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 …
Governors from eight us states have protested to Congress about a possible legislation, which they claim will limit their efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The bill, if passed, would pre-empt California's landmark effort to cut automobile and small truck emissions. The proposal has the potential to prevent the us …
Settlement with Naveda: The US Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency has announced a US $60.7 million Clean Air Act settlement with a Las Vegas-based company Nevada Power. As per the settlement, the company will improve air quality at its Clark power generating station by reducing air pollutants …
The Netherlands recently announced its plans to cut co2 emissions by 30 per cent by 2020. To achieve the target, it has proposed that an additional tax be imposed on cars that exceed the permissible limit of co2 emissions. The cars will be required to pay an additional tax of …
dhl is set to go green. The logistics company plans to transmute their entire overland fleet to lpg, a more eco-friendly fuel. The company has around 333 vehicles in India and during its first phase of its go-green campaign, the targets to transform 200 vehicles to the lpg mode. The …
On the face, it seems like a fight between brothers. One brother, in this case the elder, Mukesh Ambani, managed to get control over the country's gas reserves. The other, Anil Ambani, inherited the power generation business. When they were in it together, it worked brilliantly, the gas, priced low, …
An environmental group sued Canada for failing to meet its Kyoto Protocol obligation to cut greenhouse gases (GHG) in the country. The Canada chapter of an international NGO, Friends of the Earth (FOE), filed a lawsuit in the Ottawa federal court on May 29. They claimed that a clause in …
On May 16, 2007, in a temporary relief, the Supreme Court permitted the Union ministry of new and renewable energy (mnre) to subsidise five pilot waste-to-energy plants. The ministry is taking this as an approval for all waste-to-energy technologies, while experts advise caution. The court had, on May 6, 2005, …
all encroachments in the eco-sensitive zone around the Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan will be removed following a court order. The encroachments include residences, hotels and other commercial establishments. The Jaipur bench of the High Court of Rajasthan gave the verdict on May 25: "All encroachments in the eco-sensitive zone …
Sweden recently announced an ambitious plan to check greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions in the country. It has targeted cutting down its ghg emissions to at least 30 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020. This is much higher than the European Union (eu) goal of a 20 per cent reduction …
london has decided to impose stricter standards for polluting vehicles. Under the low emission zones (lez) programme coming into effect on February 4, 2008, lorry, bus and other coaches can be penalised if they fail to meet emission regulations. On May 9, 2007 London mayor Ken Livingstone announced the plan …
Sigmar Gabriel, Germany's environment minister, has introduced a new proposal which will make it mandatory for car dealers to display an emissions certificate next to the price sticker on all new vehicles' windscreens. The German newspaper Welt am Sonntag reported that the certificate will be similar to the efficiency
The us recently iterated its opposition to a European proposal to make foreign airlines pay a premium for aircraft emissions. It claims that this method of reducing greenhouse gases would hurt economic growth. The us transportation secretary Mary Peters announced this on May 12 in a hearing in the us …
climate change was the main item of discussion in a meeting convened by the prime minister's office. The May 16 meet focussed on maintaining the current economic growth while cutting down on greenhouse gases. The meeting also came at a time when there is pressure on developing countries to accept …
the Central Pollution Control Board (cpcb) has recently come up with a draft guideline for the cement sector to reduce fugitive emissions. Fugitive emissions occur primarily due to poor handling of raw materials and products such as limestone, coal, additives, clinker and cement. They are often windblown. The draft guideline, …
new York City is set to go green. Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently announced his ambitious "planyc-2030' for a "greener and greater' New York. The following are the highpoints of the plan: Reduce 30 per cent greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 Plant 1 million trees in next decade Charge trucks us …
An alternative to car culture? www.worldcarfree.net Almost all of us have, at some point, rued our slavish dependence on cars. But the exasperation has always been fleeting. Most of us bear with traffic congestion and car breakdowns and brave unsafe roads, comforting ourselves with the thought that there are no …
partnership for Clean Indoor Air (pcia) is inviting partners in India to help implement measures to reduce indoor air pollution. This will help almost 90 per cent of India's biomass-based fuel users who suffer from health hazards. About 400,000 premature deaths occur annually in the country due to this. pcia, …
To meet India's annual growth rate of 7-8 per cent, coal is expected to maintain its dominant share of the electricity generation fuel mix. It is estimated that up to 80-100 million tonnes of flyash is produced each year by the low-quality coal used in India; however, only 10 per …
