Reply by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) regarding use of environmental compensation funds, 29/04/2025
Reply by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in compliance to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order dated January 21, 2024 in the matter of ‘News item titled “Feeling anxious? Toxic air could be to blame” appearing in Times of India dated 10.10.2023’.
NGT had directed CPCB to file …
Order of the Supreme Court regarding installation of flue gas desulfurization units in thermal power plants, 29/04/2025
Order of the Supreme Court in the matter of M C Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 29/04/2025.
Affidavit has been filed by NABHA Power Limited which runs the Rajpura thermal power plant in Rajpura, Punjab. It is stated in the affidavit that the NABHA Power Limited …
Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding dumping of fly ash in river Muri Ganga, South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, 29/04/2025
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of In Re: Sinking Ba’deshi vessel dumps toxic fly ash in river near Ghoramara, shows video shared by panchayat member News item published in the Times of India Kolkata Section dt 17.02.2025 dated 29/04/2025.
West Bengal …
Affidavit on behalf of Union Territory of Puducherry on forest cover, 25/04/2025
Affidavit on behalf of Union Territory of Puducherry in the matter of a news item titled "India lost 2.33 million hectares of tree cover since 2000 Global Forest Watch" which appeared in the Indian Express, April 13, 2024.
The report dated April 25, 2025 said that there is no …
Affidavit by the state of Goa on forest cover in the state, 25/04/2025
Affidavit by the state of Goa in the matter of news item titled "India lost 2.33 million hectares of tree cover since 2000 global forest watch" appearing in the Indian Express dated April 13, 2024.
As per the State of Forests Report of 2023, the total forest cover in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal coal mining in Dhanbad, West Bengal, 24/04/2025
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) regarding illegal coal mining in Dhanbad.
The Deputy Commissioner, Dhanbad was directed by the NGT to file a fresh affidavit bringing on record the current status of seizures of illegally mined and transported sand and FIRs lodged against the …
Colliding Crises: How the climate crisis fuels gender-based violence
Climate change is fuelling a global surge in violence against women and girls, with one in 10 cases of intimate partner violence projected to be linked to climate impacts by the end of the century, a new United Nations report has warned. For every degree Celsius increase in global temperature, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding rising pollution in the Vishaw stream, a tributary of the river Jhelum due to illegal mining, Jammu & …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Vishaw stream gasps for breath amid mining pollution" appearing in Greater Kashmir dated 16.12.2024 dated 23/04/2025.
In the original application, registered suo motu, the tribunal is examining the grievance of a deteriorating trout population in the …
Affidavit filed by the MoEF&CC related to reduction of glacier sizes leading to an increase in moraine-dammed lakes in Himachal Pradesh and Tibet, 22/04/2025
Affidavit filed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of News item titled "Glacial lakes multiply in Himachal Pradesh and Tibet, posing a threat to lives and infrastructure downstream" appearing in the Hindu, August 11, 2024.
The report said that the Ministry of …
Compliance affidavit by Tahasildar, Jaleswar, District Balasore regarding sand walls being erected in Subarnarekha, Balasore, Odisha, 22/04/2025
Compliance affidavit by Tahasildar, Jaleswar, District Balasore dated April 22, 2025 in the matter of news item titled "Odisha erection of sand walls in Subarnarekha worries villagers in Jaleswar" which appeared in the New Indian Express dated May 16, 2024.
The matter related to erecting of walls …