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 …
India and 25 other nations including the U.S. and China have decided to oppose the European Union's plans to include airlines in its system to limit greenhouse gas emissions, according to a joint declaration. The declaration was released by the Indian government late Friday after a two-day meeting of the …
Lufthansa is the world's first airlines to use biofuel on scheduled flights. In the long term, the aviation industry will not achieve its climate goals without biofuels.
India and 25 other countries including the US, China, Russia and Brazil, have opposed the European Union’s plan to include aviation under its emission trading scheme (ETS) and impose emission charges on airlines flying into the region starting next year. After a two-day meeting here, the non-EU ICAO members adopted …
WASHINGTON: The World Bank and IMF are proposing global carbon taxes on aviation and ship fuels in developed economies to help reduce carbon dioxide emissions, according to a draft proposal seen by AFP on Friday. The proposal suggests an international charge on aviation and maritime bunker fuels of $25 per …
Civil aviation minister Mr Vayalar Ravi today urged state governments to reduce surcharge on aviation fuel, saying airlines are facing problems due to this. “All state governments should reduce aviation fuel sales tax...It is a burden on airline companies,” he told reporters on sidelines of the “Regional Celebration of Civil …
The European Union faces a trade clash over its plans to curb emissions from aviation, European airlines said on Monday. The latest flare-up in rhetoric comes four months ahead of the introduction of a scheme strongly opposed by China. "If the EU persists in an approach which some have called …
British Airways faces a bill of nearly €50m, the highest of any airline, when carriers around the world are brought into the European Union’s carbon emissions trading scheme next year, a new study estimates. But BA and other large European carriers will face a relatively smaller burden than their rivals …
A Public consultation on Friday to hear suggestions and objections to a proposed interim development plan for the land occupied by the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) saw a series of organisations representing slumdwellers on airport land, an academician from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) and activists of …
New Delhi: A cloudburst at Palam, with 117mm rain coming down in just over an hour on Thursday afternoon, saw the arrival section of the world-class terminal 3 of IGI Airport submerged in ankle deep water and massive traffic jams on the approach roads led to several passengers missing their …
Just when the momentum picked up for the Navi Mumbai International Airport after a two-year delay over environmental clearances, there’s a brand new threat to the mega project. Local farmers, who collectively own more than 1,000 acres of land that’s earmarked for the airport, are now demanding a whopping Rs20 …
The concept of this paper was originated in ICTSD’s research and policy dialogues under the Global Platform. The study shows that the impact on net emissions covered by the EU ETS could be large, as with growing aviation emissions, operators will have to buy allowances from other sectors in the …
A volcano that has been erupting for several days in Alaska's Aleutian Islands may be preparing for a more explosive event, scientists said on Wednesday. Cleveland Volcano, a 5,676-foot peak located on Chuginadak Island, about 940 miles southwest of Anchorage, has been in low-level eruption since the end of July, …
MUMBAI: Delays during peak traffic hours at Mumbai airport do not just inconvenience passengers. They also cost airlines a bomb. A rough estimate by aviation engineers and pilots shows that at least 105 tonnes of fuel is burnt every day by almost 70 flights while hovering over the airport during …
The Indian government will oppose the European Union’s proposal to make airlines buy carbon credits for using its airspace on the grounds that it is unilateral and unfair on carriers from developing countries. EU’s proposal to cap planetwarming gases under its emission trading system (ETS) makes it mandatory for airlines …
Sharply divergent climate change policies on opposite sides of the Atlantic are setting off political fireworks as European environmental regulators prepare to extend their reach across the ocean. Starting Jan. 1, the European Union will require all carriers entering or leaving its airports to either reduce their emissions or pay …
Following Delhi High Court’s intervention, the air safety regulator has prescribed maximum permissible noise levels in the vicinity of the Indira Gandhi International Airport. It has also put the onus of monitoring and reporting of erring airlines on the airport operator, on a monthly basis. The Directorate General of Civil …
American Airlines has hit out at the EU’s plan to bring almost every leading airline into its scheme to limit carbon emissions, describing Brussels’ move as an “unwise” proposal for the “beleaguered” industry. The candid assessment by Tom Horton, president of American Airlines, the third largest US carrier by revenue, …
Infrastructure and construction design and engineering environmental issues environmental pollution As the debate on aircraft noise affecting people staying close to airports gathers momentum in India, Dr M. L. Munjal, Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and head of the National Committee on Noise Pollution Control, outlines the various issues …
European steelmakers said they started legal action on Thursday to overturn the way the sector has been included in the European Union's carbon market. Industry body Eurofer says the rules for the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) do not set a fair benchmark for allowing the industry's most efficient 10 percent …
