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Can Hungary's Red Sludge Be Made Less Toxic With CarbonBloomington IN (SPX) Oct 18, 2010 The red, metal-laden sludge that escaped a containment pond in Hungary last week could be made less toxic with the help of carbon sequestration, says an Indiana University Bloomington geologist who has a patent pending on the technique. The bauxite residue now covers 40 square kilometers south of the Danube River, and has caused the deaths of eight Hungarians and injured at least 150. The residue also has caused the extinction of life in a local river and as yet unknown environmental damage elsewh ... read more |
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West Lafayette, IN (SPX) Oct 07, 2010Doppler weather radar will significantly improve forecasting models used to track monsoon systems influencing the monsoon in and around India, according to a research collaboration including Purdue University, the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. Dev Niyogi, a Purdue associate professor of agronomy and earth and atmospheric sciences, sa ... more  
Kathmandu, Nepal (UPI) Oct 5, 2010 More regional and bilateral cooperation is needed to tackle climate change in the Himalayas, an Indian official said. "The behavior of Himalayan glaciers is fundamentally different from that of glaciers in the polar regions and they need special investigation and analysis," Indian Minister for Environment and Forests Shri Jairam Ramesh said Monday, The Himalayan Times reports. "B ... more  
New Delhi (UPI) Sep 30, 2010 Indian defense scientists are investigating the failure of the surface-to-surface Prithvi-II ballistic missile, which remained on the launch pad during a trial in Chandipur, Orissa. Observers said the short-range Indian-developed, 4.6-ton nuclear-capable missile became enveloped in orange smoke and the launch was aborted, officials from the Defense Research and Development Organization ... more |
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Vedanta shares tumble as Indian court shuts smelterNew Delhi (AFP) Sept 29, 2010 British resources giant Vedanta's shares tumbled on Wednesday after the company's Indian subsidiary, Sterlite Industries, was ordered to close its large copper smelter on pollution grounds. The shutdown of India's largest copper producer by the Madras High Court marked the second major blow in two months for London-listed Vedanta, whose plan to be a major global metals player rests heavily on its Indian assets. "It's a difficult environment" for the company, said Kamlesh Bagmar, research analyst ... read more |
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