent a letter to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, urging it to reject the proposal in view of “health and environmental threats,” […]
Community Environmental Monitoring H19/4 Gangai Street, Kalakshetra Colony, Besant Nagar, Chennai 600 090 NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Date: 16 December, 2005 For More Information Contact: Nityanand Jayaraman: 9444082401 e-mail: nity68@gmail.com In USA: Lois Gibbs, CHEJ 703-627-9483 (cell) lgibbs@chej.org Environmental Health and Justice Leaders From Around the World Send Letter to TNPCB Opposing Chemplast PVC […]
New Indian Express Wednesday December 14 2005 CUDDALORE: An NGO here has planned to move the Environmental Appellate Authority at New Delhi, to withdraw the sanction accorded by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests for establishing a multi-crore PVC plant in the coastal town. Speaking to this website’s newspaper, General Secretary of the District […]
CHENNAI WATER FORUM PRESS RELEASE Newly Launched Chennai Water Forum Critiques Minjur Desalination Plant Download this release in Adobe pdf format for printing. 10 December, 2005. CHENNAI — Community groups, local government representatives, residents associations, NGOs, activists, students and public-interest professionals today came together to critically evaluate the Rs. 500 crore desalination plant proposed […]
Cuddalore, 8 December 2005: Just as life is limping back to normal in the flood-hit areas of Cuddalore and Chennai, yet another “severe depression” — named Fanoos — is poised in the Bay of Bengal southeast of Chennai, threatening to make landfall somewhere between Nagapattinam and Chennai, i.e. Cuddalore. In Cuddalore, AID-India and Cuddalore District […]
Cuddalore, 6 December 2005: Tagros Chemicals was caught red handed dumping hazardous wastes near Vyaramkuppam village main road in the Sonanchavadi village on 27 November 2005. According to the local sources the incident took place at about 5 in the morning. A tanker TN 51 Q 9952, carrying sludge from the factory dumped the waste […]
G JAGANNATH News Today Chennai, Dec 4, 2005: An air sample of the smoke taken from the open burning of garbage in the Pallikaranai marshland revealed the presence of at least 27 toxic chemicals, including three cancer-causing chemicals, at a very high level, according to a test conducted by Community Environmental Monitoring, a non-governmental organisation. […]