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 …
A European Union law that charges airlines for carbon emissions is "a deal-breaker" for global climate change talks, India's environment minister said, hardening her stance on a scheme that has drawn fierce opposition from non-EU governments. From January 1, all airlines using EU airports have come under the European Union …
A dispute over the authority of U.S. accident investigators heads to federal court here Wednesday, in a case pitting the U.S. Chemical Safety Board against Transocean Ltd., RIG -2.01% the owner of the doomed Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. The House Energy and Commerce Committee asked the board, which investigates industrial …
A coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday to force the Obama administration to finalize new rules regulating the containment and disposal of coal ash, a power plant byproduct activists say threatens public health. Earthjustice, the Sierra Club, the Environmental Integrity Project, and several other groups want the …
France's highest court could annul a verdict against national oil giant Total over a devastating 1999 oil spill off the Brittany coast, a legal source told Reuters on Friday. Total, currently battling to cut off a gas leak at its North Sea Elgin platform off Scotland, was found guilty for …
Many areas in Secunderabad Cantonment are reeling under a severe water scarcity. The cantonment civilian population requires over 75 lakh gallons of water every day against the present supply of less than 40 lakh gallons. Citizens and elected ward members said a major water supply pipeline laid between Mahindra Hills …
For the first time, the State government filed cases of cheating and criminal breach of trust in 18 districts against Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Company (Mahyco) for failing to deliver the promised quota of a single variety of Bt cotton seeds in th0e 2011 kharif season. Official sources said before sowing …
A coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday to force the Obama administration to finalize new rules regulating the containment and disposal of coal ash, a power plant byproduct activists say threatens public health. Earthjustice, the Sierra Club, the Environmental Integrity Project, and several other groups want the …
A Romanian court annulled a zoning plan in a decision that may further delay a project to set up Europe's largest open-cast gold mine in the Carpathian town of Rosia Montana, opponents of the mine said on Thursday. Rosia Montana Gold Corporation (RMGC), majority-owned by Canada's Gabriel Resources Ltd, aims …
France's highest court could annul a verdict against national oil giant Total over a devastating 1999 oil spill off the Brittany coast, a legal source told Reuters on Friday. Total, currently battling to cut off a gas leak at its North Sea Elgin platform off Scotland, was found guilty for …
The Environmental Protection Agency has postponed its first rules aimed at reducing air pollution from natural-gas wells that are drilled by hydraulic fracturing, following a last-minute push by oil and natural-gas companies to weigh in on the new standards. The EPA said in a statement Monday it was postponing the …
The Environmental Protection Agency has dropped its claim that an energy company contaminated drinking water in Texas, the third time in recent months that the agency has backtracked on high-profile local allegations linking natural-gas drilling and water pollution. On Friday, the agency told a federal judge it withdrew an administrative …
French maize growers and seed companies appealed a ban on the cultivation of a strain of genetically modified maize to the country's highest court on Thursday, saying it was unjustified and economically harmful for farmers. France placed a temporary ban on the growth of Monsanto's MON810 GMO maize (corn) earlier …
A group of U.S. family farmers said on Wednesday it is appealing its lawsuit against Monsanto Co to challenge the company's patents on technologies for genetically modified seeds. The group of organic farmers and seed dealers says its industry is at risk from Monsanto's growing market dominance. "Farmers are under …
Environmental groups are asking a state court to force Wyoming to provide a more complete list of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a drilling technique vital to natural gas and oil production in the state. Wyoming in 2010 became the first state to require disclosure of chemicals that …
The residents of Pulakeshinagar took out a protest march demanding that the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board ensure adequate supply of water to the area, on Monday. The protesters demanded that a ground-level reservoir (GLR) and a pumphouse be constructed to meet the demand for water in Muneshwara ward, …
Particulars of claims in the case between The Bodo Community, Gokana Local Government Area, Rivers State, Nigeria Vs The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd. filed in the London Court dated 23/03/2012. Original Source Know More
NEW DELHI: The only recourse to any person across the country complaining of pollution or violation of environmental laws is to plead to the National Green Tribunal in Delhi. But the plight of the dysfunctional tribunal itself has gone unheard for more than a year. The tribunal was set up …
JAIPUR: The state government on Tuesday introduced the online application system for obtaining document of land records for farmers. Chief minister Ashok Gehlot launched the web portal of the project during the inauguration. Under the new system, farmers in the state can visit to the Rajiv Gandhi Vikas Kendra (RGVK) …
Those displaced by the Seabird naval project are fighting a legal battle for 30 years Poor land owners in the taluk, who parted with their land for Asia’s biggest naval base, ‘INS Kadamba’ (Seabird), have been waging a protracted legal battle for over three decades for fair compensation. at people’s …
Jaipur: A division bench of the high court has called for an explanation from the Union and state governments on a PIL seeking court intervention on the failure of the governments as also other agencies in checking teh steep decline in sex ratio. The PIL stated that the anti-dowry law, …
