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 series of investments totalling more than 500 million pounds are also being announced by a number of companies, including Aston Martin, which will create over 1,000 new jobs. “These measures will drive the design, use, uptake and infrastructure necessary for cleaner, greener vehicles – and in doing so, it …
Nature lovers, environmentalists concerned over growing urbanisation, rising population in the industrial city Ludhiana is developing at a very fast pace, but unfortunately at the cost of environment. It is known as the industrial hub of the state, but sadly industrialists are more interested in making profit and don't care …
The Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV), which counts Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M;), Tata Motors, Hero Group and Ashok Leyland as its members, is strongly advocating the need to impose a micro green cess on the polluting vehicles. The lobby group of electric vehicle manufacturers, which have praised the …
The Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board has been selected for “SKOCH Order-of-Merit” award in the category of environment for launching the Pollution Abating Plants Abhiyan (PAPA) for the purification of air in towns and cities. The award would be presented at the 53rd SKOCH Summit at the Constitution Club …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 07/09/2018 regarding standards for thermal power plants which were to be implemented by December, 2017. Additional Solicitor General has stated before the Supreme Court that NTPC owns 48 units …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 06/09/2018 regarding permission to import needle pet coke. It is stated that imported needle pet coke will be used as feed stock for manufacture of Graphite Electrodes which in …
Patiala: With regulatory measures having failed to curtail instances of stubble burning, the Punjab government has put a ‘practical action plan’ to deal with the burning of crop residue. The state has drafted a two-year plan under which it would be spending Rs 665 crore on providing straw management machinery …
The government will roll out a comprehensive policy to reduce air pollution in Indian cities by promoting shared mobility and pushing usage of electric vehicles, which don’t emit pollutants directly. Sources said some of the announcements would happened during the two-day international ‘MOVE’ summit scheduled here later next week. The …
China’s 11th Five-Year Plan set a goal to reduce the emission of sulphur dioxide (SO2) by 10% between 2006 and 2010. Stoerk provides the first empirical evaluation of this target. Using independent NASA satellite data to measure SO2 pollution, Stoerk finds that the target was met: China reduced its SO2 …
CHANDIGARH: The US has lauded the Haryana government for its efforts to tackle air pollution caused by vehicular traffic and stubble burning especially areas under the National Capital Region (NCR) and has offered all technological expertise to effectively deal with this problem. Kenneth I Juster, the US ambassador to India, …
A July report on the toxicity of fuel blends shipped from Europe to West Africa brought new attention to the long-standing problem of lower road fuel quality on the continent, where the rise in vehicle traffic and the choking fumes with it add to air pollution woes in cities like …
ADDIS ABABA- Every single year, thousands of Ethiopian women and children die because of indoor air pollution. This is an instance of a silent death. At the same time five million Ethiopians suffer a respiratory disease. Study shows that every year over 60,000 people, mostly women and children die in …
A fleet of 17 new low-emission and high-tech buses started operation in Nepal's Kathmandu on Tuesday to help reduce congestion and pollution in the capital. The initiative is part of the Kathmandu Sustainable Urban Transport Project of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which is promoting the use of low-emission vehicles …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Arjun Gopal & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 14/08/2018 regarding pollution problems which occurs due to firecrackers during Diwali. Supreme Court asks the Union of India/Ministry of Environment to come out with concrete suggestions to deal …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 13/08/2018 regarding a comprehensive action plan for air pollution control with timelines. The matter deals with stickers for vehicles to indicate the nature of fuel being used. It is …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 13/08/2018 regarding hydrogen fuel-cell buses. The affidavit filed by the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. states that a study is being carried out by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. for using …
The state government on Thursday set up an 11-member committee to find out what's causing air pollution in the city and suggest ways to control it. The committee would also conduct a study on the Pirana dumpsite. The committee will be headed by the Additional Chief Secretary of Forest & …
China will work to improve the monitoring of emissions from heavy industries like steel, coal-fired power generation, coke and chemicals in key regions over the coming three years, stepping up an already-intensive campaign to tackle smog “There remain some outstanding problems in environmental monitoring, such as repeated data forgery and …
China’s major coal mining hub, Shanxi province to curb industrial manufacturing output voluntarily during the next three years as part of its 2018-2020 anti-pollution crackdown. The step by local authorities in China to take action for protecting the environment by reducing pollution is a key policy goal mandated by the …
China’s major coal mining hub, Shanxi province, plans to curb industrial manufacturing output voluntarily during the next three winters as part of its 2018-2020 anti-pollution crackdown. The move is the latest by local authorities in China seeking to step up action to protect the environment by reducing pollution, a key …
