Sub-Saharan Africa possesses considerable resources to produce sustainable liquid biofuels, based on biomass feedstocks that would neither conflict with food supplies nor add to carbon dioxide emissions.
<p>Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of M/s. Tamil Nadu HDPE Knitted Fabrics Manufacturers Association Vs Central Insecticides Board and Registration Committee
The people living nearby the landfill site at Bhanpur in the city are continuously facing problem due to the toxic smoke emanating from the burning garbage every day. The residents of the area are waiting for the shifting of dumping site, which will take place when new site would be constructed in Adampur Chhawni. Bhopal Municipal Corporation has appointed consultants for the project.
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s Goodwill Plastic Industries & Others Vs Union Territory Chandigarh & Others dated 08/08/2013 regarding prohibition of usage, manufacture,
Shubham Grover, a resident of Gohana and student of chemical engineering in IIT-Delhi, has innovated a mini-plant for treating wastewater of the kitchen in the houses. The average cost of the apparatus
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Suo Motu Uttarakhand Human Rights Commission Vs. Chief Secretary, Govt. of Uttarakhand & Ors. dated 08/05/2017 regarding disposal of sewage
A resident's collective opposing the Timarpur-Okhla waste to energy plant has had air quality samples taken from around the plant analysed by ChesterLabNet and Chennai based Global Alliance for Incinerator
TThe National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday empowered the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) to shut down unauthorised auto workshops on Gagan Vihar road and challan any vehicles parked there.
A case against Industries Secretary Jakir Hossain and Director General of Environmental Department Md Najibur Rahman has been filed with the High Court on the allegation of contempt of court.
Coming to the rescue of mangroves and surrounding wetlands in neighbouring Navi Mumbai, the Bombay High Court has directed the state government and Cidco to stop dumping debris on wetlands. The HC has
‘Mercury in the Mist,’ a documentary on plight of people affected by alleged mercury contamination by Hindustan Uniliver Clinical Thermometer factory in Kodaikanal, was screened by Sevvakam, a youth forum,
Effluents from the factory at Divya Pharmacy, belonging to yoga Guru Ramdev, at the Indira industrial estate in Haridwar city, continue to flow directly into the Ganga, near Rishikul. Uttarakhand Tribune
A divided U.S. appeals court on Monday revived efforts by oil companies to force the federal government to reimburse them for the cost to clean up a southern California site where they had dumped toxic
The plan of proper drainage and sewerage system for the State capital may finally become a reality as team of Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA), which was conducting survey on city’s drainage
No end to pollution of rivers
On August 7, two merchant vessels, MSC Chitra and MV Khalijia, collided in the harbour, leading to a major oil spill. During investigations into the cause of the collision, the management of Chitra was asked to pay Rs3 crore as compensation. Chitra was carrying a large number of containers, some with toxic material. Two of its tanks got damaged, letting out around 800 tons of oil into the sea.
Atomic Energy Regulatory Board has withdrawn the permission given to Delhi University to use any radioactive source in its labs as it failed to submit its final reply on the radiation exposure incident at the Mayapuri scrap market in Delhi within stipulated period, the board said. Rejecting the university's plea to allow it to continue to use any radioactive source in its labs, AERB chairman S.
<p>Affidavit filed on behalf of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) in the matter of Court on its own motion Vs State of Karnataka. The report mentioned the measures taken by the BWSSB
In the nuclear industry, memories can be distressingly short. In 1976, the UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution declared that it would be "morally wrong" to make a major commitment to nuclear power without demonstrating a way of safely isolating radioactive waste. Yet the UK is about to embark on a programme to build at least 10 reactors while still lacking a disposal site for the waste that has accumulated over the past 50 years. What's more, spent fuel from these reactors will be far more radioactive than existing waste and may even require a second repository. (Editorial)
The groundwater is being poisoned and these toxic wastes are spreading to all parts of city There is a high amount of toxic chemicals, especially chromium compounds, in Ghaziabad's groundwater, the only source of drinking water in the township, an NGO claimed today and rejected the local pollution control office's assertion that remedial measures were under way. Industrial effluents are bein
