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 …
When was natural gas discovered? Natural gas, which is inflammable hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane and ethane, has been known to human beings for thousands of years. It is believed that the concept of eternal fires in the fire worshiping religion of ancient Persia came from natural gas seeps found …
Imagine asking your phone to calculate the optimal route for cycling to work while enjoying the best air quality, or calculating whether it's better to just take the train or bus to reduce pollution. Similar requests might soon be possible. On Tuesday, Google and Aclima, a San Francisco-based startup that …
We’ve come to rely on Google Street View for everything from roads to hiking paths to coral reefs, but we may soon rely on it for something even more important – mapping urban air pollution. Tech startup Aclima just announced a partnership with Google Earth Outreach to equip Google Street …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released updated environmental and public health indicators in an online database, making information about the current and historical condition of the nation’s environment and human health more accessible to the public. This is an online update to EPA’s Report on the Environment. Users can …
Air-pollution levels in downtown Yangon exceed international standards, city authorities have revealed. Monitoring equipment has recorded 102 parts per million (ppm) of airborne particles, 2ppm above the World Health Organisation’s guideline of 100ppm. Trucks and trains emit exhaust fumes along Strand Road in downtown Yangon. (Naing Wynn Htoon/The Myanmar Times)Trucks …
The State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) does not have equipment to monitor revised ambient air quality (NAAQ) norms notified by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in November 2009. This is acting as an impediment in the implementation of the norms. The SPCB is not following the revised norms. It …
Asks people to challenge ban in the Supreme Court Mahila mandals, hoteliers, tribals and taxi operators have demanded alternative sources of livelihoods after ban on tourism in the Marhi-Rohtang circuit. They have got the support of a glaciologist and NGOs. Dr Milap Chand Sharma, Professor of Glacial Geomorphology at Jawaharlal …
This document is the annual European Union (EU) emission inventory report to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP). The report and its accompanying data constitute the official submission by the European Commission (EC) on behalf of the EU as a Party …
The air quality in Delhi has worsened considerably in past few years, according to the Economic Survey of Delhi 2014-15 released on Wednesday The PM10 - particulate matter or the mixture of extremely small particles and liquid droplets like acids, chemicals, gas, water, metals, soil dust particles, whose concentration defines …
Issuing a notification to ban stubble burning seems to be a paper exercise for the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) and Department of Science, Technology and Environment in the state. Even while the large-scale burning of wheat and paddy stubble by farmers makes life difficult after every harvest, in the …
Day temperatures dropped marginally on Thursday but there was hardly any relief for weather-beaten Delhiites as toxins in the air rose alarmingly due to a cloud cover trapping pollutants. The capital's air quality index (AQI) breached the 'severe' level, going from 219 (poor) on Wednesday to 410 in one of …
As temperatures soar in the national capital, levels of toxic ozone, responsible for causing a number of health problems, especially for asthmatics, have crossed permissible limits, the met department said on Thursday. With torrid heat wave continuing in the capital, Delhi recorded maximum temperature at 41.1º Celsius, a notch above …
Bengaluru, an important metropolitan city and Silicon Valley of India, also suffers from bad air quality and as reported, nearly 36 per cent of children suffer from weak lungs. This has implications for the economy of the city in two ways. First, the children are weak and therefore less productive …
The Union Environment Ministry has roped in PSUs like NTPC, Coal India and NMDC to fund the setting up of over 60 Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations across 12 cities by this year-end. The project, requiring an investment of between Rs 400-500 crore, will see new stations being set up …
Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar's recent remark as to why people aren't referring to the national Air Quality Index (AQI) and instead depending on "one embassy's" data had taken pollution experts by surprise. The fact is that the environment ministry's pet project, AQI, is itself facing some serious quality issues. …
Two days after National Green Tribunal (NGT) imposed a complete ban on burning of waste in the open and announced a fine of Rs 5,000 for its violation, many people flouted the order with impunity. On Thursday, an NGT bench headed by chairperson justice Swatanter Kumar issued show-cause notices to …
Using the natural experiment of air pollution declines during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the researchers evaluated whether having specific months of pregnancy (i.e. 1st…8th) during the 2008 Olympic period was associated with larger birth weights, compared with pregnancies during the same dates in 2007 or 2009.
The recently launched national air quality index, which is supposed to function like US Environment Protection Agency's Air Now system, seems to have to failed to meet expectations. In the US, air quality is monitored in all cities and disseminated in real time along with a health advisory. However, in …
Ministers from the 17 major emitters, including Indian environment minister Prakash Javadekar, are meeting in Washington DC on Sunday and Monday to address some contentious issues and find a way to ensure a successful outcome at the UN-sponsored climate meet in Paris later this year. Major Economies Forum on Energy …
Former managers of a Turkish coal mine where 301 people died last year have appeared in court on murder charges. The eight ex-managers were ordered to testify in person, after plans for them to appear via video link caused outrage among victims' relatives. A total of 45 people are on …
