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 …
CHENNAI: Even though one year has lapsed after oil spill robbed fishermen of their livelihood — damaging boats, fishing gear and drop in sales — the State government is yet to compensate the affected for the loses incurred. The oil spill has wreaked havoc in the lives of fishing communities …
AHMEDABAD: No oil spill has been reported from the diesel-laden merchant navy tanker that caught fire on Wednesday off the Gujarat coast, an official said today. Efforts were under way to douse the flames on the MT Genessa tanker which was carrying 30,000 tonnes of high-speed diesel, he said. The …
Nigeria may suffer another disruption in crude oil exports if threats by Odimodi and Forcados communities in Delta State to shut down the Forcados Export Terminal are anything to go by. The communities threatened to shut down the facility over the spilling of over 40,000 barrels of crude oil that …
Exempts cement industry in Rajasthan, Haryana, UP The Supreme Court on Wednesday relaxed its order banning use of pet coke and furnace oil in the National Capital Territory and allowed cement industry to use it as feedstock in Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. A bench headed by Justice Madan B …
25% of tanker vessel market below 20 years of age are going to be decommissioned Scrapping of tanker vessels across the world is expected to rise significantly in 2018 as earnings for shipowners per tanker vessel might decline amid rising crude oil prices, drop in China’s crude stocking activity and …
Regattas and other marina-related events planned for this weekend could be cancelled depending on the severity of an oil spill – and progress in its clean-up – on Thursday. Point Yacht Club manager Darryl Williams told The Mercury he had been alerted to the spill in the early hours of …
Asking NTPC to approach the government for modification, the bench said, "The Government of India has issued a notification. We are not going to modify the ... notification." The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to modify the Centre’s notification banning the use of furnace oil and pet coke in Uttar …
The outcome of an appeal hearing against a verdict issued earlier this year in Britain is being eagerly awaited in Nigeria. Communities in Rivers State are demanding that energy giant Royal Dutch Shell clean up oil spills and pay the associated costs. But Royal Dutch Shell says the case should …
LONDON - Babies are much more likely to die in their first few weeks of life if their mothers live close to the site of an oil spill, according to new research. Scientists studied data on infant mortality and oil spills in Nigeria's Niger Delta region - and describe their …
CHENNAI: A fishing vessel that was illegally demolished at Kasimedu harbour has been sealed by government officials after a report appeared in these columns on Saturday last. South Indian Fishermen Welfare Association president K Bharathi said that on the same day the report appeared, a team of officials covered the …
CHENNAI: The South Indian Fishermen Welfare Association has demanded compensation to fishermen in Nochikuppam who were affected by demonetisation, cyclone Vardah and Chennai oil spill. The association held a meeting at Nochikuppam in Santhome on Sunday. It said demonitisation, which was announced on November 8 last year, affected the fisherfolk, …
Initial ship estimate of 2 tonnes led to delay in proper response; both ships at fault for collision The final quantity of oil spill from the collision of two ships at Ennore in January has been pegged at 251.46 tonnes. The two ships involved in the accident, Dawn Kanchipuram and …
New Delhi: As air quality in the capital and its surrounding areas deteriorated further on Wednesday — with AQI levels staying in the "severe" category for the second day — the Centre for Science and Environment said temporary steps, such as shutting down schools, were not the solution. It said …
CHENNAI: The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday directed counsel for oil tanker Dawn Kanchipuram and LPG carrier BW Maple to file replies to Directorate-General of Shipping’s report, which found personnel of both vessels guilty of compromising basic seamanship rules on multiple occasions, leading to collision …
MANGALURU: ASSOCHAM has advocated giving adequate time to the industrial consumers to migrate from the furnace oil and pet coke to gas-base to save the livelihood of over 25 lakh workers in the national capital region (NCR). It is estimated that about 1,000 units directly and nearly 10,000 allied units …
Bhiwadi Industrial Association has moved the Supreme Court seeking relaxation of the ban on the use of cheap and polluting pet coke and furnace oil by industries in the national capital region (NCR). Although the industries have sought more time to implement the ban, the minutes of a recent meeting …
Babies in Nigeria are twice as likely to die in the first month of life if their mothers were living near an oil spill before falling pregnant, researchers have found. A new study, the first to link environmental pollution with newborn and child mortality rates in the Niger Delta, shows …
No vessel would be granted authorisation to set sail in Ghana’s waters if it is not fitted with internationally acceptable toilet and sewerage facilities. According Captain Paapa Nsuako-Owuredu, a Director at the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA), the Maritime Pollution Act forbids it and “for the sake of decency and human …
GURGAON: Unhappy with the Supreme Court ban on usage of petroleum coke and furnace oil in the industries, city-based industrial associations on Wednesday appealed to the state government and the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) to take up the matter with the ministry of environment, forest and climate change …
A week after the Supreme Court directed the governments of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan to ban the use of pet coke and furnace oil in the industries, Bhiwadi Industrial Association on Tuesday requested the court give more time to the affected industries to comply with the order. The association’s …
