Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
CHENNAI: In a first-of-its kind initiative in the country, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday announced that 25 Continuous Air Quality Monitoring Systems will be installed in urban and industrial areas across the State. Making a suo motu statement under Rule 110 in the Assembly, she said Tamil Nadu was …
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) have entered into a partnership that would ensure sustenance of Nigeria's air quality. At the partnership engagement briefing at the NiMET, Dr. Lawrence Anukam, Director General/CEO NESREA, noted that a lot people are dying from …
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 (Bernama) -- Haze at an unhealthy level was recorded as at 11 am today in Seri Manjung, Perak, according to the portal of the Department of Environment. It said that the Air Pollutants Index was 101 in Seri Manjung. Forty-one other areas in the country had …
The air quality in Tanjung Malim, Perak recorded unhealthy Air Pollutants Index (API) reading of 101 Tuesday afternoon. According to the Department of Environment (DOE), as at 3 pm, that was the only area with unhealthy API while 37 other areas had moderate API readings. In the federal capital, moderate …
KOTA KINABALU, Aug 24 (Bernama) -- Four major towns in Sabah recorded a moderate air pollutant index (API) reading as of 9 am today. The Environment Department stated in its website that the API reading for Tawau was 59, while Kota Kinabalu, 56, Keningau, 53 and Sandakan, 51. Duty-free island …
NEW DELHI: National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday asked the Delhi government if heavy diesel vehicles should be allowed to enter congested areas such as Chandni Chowk. It was hearing a petition by lawyer Vardhaman Kaushik against poor air quality in the city. NGT had earlier sought responses from the …
Beijing was one of the 10 Chinese cities with the worst air quality in July, according to a ranking released by the ministry of environmental protection (MEP) on Monday. Nearly 65 percent of July days were polluted in the capital, with one day of heavy pollution, and the main pollutants …
Cooking fumes from roadside snack shops and restaurants may impart mouthwatering aromas - but in Mong Kok, they are an even bigger source of some kinds of harmful air pollution than vehicles, a new study has shown. The restaurants are releasing an alarming amount of organic particulate matter (PM), the …
The Government today said it will soon launch a "massive" people-oriented awareness campaign to check air pollution, and asserted that it has adopted a "consultative and cooperative" approach with the states to deal with the menace in and around Delhi. Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said that three review meetings …
Air quality remains normal in the region near the warehouse which was destroyed by blasts Wednesday night, the Tianjin environmental bureau said. The city immediately began to monitor the air and water quality after the blast, setting 17 monitoring stations for air and five for water, according to the bureau. …
On a Tuesday afternoon in late July, a newlywed couple prepared to pose for their wedding portraits in front of Beijing’s historic Drum Tower. Lily Chen, 28, in a sparkling white gown and tiara, checked her makeup in a mirror—and then looked up the Air Quality Index (AQI) on her …
China, the world's top polluter, will build a comprehensive network involving drones, satellites and remote sensors to detect land, sea and air pollution by 2020. The network plan, approved in July, will lead the monitoring, share information among departments and regions and be held accountable if violations are found, the …
China will build a comprehensive network to detect pollution of the land, sea and air by 2020, employing satellites, drones and remote sensors to monitor the environment. The national leadership approved the network plan in July, saying the government will lead the monitoring, share information among departments and regions, and …
The Blueair Air Quality Monitor provides hourly updates about street level air pollution in key cities around India. Blueair’s early warning air pollution app is now available on Android making it available to tens of millions of Indians who use smart phones and other mobile devices powered by Google’s operating …
It is a pleasant surprise that while the cotton city is growing at a fast pace, with development projects sprouting up across the city, the national ambient air quality survey (NAAQS) shows that Coimbatore's ambience has been improving in the past two years. The survey conducted by the Union ministry …
Air pollution in many national parks, from Yosemite to Joshua Tree and Kings Canyon, means a hike in the ‘fresh air’ is not as healthy as it seems, reports Mother Jones It’s late summer, and Americans are flocking to the country’s national parks for some recreation and fresh air. But …
Imagine asking your phone to calculate the optimal route for cycling to work while enjoying the best air quality, or calculating whether it's better to just take the train or bus to reduce pollution. Similar requests might soon be possible. On Tuesday, Google and Aclima, a San Francisco-based startup that …
The court, which was scheduled to hear the matter on Wednesday, has adjourned it to July 29 due to the ongoing lawyers’ strike. The air-conditioning vents and ducts inside the Delhi High Court is full of soot and other particulate matter and it is spoiling the quality of air inside …
When Hamish Stewart bikes the streets of London, he clips a tiny digital device to his shirt collar or pants pocket. The wearable technology isn’t tracking the distance he travels or the calories he burns: Instead, it measures how many toxic pollutants from cars, buses and factories are sullying Stewart’s …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on air pollution, 21/07/2015. The ambient air quality is monitored by various State Pollution Control Boards, Pollution Control Committees for UTs, Central Pollution Control Board and NEERI at 593 locations in 249 cities, towns and industrial areas in 28 states and 5 UTs. The parameters …
