Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pankaj Srivastava Vs Birla Carbon India Private Limited dated 24/07/2023. The grievance in the application is violation of Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 by Birla Carbon plant in Renukoot, Uttar Pradesh. It is alleged that the unit …
GURGAON: The ban on registration of new diesel vehicles is being seen as a temporary measure in the fight against pollution, but environmental experts say air pollution could be reduced by almost 30% if the number of diesel vehicles on roads could be brought down significantly. According to a Haryana …
LUCKNOW: Did you know that a morning walk can give you a heart attack or even cause cancer? Ask Brigadier Ramesh Maheshwari for whom a morning walk was an integral part of his fitness drill. Till this Mahanagar resident was forced to tweak his schedule after continuous exposure to fumes …
AHMEDABAD: The Indian Air Quality Index (AQI) launched earlier this year puts Ahmedabad right among the top five most polluted cities, frequently giving it 'Very Poor' and 'Severe' ratings. The scenario has not changed much for the city, ranked 9th among the most polluted cities in the world in WHO's …
GURGAON:The Haryana government has decided to hold its engineers accountable for violation of dust pollution guidelines issued by National Green Tribunal, hoping for better enforcement of the norms widely flouted across NCR. In a bid to complement steps taken by Delhi to clean up its toxic air, Haryana has also …
The 'milky white' nature of fog and associated haze that has shrouded Delhi with the onset of winter show that pollution has not yet spiked to last year's level, a top expert said, indicating that the worst is yet to come. The city's air quality, that "became better" post Diwali …
PUNE: Fixing the manufacturers' responsibility for the emission performance of their products is the most effective way to curb vehicular pollution, not on-road tests. New Delhi's research group Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) made this observation. Following the Volkswagen incident, experts fear the investment in emission control system in …
GURGAON: As a result of the efforts of the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) to make the people aware of the harmful effects of burning firecrackers, lower pollution levels were recorded in the State during Diwali this year as compared to last year. A spokesman of the HSPCB said …
BENGALURU: Climate change poses muttiple threats to mankind. The phenonemon triggers a chain of events. Droughts lead to less food and protests, ultimately leading to wars..Rise in temperatures as a result of global warming results in excessive rain and extreme famine. Large-scale drought is being increasingly linked to the incidence …
HCM CITY (VNS) — An alarming level of harmful substances in the air, especially carbon monoxide (CO), was recorded in the first six months of the year, according to the HCM City Environmental Measurement and Analysis Centre. In the 2010-14 period, the volume of harmful substances actually declined, but since …
The Delhi Metro (DM) is a mass rapid transit system serving the National Capital Region of India. It is also the world’s first rail project to earn carbon credits under the Clean Development Mechanism of the United Nations for reductions in CO2 emissions. Did the DM also lead to localized …
With densely-populated areas in the city, especially Punjabi Bagh and R.K. Puram, showing high levels of ozone, environmentalists and doctors have expressed their concern over their adverse effect on children, dengue patients, and those with compromised respiratory function. “In the dengue season, stressed respiratory function with high levels of ozone …
Chandrapur: Greta power company has rubbished the allegation of MLC Shobhatai Fadnavis about use of powdered rubber from tyres as raw material in their plant located at Mul MIDC. MLC Fadnavis had charged the Greta power company of using powdered extract of tyres as fuel in place of coal. Administrative …
Bharat Stage IV (BS-IV) emission standards, being implemented in phases for various categories of vehicles to check automobile pollution, will become applicable for four-wheelers in Kerala from April 2016. With this, new four-wheeler vehicles which are complaint with the BS-IV norms only will be allowed to register in the State …
Heavy air pollution in the city is causing not just respiratory problems, but also resulting in an increased risk of people developing heart diseases. Doctors at the State-run Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences are seeing a considerable number of construction workers and labourers from industrial plants apart from slum-dwellers …
BHUBANESWAR: At least 35 industries are yet to provide real time (online) data on pollution to the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB), despite installing the required equipment. To curb emissions and effluent discharges from 'critically-polluting' industries in the state, the pollution board in 2012 made it mandatory for 127 …
NAVI MUMBAI: While the environment quality index (EQI) has improved in Navi Mumbai, it has become increasingly difficult to inhale clean air in the city. According to the NMMC Environment Status Report (ESR), the levels of particulate matter (PM10), PM2.5, carbon monoxide and methane in the air are beyond permissible …
China's emissions of two key pollutants fell slightly in the first half of 2015, according to the environment ministry, as authorities stepped up punitive measures to combat environmental degradation. Emitted levels of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide - both associated with acid rain - were down 4.6 percent and 8.8 …
Existing carbon offset protocols for improved cookstoves do not require emissions testing. They are based only on estimated reductions in the use of non-renewable biomass generated by a given stove, and use simplistic calculations to convert those fuel savings to imputed emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2). Yet recent research has …
China has recently made available hourly air pollution data from over 1500 sites, including airborne particulate matter (PM), SO2, NO2, and O3. We apply Kriging interpolation to four months of data to derive pollution maps for eastern China. Consistent with prior findings, the greatest pollution occurs in the east, but …
Air quality remains normal in the region near the warehouse which was destroyed by blasts Wednesday night, the Tianjin environmental bureau said. The city immediately began to monitor the air and water quality after the blast, setting 17 monitoring stations for air and five for water, according to the bureau. …
