Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
A majority of China's provinces experienced air pollution that blew in from neighboring regions in 2015, but in Hainan, the island province, it amounted to as much as 72 percent of pollutants, according to preliminary results from a national think tank on environmental issues. Last year, Hainan only generated 28 …
KARACHI: Despite growing global concerns over air pollution and the fact that Karachi has been declared the fifth most polluted city in a World Health Organisation (WHO) report released early this year, the government seems to be in no hurry to re-start environmental monitoring stations that have remained idle for …
Ghaziabad: The district pollution board, following a Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) directive, has succeeded in goading 22 of the industrial units falling under the 'most polluting' category in Ghaziabad and Hapur to install online pollution monitoring systems called continuous stack emission monitoring systems (CSEMS). This online system enables the …
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar was Tuesday elevated to cabinet rank, a reward for bringing reforms in the green ministry which during UPA regime was projected as a road block ministry by the industry. He is a Rajya Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh. Javadekar, 65, was in Berlin attending the Petersberg …
New human resources development (HRD) minister Prakash Javadekar, the only minister of state to be elevated to Cabinet rank on Tuesday, was in Berlin on an official assignment when he got a call asking him to be present here well in time for the oath-taking ceremony that was to be …
China needs to take "extraordinary" measures to meet pollution control targets set in 2013 despite improved air quality in various cities including highly- polluted capital Beijing, authorities said today. In a report on the implementation of the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan, the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) …
The CPCB had monitored several pollutants between April 1 to 14 before the odd-even period and April 15 to 30 during it to arrive at the conclusion. The apex pollution monitoring body today told the National Green Tribunal that the decline in vehicular emission during the second week of odd-even …
The recent survey of Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) has revealed that the ambient air quality in the city has witnessed a fall. The survey conducted last month by the Adityapur-based regional office of JSPCB shows a marginal fall in the city’s ambient air quality, due to smoke-belching vehicles …
To simplify various formalities for industrial units, the Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board has decided to issue them Consent to Establish for five years instead of the mandatory annual renewal. The decision was taken at the meeting of the HPSPCB chaired by Kuldeep Pathania yesterday. In case, any industrialist is …
Arun Ganesh has just placed an order for a DIY air pollution monitoring kit worth Rs 5,000. Once assembled, the kit will measure the Bengaluru-based data analyst's exposure to air pollution at all times. Ganesh, who cycles to work, says he's not confident about the pollution control board's data as …
A recent survey has revealed that the quality of indoor air in Gurgaon is poor. The survey was conducted by Artemis Hospital under the Clean Air India Movement. As many as 628 people across offices and houses in Gurgaon were covered. While the offices belonged to the automobile, information technology …
Indications have emerged that ECOWAS countries may have started considering taking a giant stride to adopt the issues of regional harmonized low sulphur fuels by 2020. This came to fore last week in Abuja during the last ministerial regional summit, where the UNEP Programme Management Officer, Jane Akomu dropped the …
BEIJING -- Air quality in Beijing has improved in the first five months of this year, with the density of PM2.5, a major pollutant particles down by 19.3 percent year on year, local environment watchdog said on Thursday. The capital saw 96 days with sound air quality during the five …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Tuesday appreciated the BJP-led central government's work on pollution control and monitoring but also pointed out tardiness in its flagship programmes like sanitation and Ganga rejuvenation. "The NDA government has taken few important steps towards improving the way we manage our environment …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Tuesday appreciated the BJP-led central government's work on pollution control and monitoring but also pointed out tardiness in its flagship programmes like sanitation and Ganga rejuvenation. "The NDA government has taken few important steps towards improving the way we manage our environment …
Just a three minute halt at the dusty, noisy and congested Teen Hath Nath junction could possibly reduce three hours of your lifetime, say experts considering the toxic cloud created by hundreds of vehicles spewing smoke here. Data collected by the Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Station (CAAQM) of the …
TMC pollution officer Manisha Pradhan shows Teen Hath Naka air quality data on the monitoring system Teen Hath Naka in Thane has earned for itself the notoriety of being the most congested and the most polluted traffic junction in the city after a recent study by the Thane Municipal Corporation …
THANE: A week-long awareness campaign against air poluution will be held at the traffic intersection of Teen Haath Naka junction by the city traffic police and the civic body from Wednesday. Vehicles will be checked for violations to pollution norms and the mandatory Pollution Under Check (PUC). Offials said the …
Scientists may have significantly underestimated a dangerous source of pollution in the atmosphere, new research suggests. A satellite study, published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience, has revealed nearly 40 previously unreported major sources of sulfur dioxide emissions - a pollutant that can cause multiple harmful health and environmental impacts …
The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has decided to install nine more much-needed Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS) in various districts of the state. Currently, the state has only four such stations — Gurgaon, Faridabad, Rohtak and Panchkula — to monitor air quality. The HSPCB authorities have …
