Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
The Centre has banned the manufacture and import of toxic pollutant Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and directed complete prohibition on its use in any form by end of 2025. PCBs are synthetic organic chemicals used in many different products including electrical equipment, inks, adhesives, flame-retardants, and paints. Its production and use …
LAHORE: Last week, a green bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) had ordered closure of a chemicals manufacturing company in Multan on a petition moved by the Environment Protection Department (EPA). Assistant Advocate General Anwaar Hussain told the court that the EPA had directed the company in April 2012 …
Pulls up the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority, Government of India and MP Pollution Control Board for not cracking whip. BHOPAL : National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday asked Proctor and Gamble (P&G;) why it is not taking environmental clearance when other MNCs are taking it for benefit and welfare …
As we finish using an aesthetically designed tube of toothpaste, face wash or face wash, thousands of microbeads and microplastics would have mixed with the water systems, thereby causing serious environmental damage. More than 455 billion plastic microbe ads and 749 billion microplastics have been released into the Indian ocean …
Kolhapur: Succumbing to stiff opposition from the locals, AVH Private Ltd. has finally decided to close down its plant in Halkarni in the district. The company has written a letter to Pune divisional commissioner S Chockalingam, a copy of which is with TOI, informing him about its decision. The letter …
Amidst concerns that growth of a country is accompanied by damage to its environment, President Pranab Mukherjee today said that both economic development and environmental protection can "co-exist". Noting that the government has played a "proactive" role in addressing the issue of climate change by launching the International Solar Alliance …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Souuthern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Kayalpatnam Environmental Protection Association (KEPA) Vs Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change & Others dated 15/02/2016 regarding pollution caused by Dharangadhara Chemical Works Limited (DCW Ltd.) and the the grant of Environmental Clearance (EC) dated 24.02.2014 …
JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals today said it will file a review petition before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) after the Supreme Court stayed the direction issued by the Tribunal for closure of its bulk drugs plant in Gujarat. The Supreme Court has also directed the drug firm to file a …
Officer visits industrial dust-affected areas Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim visited houses at Jokatte that have been affected by pollution due to release of dust from a chemical unit of an industry. The visit on Thursday was in the backdrop of complaints by the residents of the locality. After carrying …
A chemical plant in Taichung of central Taiwan caught fire Monday morning, with two workers missing, local media said. Explosions were around 5:51 this morning, and photos posted on social media showed fire and thick smog at the site, according to China Times. Police has arrived to put out the …
Visakhapatnam: The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) issued an order to Deccan Fine Chemicals on Monday to stop production following the inspection and report submitted by its officers. The development comes in the wake of a fire that took place in its warehouse on Sunday in which chemical material …
JB Chemicals said that it has been operating the plant with a valid environmental clearance Specialty chemicals maker Dorf Ketal acquires Filtra Catalysts JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals today said it will challenge in the Supreme Court an order by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) which has directed closure of its …
A fire that broke out at a chemical factory in Lengshuijiang, Central China's Hunan Province, on Saturday night may have put the local environment in danger, environmentalists said. Volunteers from Green Hunan, a Chinese environmental protection NGO, posted pictures on their official WeChat account of wastewater from firefighting being discharged …
The publication “Chemicals & Petrochemicals Statistics at a Glance” is brought out by Statistics and Monitoring Division of the Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals from 2007. The publication contains the latest available information on the chemical and petrochemical sector in respect of India and world as well.
INDORE: A plan is being charted out for the safe disposal of toxic waste lying at the defunct Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, the gas leakage from where killed more than 25,000 people in December 1984, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said today. "We are working on a plan for safe …
Greater Noida: Two industrial units in Chhapraula, which has come to be called Greater Noida's cancer belt, have been asked to shut down following an NGT order directing strict action against polluting factories in the region. The order came on a petition that drew the NGT's attention to groundwater contamination …
For the third consecutive time, Dow Chemical has failed to turn up before a court here in connection with the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy case following which the hearing has been posted for July next year. This is the third time that Dow, which wholly owns Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Charudatt Pandurang Koli & Others Vs M/s. Sea Lord Containers Ltd.dated 18/12/2015 regarding air pollution, allegedly caused by the industrial operations of Respondent M/s. Sea Lord Containers Ltd. and Aegis Logistics Ltd., in terms of Volatile …
AHMEDABAD: Economic slowdown coupled with increased dumping from China has taken its toll on the chemical industry in Gujarat. Over 350 chemicals units in major industrial clusters of Ahmedabad, Ankleshwar and Vapi have downed their shutters. The moratorium imposed by the Union environment ministry and escalation in production cost has …
Govt. claiming less compensation than in 1985: Bhopal gas victims In 1985, it asked for $3.3 billion while it is $1.2 billion now, they say Survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy have claimed that the Union government is claiming less in compensation than what it did 30 years back. While …
