Archive of Press Releases:
- Report finds health of workers, fishers and residents compromised in Ennore oil spill cleanup21 February 2017
- State to Provide Clean Drinking Water to SIPCOT Villages; Recover Costs from Industries – NGT Chennai07 September 2016
- Fisherfolk Hold Public Hearing On Continuing Encroachment and Pollution of Ennore Creek26 March 2016
- Unilever’s Proposed Cleanup Not Ecologically Acceptable27 August 2015
- Unilever is a million days off the mark on Kodaikanal23 August 2015
- Activists Slam Unilever for Environmental Double-standards; Unilever Pushing TNPCB to Dilute Clean up Standard06 August 2015
- Unilever Trots Out Dubious Science to Protect its Health05 August 2015
- Unilever CEO remains silent while hundreds of thousands of people share a music video exposing Unilevers toxic inaction01 August 2015
- Cheyyur UMPP will make electricity unaffordable in TN;UMPP Policy Flawed: Report finds
20 May 2015
- Conservation NGOs BNHS and MNS call for the relocation of the proposed Cheyyur Power Plant04 April 2014
- The coal scourgeE.A.S.Sarma Key Note 23 February 2014
- Vedal farmers say No to Cheyyur Power Plant29 January 2014
- 64,000MW can be recovered by plugging electricity leaks18 January 2014
- Stop Building Inside IIT: Activists say27 December 2013
- Experts Suggest Clean Ways out of TN’s Electricity Shortage14 December 2013
- Chennai CRZ Docs on Website Wrong18 November 2013
- Land Acquisition Hurdles Make Cheyyur UMPP Riskier22 October 2013
- Cheyyur UMPP too Risky: Activists Warn Bidders15 October 2013
- Nemmeli Desal Plant Dumping Effluents on Beach: Fact Finding Team18 September 2013
- Activists Allege Fraud in 4000MW Cheyyur Project19 August 2013
- Residents Block Highway – protest against illegal waste dump10 February 2013
- Jaypee’s Cement Plant Continuing To Pollute12 May 2012
- Report implicates cement plants of poisoning BBN air07 March 2011
- Study Confirms Serious Pollution by SterlitePress Release 03 December 2010
- SIPCOT Cuddalore continues to be a ‘slow-motion Bhopal’ 11 months after MoEF Moratorium; TNPCB fails in curbing violationsPress Release 03 December 2010
- Environment Ministry to Continue Moratorium in 3 out of 4 Critically Polluted Areas in Tamil Nadu28 October 2010
- COMMUNITIES GEAR UP TO TAKE POLLUTION PROBLEM HEAD-ON!Press Release 23 May 2010
- TNPCB conducts sham public hearing on dumping in PallikaranaiPress Release 23 March 2010
- NEERI, TNPCB in Bed with Polluter: Kodai Residents AllegeThe Tamilnadu Alliance Against Mercury 08 March 2010
- Sterlite’s Rs. 23 billion expansion on holdJoint Action Against Vedanta – 05 January 2010
- The Hindu Dumps Dow Chem Sponsorship for Music FestPress Release – INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE IN BHOPAL- 03 November 2009
- Korba’s Killing FieldLondon Mining Network Press Release 24 September 2009
- ‘Pregnant Women’ protest Chemplast’s pollution at company AGMPress Release 28 July 2009
- Industries Operate Illegally in SIPCOT; TNPCB fails to take ActionPress Release 30 December 2008
- Shasun Spews Poison; TNPCB looks the other wayPress Release 05 December 2008
- 2000 times higher cancer risk for SIPCOT Cuddalore Residents: NEERIPress Release 22 March 2008
- A Fox in the Hen House: Made-To-Order Science and India’s Asbestos PolicyPress Release 04 February 2008
- High Levels of Carcinogens Found after Manali Gas LeakPress Release 04 January 2008
- Gas leak in Mettur; 7 hospitalisedPress Release 07 December 2007
- TNPCB misleading public; Leaked gases are likely to be poisonousPress Release 06 December 2007
- ‘I Love Cuddalore’; A Citizens’ Movement Launched1 December 2007
- Gurubalan Memorial Scholarship30 November 2007
- Mettur Critically Polluted: Dioxins, mercury foundPress Release 14 November 2007
- Mercury Affected Children and Ex-workers From Kodaikanal Protest Outside the AGM of HLLPress Release 18 May 2007
- HINDUSTAN LEVER PROFITS FROM POISONPress Release 17 May 2007
- All Party Meet Condemns Gummidipoondi Waste Dumping ProjectPress Release 05 May 2007
- 1000 Bhopals Photo Exhibition Launched in Chennai by Tamizhacchi; Chennai Residents Take ‘No More Bhopals’ OathPress Release 09 April 2007
- Gummidipoondi Residents Stop State Supported Illegal Construction of Toxic Waste LandfillPress Release 30 March 2007
- SIPCOT Residents Continue to Breathe Toxic Cocktail; TNPCB action to curb air pollution ineffectivePress Release 28 March 2007
- Expert Fact Finding Panel Calls for Ban on Open Burning, Phase-out of Dumping in KodungaiyurPress Release 26 March 2007
- Gummidipoondi Residents Stop Illegal Construction of Toxic Waste LandfillPress Release 21 March 2007
- Cultural Program and Solidarity Meeting Marks the End of the Cycle Tour on Cuddalore PollutionPress Release 11 February 2007
