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 Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board has been selected for “SKOCH Order-of-Merit” award in the category of environment for launching the Pollution Abating Plants Abhiyan (PAPA) for the purification of air in towns and cities. The award would be presented at the 53rd SKOCH Summit at the Constitution Club …
Delhi's air quality for the January to August period this year has been better than the corresponding period in 2016 and 2017, even as no 'good' air days have been recorded till now, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) said on Monday. The pollution watchdog claimed that certain measures such …
The Union Environment Ministry has dismissed as “arbitrary” and “unscientific” a 2017 World Economic Forum-ranking that placed India at the bottom in terms of environment performance. The January report ranked India 177 out of 180 countries on the Environmental Performance Index 2018. India had plummeted 36 points from 141 in …
India ranked bottom of the list in the environmental health category, and ranked 178 out of 180 on air quality. The EPI found that air quality remains the leading environmental threat to public health. Seven months after India found itself among the bottom five countries on the Environmental Performance Index …
The Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests submitted its report on ‘Air Pollution in Delhi and National Capital Region’ on August 7, 2018. Key findings and recommendations of the Committee include: Measures taken for mitigating air pollution: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has taken …
Atmosphere was totally cleaned up owing to the continuous rains over the past few days. New Delhi: Days after the national capital recorded “good” air quality, the pollution levels increased in the city making it a “poor” air quality day once again. On Thursday, the air quality index (AQI) was …
China’s southeastern province of Guangdong has issued draft guidelines that call for a ban on new industrial capacity for a range of businesses in the Pearl River Delta region, to limit air pollution. The Delta, a manufacturing hub on the edge of the South China Sea that includes Guangdong’s main …
India's tech hub Bengaluru on Tuesday joined 13 other cities, including London, to clean up toxic air and check pollution in urban areas the world over. Hosting the first meeting of the C40 Air Quality Network, Bengaluru brought experts and policymakers from 13 other cities from the world over to …
Heavy rains in Delhi may have brought with it water-logging and other problems for the residents of the national capital, but it has also brought a lot of good news too. Delhi's infamous air quality turned 'good' this week for the first time in the year after continuous rains washed …
Heavy rains in Delhi may have brought with it water-logging and other problems for the residents of the national capital, but it has also brought a lot of good news too. Delhi's infamous air quality turned 'good' this week for the first time in the year after continuous rains washed …
Poor air quality in the twin townships prompts the environment department to announce a pollution measuring station in FC Block, reports Jayanta Basu Salt Lake is as much a dust bowl as Calcutta has been, shows West Bengal Pollution Control Board data accessed by The Telegraph Salt Lake. The finding …
Compared to last year that saw 56 good air days between January and June, this year, the national capital has seen 65 such days. This, officials said, is not a significant measure, but plans are afoot to put the measures in place by the end of September. In time for …
Under the European Union’s (EU) Air Quality Directive, Member States have to implement and report on the measures they put in place in areas where air quality limit and target values are exceeded. This briefing provides an overview of the different types of abatement measures reported. It focuses mainly on …
In compliance to the direction of Hon’ble National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi Dated: November 17, 2017 (in the matter of Vardhman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Others vide OA No. 44/2018 (Earlier OA No. 21/2014), the ambient air quality data of Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations …
The increased use of air conditioning in buildings could add to the problems of a warming world by further degrading air quality and compounding the toll of air pollution on human health, a study warns. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison forecast as many as a thousand additional deaths annually …
As the pollution in the national Capital keeps on getting bad to worse, Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) is coming up with the Department of Occupational and Environment Health. The full-fledged department, with a dedicated staff, will not just do surveys but also research on the data collected to come …
The bench noted that Karnataka, Manipur have not furnished information on roads in different areas of these states where trees have been felled and areas identified for compensatory afforestation. The National Green Tribunal has slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 each on Karnataka and Manipur for not filing statements on …
The Delhi government’s Environment Department has decided to commission a study to know the real-time identification of distribution of source for air pollution to enable it to design its action-plan for combating air pollution in the capital along with identification of pollutants and their extent of contribution to the city’s …
Shakti in partnership with WRI India has convened a high-level platform for CEOs and business leaders with the goal of fostering Industry leadership on air quality issues. The platform acts as a forum to deliberate on the role of Indian Industry in supporting ambient air quality improvements, technology advancements, financing …
In its study, CSE found that PM2.5 and PM10 levels in these societies and in nearby areas (within 200 meter range), where DG sets were operated for several hours during power cuts, increased by 30 per cent and 50 per cent respectively. This means diesel generators used in societies is …
