Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sonya Ghosh Vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 17/02/2025. The matter related to conservation and protection of Delhi Ridge which is an extension of Aravali Range extending from Tughlakabad and branching out in Wazirabad in the north …
The controversy began in 1973 as a debate over the suitability of setting up the Mathura refinery (MR) about 40 km from Taj Mahal. Successive expert committees have, since then, defeated all efforts to put the MR on the pollution map of Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ). The first Varadarajan Committee …
• NEERI's clean chit, over a decade ago, to the toxic effluents of Zuari Agro Chemicals, Goa, was found to be wrong by the Goa State laboratory. Zuari Agro remained closed following a movement till its effluent quality improved. • NEERI"s reports on the environmental aspects of aquaculture farming (1995) …
SHANGHAI households are in for a surprise as they open their mailboxes this month: the city government will charge them for treating waste water. Companies and work units face a rise of the already existing fee. Pressurised by the World Bank (WB), China has decided to introduce 'the-polluter-pays' principle. "This …
WITH air pollution a serious cause for concern in European countries, the European Union (Eu) environment ministers agreed early March to curb diesel fuel emissions all over Europe. Diesel emissions let loose nitrogen oxide, known to cause acid rain and also diesel particles, a few of which have been found …
HOSPITALS, clinics and other institutions where bio-medical wastes are leading to environmental and health hazards, will have to adhere to clear-cut guidelines in the future on waste disposal methods. The ministry of environment an d forests is giving the final touches to a notification regarding proper disinfection, treatment and disposal …
In a momentous order given last month, the European Court of Justice ruled that European Union (EU) states must compensate individuals and companies for losses ensuing from government failure to implement EU laws correctly. The UK has been sued by 97 Spanish and Dutch fisherfolk for upto US $47.5 million …
The construction work on the Sardar Sarovar dam has been delayed further. The Supreme Court of India ruled on March 12, that there shall be no further construction of the spillway portion of the controversial dam till the concerned states, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh iron out their differences on the …
A wetland in the St Lucia estuary on the cast coast in KwaZUILI-Natal province was saved from devastation when the country's cabinet banned the development of a mineral sands project by Richards Bay Minerals (RBM). The ban brought to an end a six-year struggle by environmental groups to prevent exploitation …
THE latest sector now to come under the scrutiny of the nation's premier investigative organisation _' 'the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) - are 61 NGOS. These were among'the 564 that had been blacklisted by the Council for Advancement of People's Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) in mid- 1995 for …
A RECENT ruling by the Kerala High Court (HC) directed concerned authorities to protect the prehistoric remains in the Maraiyurvalley in Idukki district from granite quarrying by declaring them as national monuments. It was ruled last November, that quarrying would not be permitted at the site. The, prehistoric tombs - …
Bungling up of data on secondhand smoke has landed a us company, Healthy Buildings International, in the dock. A federal grand jury is investigating whether the company, which monitors air quality for federal and private buildings, made false statements to the federal government regarding the risks of secondhand smoke and …
Come summer and the squabbling for water between Delhi and Haryana begins. Haryana was pulled up by the Supreme Court of India on February 24, for its failure to stop the leakage of highly polluted effluents in river Yamuna through drain no eight originating in Haryana. Water supply to Delhi …
Chinese authorities and a dredging contractor are involved in a mud-slinging match. The government stopped the contractor, Gitanes Engineering, from dumping nearly 250,000 cu m of sludge in Chinese waters. The dispute over contaminated mud has reached the High Court with the contractor issuing a writ claiming US $18.76 million …
• A recent report made by the Punjab Pollution Control Board has made gloomy predictions for India's two major wetlands located in Harike and Kanjli areas in the state. Indiscriminate deforestation and mismanagement are devastating these wetlands. • The world's biggest solar power chimney plant of 200 MW capacity is …
THE Supreme Court has been passing quite a few orders on environmental cases of late. It is, in fact, now common for journalists to somewhat affectionately refer to -one particular judge as the 'green judge', the largest number of judgments having been passed by him. So, environment is clearly on …
HELL bath no fury like the US scorned! Venezuela and Brazil have touched on the raw the Big Brother of the First World, by evoking an anti-US ruling from the one-year old World Trade Organization'(WTO). The organisation came into existence on January 1, 1995, as a successor to GATT (the …
A CONTROVERSIAL pharmaceuticals patent law pushed by the Brazilian President, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, has drawn flak from critics who accuse the government of favouring giant us multinationals. That Cardoso is bypassing the Congress and passing the law directly by presidential decree, is generating heat in the country's scientific, grassroot and …
Ottawa's tobacco industry in Canada can once again woo the public by flaunting it's ware. For seven years, tobacco manufacturers were restricted from indulging in promotional campaigns, thanks to the 1988 Tobacco Products Control Act which put a blanket ban on advertising. But the Supreme Court of Canada is convinced …
Britain might become the first victim of a European Union (EU) ruling delivered last month, which makes the EU governments liable to legal prosecution for non-implementation of EU laws. If the ruling is confirmed by the full court next year, then Britain could be forced to pay more than US …
THE US Congress has declared a veritable war on the environment. This summer, it debated a series of rollbacks of federal laws protecting the environment. However, after losing crucial congressional battles earlier this year, environmentalists are now launching their own concerted counterattack. In the most killing blow to the environmental …
