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 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh & Ors. Vs. M/s. Deoria Papers dated 15/02/2016 regarding pollution caused by the paper industry, Uttar Pradesh. The report of the Joint Inspection Team has pointed out that the unit is operating, the trade effluent on analysis …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of North Kolkata Tree Plantation Welfare Society & Others Vs W.B. Pollution Control Board & Others dated 15/02/2016 regarding illegal cutting and felling of the trees by the saw mill owners in the District Burdwan, West Bengal. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shree Shyam Pulp & Board Mills Ltd. Vs. Uttarakhand Environment Protection & Pollution Control Board & Ors. dated 28/01/2016 regarding pollution caused by Shree Shyam Pulp & Board Mills Ltd. NGT in its order said that It is for the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh Vs. M/s. Yash Paper Ltd., Darshan Nagar, Faizabad dated 23/12/2015 regarding pollution caused by M/s. Yash Paper Ltd., Darshan Nagar, Faizabad. NGT directed that the industry would be permitted to operate only for a period of one …
BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - South Sumatra's governor, Alex Noerdin, is adamant there will be a "significant reduction" next year in fires on deforested and peat land in his province. Those fires have contributed to the haze crisis choking South East Asia almost annually. But many experts believe fires in …
Printing boarding passes is sooooo 2005. Seriously, does anyone still print? My handy HP all-in-one printer collects more dust than print jobs. While it is true that most paper comes from managed forests, most of us just do not really have the need to print — a trend the paper …
The recent episode of an oppressive smog that blanketed Southeast Asia highlights an entirely new kind of problem in contemporary international relations, namely, the complexity of transnational governance when traditional remedies--from bombs and missiles at one extreme, to diplomatic démarches and summits on the more polite end--are of no use …
New guidelines on use of groundwater may lead to the shutting down of many of the 1,800-odd bottling companies in the country. The norms, which require new and existing units to obtain permits before continuing use of groundwater, may affect the plans of multinationals that have not replenished adequate groundwater. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Krishankant Singh Hoon Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 09/11/2015. M/s Yogesh Paper Mill and M/s Neeraj Paper Mill have been found to be polluting and even operating without the consent of the Board.
The United States’ shares of global industrial roundwood production and derivative products have declined precipitously since the 1990s. We evaluate the extent of these declines compared with those of major producing countries from 1961 to 2013. We find that the US global share of industrial roundwood peaked at 28% in …
Paper industries in Sathyamangalam taluk have been instructed to put in place preventive measures to block discharge of untreated effluent outside their premises. Of the 12 paper industries, six are into craft paper manufacture and the rest constitute newsprint and white paper making units. While craft paper making units are …
Indonesia is investigating 10 firms over worsening forest fires that have created a blanket of smog over Southeast Asia, threatening them with sanctions if they are found responsible, a government minister said on Tuesday. The thick haze from Indonesia's Sumatra and Kalimantan islands has forced the repeated cancellation of flights …
An Uttar Pradesh paper mill has told the National Green Tribunal that they have decided to immediately shut down their operations in the wake of the Central Pollution Control Board's direction to close their unit for causing pollution. Taking note of the submissions, a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice …
Arunachal Pradesh will soon ink Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) and Hindustan Paper Corporation to help potential bamboo growers in the state. Arunachal Pradesh Bamboo Resource Development Agency (APBRDA) Vice-chairman Yora Tagung informed that the agency on behalf of the state government would sign an MoU …
The law and policy frameworks for allocation or reallocation of water to different uses, or within a category of use, remain underdeveloped in India. This paper intends providing a starting point for a conversation on the law and policy dimensions of inter-sectoral water allocation. Focusing on a specific inter-sectoral water …
One of the world's largest pulp and paper manufacturers has today (13 August) pledged to immediately retire some of its commercial plantation areas in a bid to cut greenhouse gas emissions. edie editor Luke Nicholls reports from Jakarta. Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) will stop sourcing wood from five active …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ramaa Shyama Papers Ltd. Vs. Smt. Sunaina Singh & Ors. dated 11/08/2015 regarding pollution caused by Ramaa Shyama Papers Ltd., Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. The Tribunal also noted in the order that "the question of paying environmental compensation for the past …
The National Green Tribunal has directed Mysore Paper Mills (MPM), a public sector undertaking in Bhadravati, not to operate its fourth boiler till pollution control measures are put in place at the firm. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) ordered halting production at MPM from December 15, 2014, owing to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ramaa Shyama Papers Ltd. Vs. Smt. Sunaina Singh & Ors. dated 03/08/2015 regarding pollution caused by Ramaa Shyama Papers Ltd., Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh causing pollution problem in Nakatia Nalla as well as River Ramganga, a tributary of River Ganga. Previous …
The following draft notification, which the Central Government proposes to issue under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), is hereby published for the information of public likely to be affected thereby; and the notice is hereby given that the said draft notification shall be taken into consideration on …
