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 …
Following the imposition of a ban on plying of diesel-run vehicles older than 10 years in the NCR by National Green Tribunal last week, Ghaziabad residents have urged the municipal commissioner to impose a blanket ban on burning of plastic waste and biomass in open areas in the city. In …
The world’s fight against global warming would be dramatically easier if a cheap technology was available to turn carbon dioxide into something useful. In fact, researchers and firms are trying to do just that with artificial photosynthesis, a process that uses sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to produce oxygen and …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the release of the much-awaited National Air Quality Index (AQI), which will be used to inform people about daily air quality and provide advisories on health consequences. The AQI was released here on Monday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “It will …
India does not have a mechanism to reduce peak pollution The new National Air Quality Index launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, gives current as well as 24-hour average data on particulate matter – PM2.5 or very fine particles smaller than 2.5 micrometres in diameter, and PM 10 …
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching a national Air Quality Index (AQI), India on Monday joined a global league of nations which includes US, France, China and Mexico that have implemented such an alert system. The system will give details of air quality and information on its likely health implications …
Trucks contribute more than 60 per cent of the pollutants spewed by diesel vehicles inside Delhi, and have created what is being labelled as “a third peak hour” in the night when an estimated 80,000 of them are allowed to enter the city. While you are sleeping: 80,000 trucks enter …
EMISSIONS from planes, trains and automobiles — as well as boats and trucks — are the biggest cause of air pollution in Shanghai, China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection announced yesterday. Speaking after a meeting on environmental monitoring, Vice Minister Wu Xiaoqing said that following extensive studies carried out in nine …
USA and Russia have joined the league of countries who have declared their commitments to a climate action plan to cut post-2020 greenhouse gas emissions. Though the duo's promises do not hold any surprises, the move will now turn world's attention towards big emerging economies like China and India. USA, …
Displacing the use of polluting and inefficient cookstoves in developing countries is necessary to achieve the potential health and environmental benefits sought through clean cooking solutions. Yet little quantitative context has been provided on how much displacement of traditional technologies is needed to achieve targets for household air pollutant concentrations …
Air pollution has reportedly been linked to irregular heart beat and blood clots, and now new research suggests that it may lead to an increased risk of stroke and anxiety as well, especially in developing countries. Usually factors like obesity, smoking and high blood pressure put people at a great …
Observing that air pollution in the national capital was “terrible”, Delhi high court on Wednesday directed the Centre as well as an amicus curiae to prepare an action plan with suggestions to address the issue. A bench of Justices B.D. Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva said effects of air pollution in …
Terming pollution in Delhi as “terrible“ and “out of control“, the high court on Wednesday demanded a detailed action plan from the state government and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC). “We too are victims of air pollution in Delhi,“ a division bench comprising Justices B D Ahmed and Sanjeev …
Observing that air pollution in the national capital was "terrible", Delhi High Court today directed the Centre as well as an amicus curiae to prepare an action plan with suggestions to address the issue. A bench of justices B D Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva said effects of air pollution in …
Exposure to air pollution increases the risk of dying from stroke say British researchers. A new review found a link with short-term exposure to carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and soot particles. The review shows a rising risk of hospital admission or death from stroke over the week following …
Outdoor air pollution is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease throughout the world, with particulate air pollution alone responsible for over three million deaths each year. Increases in concentrations of daily air pollution are associated with acute myocardial infarction and admission to hospital or death from heart failure. These …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Ors.And Sanjay Kulshrestha Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 16/03/2015 regarding polluted ambient air quality in the NCT of Delhi. The Tribunal in its order also refered to …
Presentation by Marianne T. Lund of Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo (CICERO) at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.
Presentation by Hoang Anh Le of Vietnam National University at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.
Presentation by J. S. Kamyotra, Central Pollution Control Board at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.
Presentation by Dr. Carlos Dora of World Health Organization at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.
