Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
The European Union’s top court backed Sweden’s refusal to subsidize a Finnish wind farm in a ruling that supports the EU’s current system where a government usually pays for power projects only in its own country. Sweden’s Energy Agency was justified to refuse aid to Finnish power producer Aalands Vindkraft …
In a decision with far-reaching implications for the future of natural gas drilling in New York State, its highest court ruled on Monday that towns can use zoning ordinances to ban hydraulic fracturing, the controversial extraction method known as fracking. Since the issue arose about six years ago, there has …
Petition filed in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis State of Missouri in the matter of Angie Wait & Others Vs Johnson & Johnson dated 23/06/2014 regarding linkage between talcum powder and ovarian cancer. All Plaintiffs in this action are seeking "recovery for damages as a result …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of M/s Hindustan Coca- Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd. v/s U.P Pollution Control Board. dated 20/06/2014. This appeal challenges an order of closure of the Appellant unit Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd., Varanasi dated 06-06-2014 following a show …
Australia’s first nuclear waste dump will not be at Muckaty Station after the Northern Land Council (NLC) withdrew its nomination of the site following a lengthy legal battle launched by four clans of traditional owners in the area. The settlement was announced on Wednesday by lawyers acting for the four …
The national taskforce on river protection has decided to conduct mobile courts against river encroachers and polluters. The decision was taken at a meeting of the taskforce yesterday. “Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) from now on will conduct mobile courts during eviction drives to hand down financial penalty or …
A mobile court yesterday fined owners of four brick fields in Poba upazila under the district and closed one of those for causing huge losses to agricultural products by emitting black smoke. The brick field of Abdus Salam at Horian village was closed and the owner fined Tk 50,000 for …
New York City’s battle over sugary drinks is entering its endgame. But much more than soda is at stake. A plan to limit the sale of large, high-calorie beverages, championed by former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg as a novel way to fight obesity, went before the State Court of Appeals …
An Australian farmer who lost his organic produce license after his fields were contaminated by a neighbor’s genetically modified canola crop has failed to win his test case for losses. In a judgment that could influence how GM crops are grown in Australia, a judge also denied an injunction to …
The traditional owners of a Northern Territory site earmarked for a nuclear waste storage site fear it will poison the land and will not be satisfied by shifting its location, a court has heard. At the opening of a federal court trial, Justice Anthony North asked if there was an …
France's highest administrative court on Wednesday annulled the decree setting wind power feed-in tariffs, marking the end of a complex legal procedure that has stifled investment in the French onshore wind sector. The French government has already prepared a new decree, which was cleared by the European Commission in March …
The court established in the southern province of Fujian has appointed 12 specialist consultants who will assist litigators on technical issues, Xinhua news agency reported. Environmental scandals have plagued China in recent years as the country pursued a strategy of high growth and rapid industrialization. Faced with growing anger over …
The government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said there was “no change at all” in its plan to restart nuclear reactors if they are confirmed safe, despite a ruling by a court in Fukui Prefecture. The court ruled Wednesday against the restarting of two reactors at the Oi nuclear plant, …
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa on Tuesday accused U.S oil company Chevron of deceiving the country's justice system in a decades-long trial over pollution in the Amazon by seeking to avoid inspections of areas contaminated by oil production. Correa said experts hired by Chevron Corp found evidence of contamination in areas …
BP Plc (BP/) faces billions of dollars in additional payments after failing again to convince an appeals court that the company is being forced to pay claims that aren’t directly related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The decision leaves BP with two options -- pay claims the …
A two-percent increase in Ecological Fund allocation to states of the federation has been recommended by the Committee on Environment at the on-going National Conference in Abuja. According to the Committee, the increase became necessary in view of the expanding cost of battling ecological issues in several states partially brought …
Alcohol and Drug Information Centre (ADIC) yesterday stressed that it was unclear as to which size of the Pictorial Health Warnings (PHWs) was to be used under the precedence of authority, as the Parliament had unanimously approved covering 80 percent with PHWs, and the Court of Appeal had delivered a …
The Court of Appeal approved graphic health warnings covering 50 to 60 percent of cigarette packets after the Tobacco Company challenged the Health Ministry's 2012 gazette notification, a ministry spokesman said. The spokesman said the Court of Appeal had dismissed a writ application filed by the company and allowed graphic …
New Zealand’s court of appeal has refused refugee status to a family from Kiribati, a Pacific island which is quickly sinking beneath the sea No refugees please, we’re New Zealanders. That’s the message from New Zealand’s court of appeal. In a decision released last week the court endorsed earlier rulings …
The Green Movement of Sri Lanka has filed a writ application in the Court of Appeal seeking action against the deforestation of the Wilpattu National Park, local media reported. The Movement, a consortium with 147 non-governmental organizations involved in natural resource management, has requested court to ensure that the people …
