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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mining in village Leta, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh, 23/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …

Firecrackers, Pollution and a Case of 3 Babies

Three toddlers, all aged between six and 14 months, have moved the Supreme Court asking for a ban on firecrackers, saying that the Top Court needs to take urgent measures to bring down Delhi's 'fatal' pollution levels. Their parents tell us that leaving India, or at least Delhi, seems like …

Turns Out Climate Change Could Be Bad

If global warming continues you could have less sex. That's right, there's even less sex than you’'re having now.

Welcome to India's pollution capital

Trucks entering Delhi 70% more than MCD claim : CSE Survey. Time 28.15 mins. http://www.moneycontrol.com/tv/cnbc-tv18-shows/indian-business-hour-2015-10-06.html

Delhi air 10 times filthier than normal

POLLUTED air has forced the citizens of the Capital at the receiving end of respiratory and other related problems. Endorsing the worrisome trend, the findings of a recent air quality monitoring survey — released by Greenpeace — have found that the deadly PM2.5 levels in Delhi are 10 times higher …

Big Story Big Debate: Delhi Tops The List Of World's Most Air Polluted Cities

A hearing on air pollution in Delhi led to an unusual admission in the Supreme Court on Monday by Chief Justice of India H L Dattu — his grandson “looks like a ninja” because of the mask he’s forced to wear. The Supreme Court has asked for a “quick positive …

Air Pollution Reaches Alarming Levels In Delhi, Panel Discusses Measures

Air Pollution in Delhi has reached alarming levels, to an extent where living in the city is becoming difficult every day. A panel consisting of representatives from various fields discusses the measures that need to be taken by the government and citizens to tackle the issue.

India Announces New climate Change targets

India Announces New climate Change targets. Started from 2:45 mins t http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/the-biggest-stories-of-october-02-2015/385333

Tax Antidote for Pollution Poison?

With the Supreme Court wanting to strengthen the National Green Tribunal's order imposing environment cess on non-Delhi bound trucks, we ask on Agenda if the polluter is getting away by paying a nominal fee and is the tax antidote the right treatment for pollution poison. We get you reactions for …

Will Environmental Tax Solve Delhi’s Pollution Woes?

The alarmingly rising rate of pollution is making breathing difficult for Delhi’s residents, including the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who proposed an additional environmental tax on all commercial vehicles in order to address the capital’s pollution woes.

Can green tax deter polluters?

In order to curb air pollution in Delhi, the National Green Tribunal has ordered that the commercial vehicles entering the national capital will have to pay environmental compensation charge, besides toll tax. http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/india/can-green-tax-deter-polluters-1148685.html

Meat and the Big 'C' Risk

Is your love for red and processed meat getting you into trouble? The World Health Organisation seems to think so. It has released a report stating that consumption of red and processed meat is linked to cancer of the stomach, colon and pancreas. But is a renouncement of meat the …

State of the Economy with Sunita Narain

In conversation with Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science & Environment (CSE) & a noted environmentalist.

Trucks Entering Delhi Not Paying 'Green Tax', Finds NDTV in Midnight Inspection

NEW DELHI: At around midnight on Sunday, a group of experts and officials were at Delhi's border with Gurgaon for a surprise inspection. What they learnt is this - the Supreme Court had imposed a green tax of Rs. 700 and Rs. 1,300 on commercial vehicles entering Delhi, but on …

Smog Envelopes NCR As Air Quality Falls

Uncontrolled burning of paddy stubbles by Punjab farmers appears to be again putting the health of residents in the National Capital Region at risk, with Delhi's air quality falling sharply in the past two days even as farm fires peak in Punjab.

Steep hike in one-time parking fee to curb pollution in Delhi?

In an attempt to curb the rise in both, the number of vehicles and pollution, the capital's civic bodies are deliberating a hike in one-time parking fee, which is collected by the Delhi government at the time of registration of vehicles. http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/india/steep-hike-in-one-time-parking-fee-to-curb-pollution-in-delhi-1161609.html

Property Guide: How clean is the air we breathe?

Property Guide takes a close look at the most sensitive issue – Air Pollution. Magicbricks Now caught up with Dinesh Gundu Rao - MLA,Karnataka. RaviKumar - Bangalore Political Action Committee,Anumita Roychowdhury - Executive Director, Research and Advocacy, Centre For Science and Environment and Sumaira Abdulali - Social Activist to know …

'Clean Coal': India's Way Ahead to Lower Carbon Emissions

Ahead of the Paris climate summit, India has pledged to cut carbon emissions but said that even though coal is polluting, it will continue to dominate its power needs. The answer, says the government, lies in clean-coal power plants also called supercritical power plants. http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/clean-coal-indias-way-ahead-to-lower-carbon-emissions-1248659

Special Report: Why Are The Himalayan Glaciers Melting?

Global warming isn't a distant threat anymore. The rising temperatures around the globe are directly affecting environmental factors and threatening to disrupt daily life.

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