- Cycle Tour for Environment Awareness About Cuddalore Pollution ResumesPress Release 09 February 2007
- Ex-Mercury workers protest death of their co-worker; demand HLL to accept liabilityPress Release 18 January 2007
- Cuddalore, Another Bhopal: Bhopal Activist saysPress Release 16 December 2006
- 1000 Bhopals Photo Exhibition Launched by KanimozhiPress Release 29 November 2006
- Bhopal Memorial cycle tour from Cuddalore to Chennai flagged offPress Release 28 November 2006
- Experts Warn Against New Polluting Industries in SIPCOT CuddalorePress Release 27 September 2006
- Regulatory and Environmental Infrastructure Inadequate in SIPCOT – ReportPress Release 29 July 2006
- First National Air Pollution Study of India Declares Air Unfit to BreathePress Release, 3 June, 2006
- Conditions in the Industrial Complex a threat to Health and EnvironmentPress Release, 4 April 2006
- Gummidipoondi Women Launch Campaign Against Toxic Waste Facility; Urge CM to scrap projectPress Release, 09 March, 2006
- Ex- Workers Mark 5 Years of Struggle Against HLLPress Release, 05 March, 2006
- Chemplast Pollution: Report of a 25-member Fact-finding Team’s Visit to MetturPress Release 13 February, 2006
- Gummidipoondi Residents Stop Illegal Construction of Toxic Waste LandfillPress Release 12 January, 2006
- Loss of Ecology Authority Serves Notice to Chemplast, MALCOPress Release 11 January, 2006
- Mettur, Cuddalore villagers confront Pollution Control Board on controversial PVC projectPress Release 05 January, 2006
- Environmental Health and Justice Leaders From Around the World Send Letter to TNPCB Opposing Chemplast PVC ProposalPress Release 16 December, 2005
- Microsoft Completes Phase Out of PVC, “the Poison Plastic”Be Safe Campaign Press Release 07 December 2005
- Newly Launched Chennai Water Forum Critiques Minjur Desalination PlantPress Release 10 December, 2005
- People Condemn Govt. Nod to Chemplast’s Poison Plastic FactoryPress Release 07 December, 2005
- Chennai youth “Run for Life” to Remember BhopalPress Release 03 December, 2005
- Air Sample from Open Burning: 27 Toxins, 3 Carcinogens FoundPress Release 02 December, 2005
- DEATH CERTIFICATE OF MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS SERVEDPress Release 14 November, 2005
- Manali Air Not Fit to Breathe, Air Sample RevealsPress Release 28 September, 2005
- Air in Pasha Mailaram Industrial Estate Unfit to Breathe
15 toxic chemicals including 3 carcinogens foundPress Release 15 September, 2005 - Cuddalore MLA Says No to Chemplast PVC plant in SIPCOTPress Release 14 September, 2005
- Copy of the letter opposing the Chemplast PVC plant
Adobe pdf format - Mettur Villagers Caution Cuddalore Residents About Chemplast’s PVC PollutionPress Release 13 September, 2005
- Anti-PVC march rescheduled. Organisers allege Police-Industry NexusPress Release 09 September, 2005
- Message of Solidarity from the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives / Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance (GAIA)
Release 07 September, 2005 - Pro-Chemplast Police Revoke Permit for Anti-PVC MarchPress Release 06 September, 2005
- Mettur Cuddalore Villagers March to Expose Chemplast PollutionPress Release 05 September, 2005
- Mettur Villagers March to save CuddalorePress Release 02 September, 2005
- Mettur Villagers Launch 285 km Walk to Cuddalore to Campaign Against Chemplast Sanmar’s Proposed PVC factoryPress Release 01 September, 2005
- Appeal For Contributions Mettur Villagers to March 285 km to Save CuddaloreSeptember 3 to September 13, 2005
Press Release 26 August, 2005
- PSS Finds Carcinogens In Ambient Air; Yet no ambient air quality standards for dangerous toxins in IndiaPress Release 01 August, 2005 (Adobe pdf file)
- SIPCOT air remains dangerously polluted despite Supreme Court MonitoringPress Release 23 July, 2005
- Air in SIPCOT Cuddalore “Unfit to Breathe;” TNPCB, Industries May Violate SC deadlinePress Release 9 May, 2005
- SCMC order blatantly ignored; SIPCOT air remains dangerously pollutedPress Release 31 Mar., 2005
- SIPCOT air remains dangerously polluted, New Bucket sample showsPress Release 17 Dec., 2004
- Victory Chemicals gifts Hazardous Waste to Cuddalore On Bhopal AnniversaryPress Release 06 Dec., 2004
- Cuddalore Air Pollution Report Triggers Legal Action Press Release 29 Sept., 2004
- New Report: SIPCOT, Cuddalore, A Global Toxic Hotspot for Air Pollution;
Toxic Air Monitoring a First for India – Using Community Monitors, Simple BucketsPress Release 17 Sept., 2004 - Tagros Public Hearing Illegal, Groups SayPress Release 07 Sept., 2004
- At Least 2 Serious Chemical Odour Incidents per Day in SIPCOT, Report FindsPress Release 7 Aug., 2004
- People’s Tribunal Calls for Reparations for Cuddalore Pollution VictimsPress Release 10 July, 2004
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