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 …
Aiming to bring in better adherence to environmental pollution norms, the Prakash Javadekar-led Environment ministry now plans to use real time violation alerts as evidence against defaulting industries. To ensure there is legal backing to this "technology backed evidence" of violating environmental norms, the Environment is also set to amend …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Charudatt Pandurang Koli & Others Vs M/s. Sea Lord Containers Ltd.dated 18/12/2015 regarding air pollution, allegedly caused by the industrial operations of Respondent M/s. Sea Lord Containers Ltd. and Aegis Logistics Ltd., in terms of Volatile …
KOCHI: Environmentalists have alleged that some companies in the Eloor-Edayar belt released large quanity of chemical effluents to the Periyar River on Saturday, a day after an expert team from the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) completed collecting samples from the river and the company premises as per an …
Alerted by the news of Chambal's pollution, an eight-member team of Vidhan Sabha State Environment Committee visited Kota on Wednesday to assess the status of Chambal River. Besides, the team will also visit other core polluting areas from where chemicals are being introduced into the river. The main agenda of …
Panaji: On directions of the central pollution control board (CPCB), the Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) will collect samples from effluent treatment plants of industries from across the state to analyze for arsenic content. The board will inspect 100 units to collect the necessary samples. The decision to carry …
The Environment Ministry's green panel EAC has deferred the decision to grant environment clearance to the KRIBHCO Shyam Fertilizers for expansion of Rs 4,132 crore ammonia and urea project in Uttar Pradesh, and has sought more information. The ministry gives environment clearances (EC) to 'A' category projects based on the …
Fertiliser companies are among the world's top climate villains, a new report from GRAIN asserts. Their products could be responsible for up to 10% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, not to mention the damage wreaked on waterways, soils and the ozone layer. But policies to transition agriculture out of …
The Union environment and forests ministry has accorded environmental clearance to Rs 5,465 crore fertiliser plant proposed at Ramagundam in Khammam district. National Fertilisers Ltd, Engineers India Ltd and Fertiliser Corporation of India had earlier signed an agreement to form a joint venture company to setting up an ammonia and …
India's climate action plan ahead of the United Nations' Paris summit in December will come with sector-specific emphasis on emission reduction. The Union environment ministry has held at least five rounds of meetings with key infrastructure ministries to help clarify the definition, scope and approach for preparing India's Intended Nationally …
Biotech company Camson discovers NKP with full protection on soil, air and water, to sell at 50% lower than chemical fertiliser In a major breakthrough, agricultural biotechnology major Camson Bio Technologies has discovered a revolutionary product - natural fertiliser – with capacity to replace existing chemical fertilisers. Discovered in all …
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 …
Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday said over 500 of the 3,200 online applications received for environmental clearances were approved last year. Listing the achievements of his ministry in its first year, Javadekar said: "We have given clearance to 505 (applications) and another 721 have been sent for terms …
Order of the Delhi High Court in the matter of Fertiliser Association Of India Vs Union Of India & Ors dated 18/03/2015 regarding the government’s decision to fix the maximum retail price (MRP) of phosphatic and potassic (P&K;) fertilizers.
Global fertilizer use is likely to rise above 200.5 million tonnes in 2018, 25 percent higher than recorded in 2008. World fertilizer consumption will grow by 1.8 percent a year through 2018, according to FAO's new report "World fertilizer trends and outlook to 2018." At the same time the global …
2015 is the International Year of Soils. This Soil Atlas shows what can succeed and why the soil should concern us all. The report, co-published with Heinrich Böll Stiftung, the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam and Le Monde Diplomatique, draws on facts and figures on the significance …
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has made it mandatory to all the industrial units in Jharkhand and other parts of the country to install mechanism for continuous online monitoring system to deal with effluents generated and discharged ill-treated into water bodies by them. The Central pollution watch dog has …
The Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) will conduct an impact assessment study in Paradip area to ascertain whether gypsum, which is primarily used to produce fertilizers, is causing water pollution in the area. According to OSPCB regional officer (Paradip) Prashant Kumar Kar, two fertilizer plants - Paradeep Phosphates Limited …
A second company has sued Syngenta AG over sales of genetically modified corn seed not approved by China, raising the stakes for the Swiss-based seed maker by including byproducts used for animal feed in its complaint and seeking class-action status. Trans Coastal Supply Co, a major exporter of livestock feed …
The UK farming industry is set to become more environmentally friendly and sustainable with the publication of an updated specification for renewable fertiliser and the re-launch of the Compost Certification Scheme. The PAS 110 specification has been updated to allow operators of anaerobic digestion (AD) plants to use or trade …
फरीदाबाद में एनओसी बिना चलने वाली कंपनियों पर तलवार लटक गई है। प्रदूषण नियंत्रण बोर्ड ने ऐसी कंपनियों की रिपोर्ट तैयार ली है। जिन पर मंगलवार से कार्रवाई हो सकती है। रिपोर्ट की एक कॉपी बोर्ड द्वारा मुख्यालय भी भेज दी गई है। बोर्ड की तरफ से एनओसी लेने के …
