TOXIC TRAITS
An Overview of the Adverse Health Impacts of Chemicals Associated with Petrochemical Industries and Across the Life Span of Plastics.
Energy security or plastic profits?
Fossil fuel and chemical industries’ interests are influencing India’s positions in various multilateral environmental and trade agreements related to climate, plastics, and chemicals.
Fish and Foul
Where have all the fish gone? Many reasons are ascribed to the low catch. But most blame it on the industries in the belt
Neither New Nor Renewable
“Destructors”, “incinerators” and “waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration” all mean the same thing - indiscriminate burning of garbage! Having a history of about one and half centuries, WTE incinerators have seen several reboots over the 19th,...
Panipat Refinery: Powering Health and Environmental Catastrophe
“If our crops get damaged, and our cattle are failing to reproduce, one can easily imagine what this refinery must be doing to humans here”, said Satpal Singh, the ex-sarpanch of Singhpora village in...
Are the Laterite Plateaus of Ratnagiri auctioned for Refinery ‘Wastelands’?
William D’Souza, a 55-year old farmer from Kuthethur, Mangalore was busy mixing cattle feed when we arrived at his doorsteps.
Dhapa: Plastic fumes from Kolkata’s largest landfill threaten locals’ lives
According to the West Bengal Pollution Control Board, the concentration of particulate matter at the Dhapa site is more than four times higher than it should be.
Just transition in petrochemicals: Dahej’s industries proving to be major obstacles for climate targets
The lives of people in many areas of Gujarat have become difficult due to petrochemical industries.
Just transition in petrochemicals: Dahej near Bharuch is Asia’s richest industrial zone. But what of its local fisherfolk
The lives of people in many areas of Gujarat have become difficult due to petrochemical industries.
जलवायु लक्ष्य व जस्ट ट्रांजिशन के लिए घातक साबित हो रहे हैं गुजरात के पेट्रोकेमिकल उद्योग
प्लास्टिक समेत अन्य पेट्रोकेमिकल उत्पादन से अंत तक की यात्रा में बड़ी मात्रा में ग्रीन हाउस गैसों का उत्सर्जन करते हैं|
पेट्रोकेमिकल सेक्टर में जस्ट ट्रांजिशन: विकास, पर्यावरण और समुदाय के सवाल पर कौन करे बात?
कई बड़े औद्योगिक घराने दहेज में अपना उद्यम स्थापित करते गए और यह पेट्रोलियम, केमिकल और पेट्रोकेमिकल उद्योग का बड़ा केंद्र बन गया, लेकिन...
Nobody wants to control Plastics, including India | On Second Thought
The third attempt at a plastic treaty bombed. Held in Nairobi and attempted by reps from all nations couldn’t reach a consensus, thanks to the petrochem companies. They flew in umpteen lobbyists and even...
Research Fellows
The Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA), has been engaged in critically analyzing the plastics lifespan from petrochemical manufacturing, production and consumption of plastics to its disposal using chemical recycling including incineration. In this context,...
Global Plastics Treaty Negotiations – How corporate lobbyists overwhelmed the negotiations
The Global Plastics Treaty, which aims to address plastic pollution across its full lifecycle has the potential to do so through production reduction, removal of non-essential plastics and corporate accountability. However, the negotiations which...
Fossil Fuel and Chemical Industries Registered More Lobbyists at Plastics Treaty Talks than 70 Countries Combined
143 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists have registered to attend the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3) to advance a global plastics treaty, gaining access to the negotiations at a time...
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