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 …
A new report investigates deforestation and land rights abuse allegations in central and western Africa by companies that supply top European tire makers like Michelin and Continental. The EU is home to the world’s top tire manufacturers, even though it does not produce any natural rubber, and rubber imports are …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vikram & Others Vs Indian Synthetic Rubber Private Limited & Others dated 29/04/2022. M/s Indian Synthetic Rubber Private Limited, has its unit opposite Neptha Cracker Polymer Terminal Gate, PO Panipat Refinery, Panipat, Haryana, set up in 2013, for manufacture of …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to look into the allegation of illegal tyre retreading activities in violation of environmental norms by M/s Swami Tyres Works, Ganesh Nagar, Pune, Maharashtra and file an action report before February 18, 2021. The applicant, Shomi Sugathan said …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shamsher Singh Vs State of Haryana dated 15/06/2020 regarding pollution caused by rubber factory in the process of burning of tyres at village Ikkas, district Jind, Haryana resulting in huge pollution and damage to the public health and the environment. …
Sudcam, a subsidiary of Singapore rubber firm, Halcyon Agri, is responsible for devastating forest clearance in Cameroon, resulting in dispossession of community lands and other impacts on human rights, a new report has said. The company has cleared more than 10,000 hectares of dense equatorial forest in the past seven …
Residents of East La in the La Dadekotopon Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, have resolved to take legal action against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the La Dadekotopon Municipal Assembly (LADMA), to stop the operations of plastic manufacturing, company EDISAW Company Limited. Residents say the operations of EDISAW …
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has shut down Edisaw Company limited, a plastic manufacturing factory in the La Dadekotopon Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, which has been cited for serious air pollution. This follows Citi News’ report on how the operation of the factory was affecting residents in the …
Banks have financed companies responsible for rainforest destruction in Southeast Asia to the tune of billions of dollars, a study showed Tuesday, and called on lenders to stop "fuelling forest crime". Southeast Asia is home to some of the world's most diverse rainforests, but they have come under threat in …
Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has decided to exempt industrial units from seeking its approval for installing power presses, a machine that is used for shaping metals. The decision came at a meeting between PPCB officials and industrialists at the office of United Cycle and Parts Manufacturers Association (UCPMA) here …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of K.M. Aliyar & Others Vs Kothamangalam Municipality Represented by its Secretary dated 05/01/2016 regarding the functioning of the crump rubber factory of Palappillil Specified Block Rubbers Pvt. Ltd. at Mathirappilly, Karukadam Post, Kothamangalam, Ernakulam District which the …
Tropical forests are being cleared for rubber plantations, putting endangered birds, bats and primates at risk, say UK researchers. By 2024, up to 8.5 million hectares of new rubber plantations will be needed to meet demand, they report in Conservation Letters. This could have a "catastrophic" impact on wildlife, they …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) set aside the closure orders issued by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to MIDC Hingna-based unit while ruling that the issuing officer had no powers to issue such directives. "Considering the MPCB's policy and communications as well as the fact that opportunity of hearing was …
Order of the National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi in the matter of Advik Laboratories Ltd. & Anr. V/s State Government of Haryana & Ors on air pollutants emitted by the polluting industry -Capital Auto Rubber Products (P) Ltd dated 13/05/2013.
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has ordered a probe into alleged involvement of politicians in widespread bushfires in peat swamp forests in Nakhon Si Thammarat and other provinces. The fresh investigation follows a report that the fires, which have destroyed more than 15,000 rai of forests in five districts of three …
Chennai The Rubber Board is awaiting states’ nod to conduct the field trials of genetically modified (GM) rubber crop, said Sheela Thomas, chairperson, Rubber Board. “Subsequent to the clearance of ministry of environment and forest to conduct field trials of GM rubber, we solicited rubber plantation states to volunteer for …
The Rubber Board and Indian Rubber Institute (IRI) jointly organise one-day training in reclaimed rubber at Rubber Training Institute, Kottayam on September 2. The training includes general review of the reclaimed rubber sector in India, processes and types of rubber reclamation, project outline, raw materials and machinery, quality control and …
The ministry of environment and forests, for the first time has chalked out comprehensive effluent standard norms for the rubber industry across all product categories. According to official sources this measure will check the pollution problem arising from rubber parks coming up in the country. While one was situated only …
Rubber prices are on track for successive record highs as robust Asian economies led by China step up purchases, prompting producing countries to expand plantations to capitalise on the insatiable demand. Traders, policy makers and investors head to a rubber conference in Cambodia from Monday at a critical time when …
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has refused to interfere with the decision of the State government to acquire 16.5 acres in Naranamangalam village of Perambalur district for an expansion project of Madras Rubber Factory (MRF). Justice K. Venkataramanan, in his order, stated there was no need for him to interfere …
