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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday it was committed to finalizing a standard on mercury emissions by November 16 after 25 states urged a court to force the agency to delay the rule. "EPA is committed to completing the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards -- the first-ever national …
The Goa Mines and Geology Department has ordered the suspension of two iron ore and bauxite mines which found mention for alleged illegality in the controversial Public Accounts Committee (PAC) draft report. The mines were being managed by Congress leader Dinar Tarcar. The committee report could not be presented in …
Last week just as Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Novartis was set to begin its final arguments in the Supreme Court against the rejection of a patent for its cancer drug Glivec (see ‘Evergreen Novartis’, Down To Earth, September 1-15) there were two swift and stunning developments. A letter was written by …
Residents living amid oil and gas well sites urged federal environmental regulators Thursday to implement rules that would require the industry to capture almost all of the smog-producing compounds it now releases while drilling. The resurgence of domestic onshore oil and gas drilling has created thousands of jobs and produced …
Winning State Department approval for the Keystone XL oil pipeline is not likely to be the last hurdle TransCanada Corp faces in its efforts to build the controversial project. Even if it gets the State Department's green light, legal and regulatory snags lurk at federal and state levels and each …
The company that owns a mine where a man died on Tuesday is in court this week to answer charges it failed to prevent the death of another man at the same pit in 2008, the Financial Times has learnt. UK Coal, which operates Kellingley colliery near Pontefract in Yorkshire, …
The European Commission is warning Italy that it risks heavy court fines for its alleged failure to stop large-scale illegal fishing with driftnets that were banned from European waters two decades ago. The opening of infringement procedures against Italy is expected to be announced in Brussels on Thursday after undercover …
India can go ahead with work on other components of dam: Court of Arbitration In a setback to India in its dispute with Pakistan over the Kishenganga project in Jammu and Kashmir, the Court of Arbitration has restrained New Delhi from undertaking any permanent dam works on or above the …
New Delhi: A trial court will now hear on September 29 the chargesheet filed in the Mayapuri radiation leak incident against six Delhi University teachers. The court, which was to consider the chargesheet on Wednesday, deferred it till September 29. Meanwhile, a DU professor, accused in the case, has moved …
Monsanto Co., the world's largest seed company, has prevailed in another lawsuit against a U.S. farmer, earning a ruling from a federal appeals court that protects Monsanto's interests even when its patented seeds are sold in a mix of undifferentiated "commodity" seeds. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal …
The International Court of Arbitration looking into the dispute between Indian and Pakistan over the 330 MW Kishanganga hydro-electric project in J&K; has reserved its verdict over Pakistan's plea seeking stay on construction activities in India. Sources said that the bench may pronounce its verdict later this month. The counsels …
Shillong: The cement lobby is a powerful group in Meghalaya. They have succeeded in toppling governments and changing chief ministers. The State Forest Department is a willing collaborator in the forest land acquisition of cement companies. The MoEF’s repeated attempts to blow the whistle over the issue met with inaction. …
With Greater Noida Authority chasing another court date of September 12, officials are going out of their way to settle the ongoing land acquisition row. Roping in builders whose projects have been stalled in Noida Extension, the Authority has worked out yet another formula to woo the disgruntled farmers. Builders …
India will submit its reply regarding environmental impact on River Neelam due to the construction of controversial 330MW Kishanganga hydropower project in the International Court of Arbitration (ICA) today (Wednesday) as was asked by the court during the last hearing held at the August end. During last hearing held at …
Solyndra, a solar panel maker that received $535 million in federal loan guarantees, filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday. Solyndra, which also received more than $700 million in venture capital financing, said it would try to find a buyer quickly to avoid a fire sale liquidation. The solar industry has been …
Mining was stopped in as many as 133 mines in Karnataka, including 93 in Bellary, on directions of courts on account of environmental hazards, Mines Minister Dinsha Patel told the Lok Sabha today. Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour, Patel said according to provisional figures 10,304 workers have been affected …
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board is to be strengthened to address the challenges posed by increased industrialisation in the State. Moving the demand for grants to the Ministry of Environment, the Minister Mr T.K.M. Chinnayya, said in the Assembly that with the rapid growth of new industrial units in …
Plaintiff lawyers claimed a victory on Friday when a federal judge overseeing hundreds of lawsuits against BP and others over last year's big oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico allowed much of the case to move ahead, including punitive damages claims. "We are very pleased with the ruling," said …
The International Court of Arbitration is slated to resume its hearing in the Kishanganga case later this week in the Hague. A Bench from the court had visited the site of the 330-MW hydel power project in J&K; in June this year. The hearing, all set to start from August …
New Delhi:Pakistan has moved the court of arbitration asking it to direct India to stop work at the 330-MW Kishenganga hydro power project in Jammu and Kashmir. Even as the two countries are fighting a legal battle in a court of arbitration, Pakistan has filed a petition in the court …
