Delhi Government & MNRE Caught on Wrong Foot Again New Delhi/June 26, 2010: Disregarding Supreme Court’s order, unmindful of the adverse order of the Delhi High Court and the fact that the matter is sub judice and ignoring the concerns of the residents, Sheila Dikshit, Delhi’s Chief Minister laid the foundation stone for a polluting waste to energy plant today in the national capital to produce electricity from wastes.

TV news coverage of a demonstration in the Philippines in support of a total ban on the use of endosulfan.

MANILA, Philippines – Members of various citizens’ groups asked the government to ban endosulfan in the Philippines, stressing that its continued use is akin to a ticking “toxic time bomb."

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) is very concerned to learn that the Malaysian government is considering building two incinerators in Melaka and Johor. Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government, Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin, was quoted as saying that the projects planned under the 10th Malaysia Plan was at the cost determination stage before being forwarded to the Economic Planning Unit for approval. Besides this, the ministry is also building five mini-incinerators on Pulau Tioman, Pulau Langkawi, Pulau Pangkor, Pulau Labuan and in Cameron Highlands.

BaliFokus is tackling Bali's waste problem with sorting, recycling, and composting. But it is coming into conflict with a private sector project pushing landfill gas and gasification, and backed by carbon credits from the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism.