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Air Pollution

• Global SO2 emission hotspot database: ranking the world’s worst sources of SO2 pollution

  <p>India is the world&#39;s largest emitter of sulphur dioxide contributing more than 15% of the global anthropogenic SO2 emissions from the point sources tracked by NASA. The major SO2 emission hotspots in India are Singrauli (Madhya Pradesh) Neyveli and Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Talcher and Jharsuguda (Odisha), Korba (Chhattisgarh) , Kutch (Gujarat), Ramagundam (Telangana) and Chandrapur and Koradi (Maharashtra) shows the Greenpeace study based on NASA data.</p>

  • 19/08/2019

  • Greenpeace
  • • Air Pollution
    • Coal
    • Thermal Power Plants
    • Health Effects
    • India
    • Global
    • Australia

• Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding use of alternative fuel, Tamil Nadu, 19/08/2019

  <p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shri L. G. Sahadevan, Chennai Vs Union of India &amp; Others dated 19/08/2019 regarding use of alternative fuel in the state of Tamil Nadu. Action

  • 19/08/2019

  • • Alternative Fuels
    • CNG
    • Tamil Nadu
    • National Green Tribunal (NGT)
    • Court
    • Air Pollution Control
    • Vehicular Pollution

• Flexibility mechanisms in environmental regulations: their use and impacts

  Based on an in-depth literature review and responses to a survey among OECD member countries, this paper discusses the use of flexibility mechanisms in environmental regulations. Such mechanisms can provide

  • 16/08/2019

  • OECD
  • • Environment
    • Legislation
    • Air Pollution
    • Emissions Trading

• New method for evaluating winter air quality: PM2.5 assessment using Community Multi-Scale Air Quality Modeling (CMAQ) in Xi'an

  <p>Particulate matter is the main air pollutant in China, especially in Xi&#39;an in recent years. Since 2013, the WRF-SMOKE-CMAQ model system has been used to build an air quality model system for daily

  • 15/08/2019

  • Atmospheric Environment
  • • PM2.5
    • Air Pollution
    • China
    • Urban Air Quality

• Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding air pollution at Railway Station, Khori, District Rewari, Haryana, 14/08/2019

  <p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jail Lal Vs State of Haryana dated 14/08/2019 regarding work of loading and unloading of highly inflammable material such as clinker, gypsum, cement

  • 14/08/2019

  • • Rail Transport
    • Air Pollution
    • Rewari (D)
    • Haryana
    • National Green Tribunal (NGT)
    • Court
    • State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
    • Air Pollution Control

• Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding air pollution near Shakurbasti Railway Station, Delhi, 14/08/2019

  <p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Anubhav Kumar Vs Union of India &amp; Others dated 14/08/2019 regarding air pollution affecting the environment in and around the areas Rani Bagh,

  • 14/08/2019

  • • Air Pollution
    • Rail Transport
    • National Green Tribunal (NGT)
    • Court
    • Health Effects
    • Cement Industry
    • Occupational Health
    • Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC)
    • Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
    • Delhi

• Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding use of diesel generator sets in schools, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 13/08/2018

  <p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Justice A.K. Roopanwal (Retd.) &amp; Others Vs State of Uttar Pradesh &amp; Others dated 13/08/2019 regarding use of diesel generator sets by Presidium

  • 13/08/2019

  • • Noise Pollution
    • Air Pollution
    • Ghaziabad (T)
    • National Green Tribunal (NGT)
    • Court
    • Uttar Pradesh

• Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding air pollution by small scale industries in Nandanvan Industrial Estate, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 09/08/2019

  <p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents of Asha Nagar, Mulund West, Mumbai Vs State of Maharashtra dated 09/08/2019 regarding air pollution by small scale industries in Nandanvan

  • 09/08/2019

  • • Industrial Pollution
    • Mumbai
    • National Green Tribunal (NGT)
    • Air Pollution
    • Court
    • Compensation
    • State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)

• Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding untreated effluents from industries affecting water quality, Zahirabad, Sangareddy District, Telangana, 08/08/2019

  <p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of K. Lakshma Reddy Vs M/s Siddi Vinayaka Oil Mill &amp; Others dated 08/08/2019 regarding untreated effluents discharged by Frigerio Conserva Allana

  • 08/08/2019

  • • Industrial Pollution
    • Telangana
    • National Green Tribunal (NGT)
    • Court
    • Industrial Waste
    • Health Effects
    • State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
    • Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
    • Air Pollution
    • Groundwater Pollution

• Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding air pollution in the process of gold testing, Kerala, 05/08/2019

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  • 05/08/2019

  • • Air Pollution
    • Kerala
    • Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
    • Bureau Of Indian Standards (BIS)
    • Gold