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 …
Delhiites will have to settle for a smog-ridden Diwali this year. The thick haze that has settled over the city is not expected to dissipate in the coming week. Dr L.S. Rathore, director general of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), said, “A low density dust-ridden fog has spread its tentacles …
The Ministry of Environmental Protection has urged local authorities to be more transparent when providing information related to the environment, especially data regarding potentially hazardous construction projects. In a circular newly published on its website, the ministry told local authorities to disclose more information regarding administrative reviews and approvals for …
Despite marked improvement of the transparency of China's air quality data over the past year, academics and NGOs suggest the government can make better use of real-time air pollution reports. According to a survey on Chinese cities' air quality transparency - which was conducted by the Institute of Public and …
PANJIM: Goa State Pollution Control Board’s (GSPCB) records indicate that the pollution levels in Vasco have come down tremendously after a stop in coal handling by Mormugao Port Trust at its berth number 10 and 11, since the last week of September. GSPCB has captured the dust pollution at six …
China has been racing to meet the objectives set in its revised air quality standards, including promoting the use of an index for PM2.5, or fine particulate matter 2.5 microns or less in diameter. A total of 138 monitoring stations in 74 cities across the country have begun publishing data …
Epidemiological studies have established a close relationship between exposure to ambient air pollution and morbidity and mortality from cardio-pulmonary diseases. Air pollution is a complex mixture of various gases, particulates, hydrocarbons, and transition metals. Of all these pollutants, the association between air pollution and adverse health conditions was the strongest …
MUMBAI: Bumper-to-bumper traffic in Mumbai is not only pushing up citizens' frustration levels, it is also increasing vehicular emissions on key routes in the city by 33% to 75% during peak traffic hours. A study prepared by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) which will be released on Thursday …
PANJIM: The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) in a stringent order has issued a show cause notice to the Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) warning it to shut down their coal handling operations for failing to adhere to the board’s directives. GSPCB Member Secretary Levinson Martins has, in an order …
Coal handling operations at the Vasco Port have been found to be polluting the town, forcing the pollution control board authorities to issue a show cause notice to the port trust. In the notice to Mormugao Port Trust (MPT), the Goa State Pollution Control Board has warned that the consent …
After a year of partial respite from rising air pollution during last year, the city has seen a sharp rise in the level of air pollutants this year. Extensive public and private construction and other related activities have led to a a rise in the level air pollution, according to …
After massive protests by the locals, the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has asked Sesa Goa Ltd to stop all activities at its coke oven unit at Navelim in Bicholim taluka, 40 km from here. The locals held a day-long bandh yesterday protesting against the increasing pollution allegedly caused …
As people continue to breathe urban smog, Pakistan Environment Protection Agency’s (EPA) high-tech air monitoring system has been closed due to shortage of funds. Environmentalists in the Ministry of Climate Change described the closure as a major ‘environmental setback’ as since June 30 the air quality in the country has …
A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned a federal rule that laid out how much air pollution states would have to clean up to avoid incurring violations in downwind states. The decision sends the Environmental Protection Agency, and perhaps even Congress, back to the drawing board in what has become …
The Pollution Control Board is making arrangements to install gadgets to assess environmental pollution in Vengola panchayat in Ernakulam district. The initiative is being taken in accordance with a Supreme Court directive to assess the pollution levels in the area. T. K. Kurien, a resident of the area, had approached …
Limitations in current capabilities to constrain aerosols adversely impact atmospheric simulations. Typically, aerosol burdens within models are constrained employing satellite aerosol optical properties, which are not available under cloudy conditions. Here we set the first steps to overcome the long-standing limitation that aerosols cannot be constrained using satellite remote sensing …
Clean Air and Sustainable Environment project’s six new air-quality monitoring stations are yet to start functioning to provide and keep the records of the pollution levels, officials. The project officials in the Department of Environment said that the new stations were scheduled to start functioning in January to disseminate information …
Wood heaters will be banned in the new residential suburbs of the Molonglo Valley, with the government citing threats to air quality in the large new development. The wood heaters will be prohibited in Coombs and all future suburbs in Molonglo Valley, but the existing suburb of Wright will be …
INDORE: Concerned Indoreans will now be able to keep an online track on the level of pollution in the area as well as through the digital display board soon to be installed in few places in the city. Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board (MPPCB) has decided to install digital display …
Based on many in-depth interviews conducted with concerned authorities as well as going through various reports, the study finds that since 2006, the Ministry of Environment (now with Ministry of Environment, Science, and Technology) was and is the sole institution responsible for the funding and management of the air quality …
Twelve UK cities and urban areas may have to ban or fine heavily polluting traffic from their centres within months after the European commission refused to allow Britain more time to reduce dangerous exhaust emissions, according to air quality campaigners. Newcastle, Liverpool, Tyneside, Sheffield, Bristol, Brighton, Birkenhead, Preston, Swansea, Belfast, …
