Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amit Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant has raised a grievance against setting up of a tyre pyrolysis plant by M/s Adideva Carbon LLP. According to the applicant, the tyre pyrolysis plant has …
The lack of coordination between the Pollution Control Board (PCB) and traffic police has led to delay in action against highly polluting vehicles in the city. Air pollution continues to remain as the biggest cause of respiratory diseases among city residents. Vehicles have to comply with the emission norms set …
Environment campaigners are calling for curbs on mercury emissions from human cremations as part of pollution controls that EU authorities will debate this month. Increased cremation as shortage of land makes burial expensive has coincided with a rise in emissions of the toxic metal from fillings in teeth. An average …
Scotland's streets continue to break European air quality standards as the country wrestles with an invisible "public health crisis" costing thousands of lives and billions of pounds. Analysis by environmental group Friends of Earth Scotland found dangerous levels of pollutants nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particulate matter in several of Scotland's …
SHANGHAI’S overall air quality improved in 2014 from 2013 thanks to the absence of extreme weather and the city’s anti-air pollution measures that include promoting the use of cleaner energy sources, the environment authority said today. Despite the improvement, the air quality doesn’t meet the World Health Organizations standards. According …
Particles From Burning Of Fossil Fuels To Blame: Study India's white marvel, the Taj Mahal, is slowly turning brownish-yellow because of air pollution, says an Indo-US study which also identifies the pollutants responsible for the effect. It says the Taj is changing colour due to deposition of dust and carbon-containing …
The year again saw Delhi in news for “wrong” reasons. This time for being ranked as the most polluted city in the world by WHO that drew a sharp reaction from both the government and scientists. The report forced lieutenant-governor Najeeb Jung to constitute a high-powered panel to look into …
Almost all of the most polluted cities in India are located in the north with Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan dominating the list, according to a WHO report on the most polluted cities in the world published earlier this year. Incidentally, UP, Punjab and Delhi also lie in the fog …
Luanda — The National Environment Quality Plan for 2015-2020 designed to improve and standardise the characteristics of the air, water and soil was reviewed on Tuesday in Luanda. This was during the 13th session of the Cabinet Council's Real Economy Commission chaired by the vice president, Manuel Vicente. Speaking to …
(Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose on Wednesday more stringent air quality standards for ground-level ozone, the main culprit in smog, sources said. Under a court-ordered deadline of next Monday to release its proposal, the agency could propose a National Ambient Air Quality Standard between 65 …
Judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe with emphasis on nitrogen dioxide limits dated 19/11/2014. Read More Previous Orders
This report presents an overview and analysis of air quality in Europe from 2003 to 2012. It reviews progress towards meeting the requirements of the air quality directives and gives an overview of policies and measures introduced at European level to improve air quality and minimise impacts.
China’s largely unregulated ports and shipping system generate significant air pollution that imposes a huge health and environmental burden and contributes to the country’s over 1 million pollution-related deaths each year, according to a new report released by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). China is now home to seven …
The ‘Green Diwali’ campaigns, awareness drives and rallies taken out across the city against firecrackers seem to have had no impact, with the city recording air and noise pollution beyond permissible levels again this year. The maximum noise pollution was reported between 8 pm and 10 pm. At one place, …
NAVI MUMBAI: The pollution control board is gearing up to measure air quality and noise levels this Diwali once again. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has already started monitoring the ambient air quality in the city and has also added three additional sites in Koparkhairane, Belapur and Sanpada, where …
This new air quality index for India launched by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Clean India Mission' is expected to provide an understanding of complex pollution data and its implications for their health. See this index, latest ambient air quality data of major …
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an industry challenge to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations issued by Republican former President George W. Bush's administration that set standards for ozone pollution. By declining to hear the case, the court left in place the so-called primary air quality standards designed to protect …
European cars probably discharged 38 percent more polluting carbon dioxide on real-world roads last year than their ratings promised, a widening gap with both consumer and environmental implications, a transportation lobby group said. Higher emissions translates into burning more fuel, costing the average consumer an extra 450 euros ($570) annually, …
Our air is becoming dustier, infected and now threatens us to affect out respiratory systems. The latest suspended particulate matter pollution data in different areas of the city has clearly pointed fingers at Amdavadis. Traffic jams, construction work, unchecked diesel vehicles, loading rickshaws, fumes from neighboring industrial clusters, careless habits …
The United States has made progress in reducing dangerous air pollution since 1990 but work remains to reduce risks for the country's most overburdened urban areas, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's top official said. The EPA released to Congress its second report on integrated air toxics, citing "substantial progress" toward …
There has been considerable reduction in the number of air-borne diseases in the civic jurisdiction, as per the Environmental Status Report (2013-14). According to the statistics provided by the health department, compared to 2,132 in 2012, the number of air-borne diseases detected last year was 574, while the deaths recorded …
