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• Air pollution posing a health hazard

  The slum area, known as Bhagat Singh Colony, adjacent to the sixth lane of Dwarakanagar, is considered both a boon and a bane. “Boon in the sense, a robber can never get away from here if at all he enters the colony. The slum-dwellers keep a close watch on the houses and they are awake till late in the night. We also enjoy their services in the form of domestic help and dhobi without any irregularities,” says Akella Venkata Purushotham, one of the old residents of the colony.

  • 06/03/2014

  • Hindu (New Delhi)
  • • Andhra Pradesh
    • Vishakhapatnam (T)
    • Air Pollution
    • Slums
    • Noise Pollution
    • Skin Diseases
    • Health Effects

• China declares war on pollution with $35 billion fund

  China on Wednesday declared a war against chronic pollution choking the booming nation, allocating about $35 billion for environmental protection this year to combat toxic smog that frequently engulfs

  • 05/03/2014

  • Times Of India (New Delhi)
  • • China
    • Air Pollution
    • Beijing
    • WHO
    • Health Effects
    • Vehicular Pollution
    • Water Pollution
    • Air Pollution Control

• EPA Sets Cleaner Fuel and Car Standards

  Yesterday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized emission standards for cars and gasoline that will significantly reduce harmful pollution and in turn prevent thousands of premature deaths

  • 05/03/2014

  • Environment News Network
  • • United States Of America (US)
    • Air Pollution Control
    • Vehicular Pollution
    • Cars
    • Fuel Standards
    • Air Pollution
    • Health Effects
    • Respiratory Diseases

• Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused by dying and printing industries in district Pali, Rajasthan, 05/03/2014

  Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi - Circuit Bench, Jodhpur) in the matter of Kishan Paryavaran Sangaharsh Samiti, Jaipur Vs State of Rajasthan Ors. dated 05/03/2014) regarding pollution caused by industries which are operating and are carrying on business of dying and printing in the industrial estate of district Pali.

  • 05/03/2014

  • • Industrial Pollution
    • Pali (D)
    • Rajasthan
    • National Green Tribunal (NGT)
    • Textile Industry
    • State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
    • Water Act 1974
    • Air Act 1981
    • Water Pollution
    • Air Pollution

• Standardize fuel to improve city air: Experts

  The Delhi government has kept mum on dealing with severe air pollution in the city, likely to be as bad as Beijing’s. Environmentalists are now hoping that the national auto fuel policy, which is expected

  • 04/03/2014

  • Times Of India (New Delhi)
  • • Delhi
    • Air Pollution
    • Beijing
    • Environmentalists
    • Vehicular Pollution
    • Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA)
    • CSE
    • Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT)

• Pollution : closure order to 3 units

  The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board on Monday ordered closure of two oil extraction units, and one blue metal stone crushing unit in the district for causing air pollution. The board had directed the Tangedco to immediately disconnect the power supply to the three units.

  • 04/03/2014

  • Hindu (Chennai)
  • • Tamil Nadu
    • Tiruppur
    • Industrial Pollution
    • Air Pollution
    • Stone Industry
    • State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
    • Air Act 1981

• Vehicle emission norms thrown to the winds

  With growing no. of vehicles, Chennai earns dubious distinction of HIGHEST LEVELS OF EXHAUST POLLUTION in a study Chennai is a city where vehicular population has grown by leaps and bounds and alongside, so has exhaust pollution. In a study on air pollution in urban areas in 2012, titled ‘Urban Air Pollution and Co-Benefits Analysis for Indian Cities–Pune, Chennai, Indore, Ahmedabad, Surat and Rajkot,’ by S.K. Guttikunda and P. Jawahar, Chennai has been ranked first in PM10 (vehicle exhaust pollution) emission at 50,200 tons per year, compared to other cities.

  • 04/03/2014

  • Hindu (Chennai)
  • • Tamil Nadu
    • Vehicular Pollution
    • Air Pollution
    • Chennai (T)
    • Pune (T)
    • Indore (T)
    • Ahmedabad (T)
    • Urban Transport

• Pollution of Air, Water, Eight firms fined in Ctg

  Department of Environment (DoE) on Monday fined eight mills and factories in Chittagong Tk 18.6 million for polluting environment. DoE Director (monitoring and enforcement) Md Alamgir awarded the financial

  • 04/03/2014

  • Daily Sun (Bangladesh)
  • • Bangladesh
    • Industrial Pollution
    • Air Pollution
    • Water Pollution
    • Chittagong
    • Environment
    • Waste Disposal
    • Hazardous Waste
    • Industrial Waste
    • South Asia
    • Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP)
    • Environment Clearance (EC)

• New U.S. fuel standards aim to cut asthma, heart attacks

  The Obama administration on Monday announced new fuel and automobile rules to cut soot, smog and toxic emissions, which it says will reduce asthma and heart attacks in the United States. The so-called

  • 04/03/2014

  • Planet Ark (Australia)
  • • United States Of America (US)
    • Air Pollution Control
    • Air Pollution
    • Health Effects
    • Asthma
    • Fuel Standards
    • Heart Diseases
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Heavy Duty Vehicle
    • Vehicular Pollution

• Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the business of dealing with old and unusable vehicles, railway materials and other such machinery has the authorization for carrying on such activities in Delhi, 04/03/2014

  Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Nagender Deswal Vs. Chief Secretary & Ors. dated 04/03/2014 regarding the business of dealing with old and unusable vehicles,

  • 04/03/2014

  • • Hazardous Industry
    • Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC)
    • National Green Tribunal (NGT)
    • Air Act 1981
    • Air Pollution