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 …
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has moved the National Green Tribunal seeking a stay and review of its order directing the aviation regulator to issue a circular to all airlines operating at IGI Airport to ensure that they do not empty toilet tanks mid-air. The DGCA has now …
Tourism accounts for around 8 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study that marks the first attempt to quantify the industry’s total carbon footprint. In an ambitious paper published in the scientific journal Nature Climate Change, an international team of scientists has quantified the environmental …
HYDERABAD: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has approached the Ministry of Environment and Forest and Climate Change seeking permission for various expansion programmes of seven airports including Pune, Guwahati and Tirupati this year so far. The total investment outlay for all the seven airports was pegged at nearly Rs …
National carrier, Kenya Airways and WheelTug plc, the aircraft e-taxi innovator, have executed a slot agreement for the airline’s fleet of Boeing 737NG aircraft. Under this agreement, the WheelTug system will enable Kenya Airways airplanes to taxi forward and backward, using small electric motors in their nosewheels rather than jet …
The aviation sector must confront rapidly increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and ambitious decarbonization targets. Alternative jet fuels (AJFs) could be route to decarbonizing this sector, though these fuels can vary widely in feedstocks used, cost, and environmental performance. To facilitate the transition to AJF, Boeing has begun testing the …
Jaipur: Farmers whose land will be acquired to develop new Greenfield airport project near Shivdaspura have started protesting against the state government. The farmers have started organising meeting in villages, where land will be acquired for the project. Abhishek Kumar, a farmer said, “For the airport the JDA would acquire …
Saligao: Environmentalists, villagers from Verla-Canca in Bardez as well as activists from Tiswadi and Salcete gathered together at Mapusa on Tuesday to voice their opposition against illegal felling of trees, illegal land filling and the plan to include villages in the jurisdiction of the planning and development authority (PDA). The …
The PIL seeks quashing of environmental clearance given by MoEF in November 2010 besides setting aside consent granted by Ministry of Civil Aviation for construction of phase-I of the project. The Bombay High Court has issued notices to the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF), the City …
The impact of black carbon, emitted by aeroplanes, on monsoon, glaciers and ozone layer is "uncertain", but its sustained emission could lead to warming of the atmosphere at 10-12 km altitude, the government said today. The impact of black carbon, emitted by aeroplanes, on monsoon, glaciers and ozone layer is …
CHENNAI: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has requested a reassessment of the runway bridge across Adyar River to extend the second runway after the ministry of environment and forests and climate change (MoEF&CC;) said it was constructed in violation of the no objection certificate (NoC) given for the project. …
This report introduces several methods the European Environment Agency (EEA) has developed for assessing and communicating early RES growth and the important knock-on effects that RES growth has on the energy sector and related areas. The report provides specific information at EU and country level on estimated RES progress in …
Rainforest Foundation Norway and Cerulogy launched a report, ‘Driving deforestation’, looking at the impact of expanding palm oil use due to biofuel policies around the world. The report goes directly into the heated debate in Europe and the rest of the world about the use of palm oil for biofuels. …
This report compares the fuel efficiency of 20 airlines operating nonstop flights between the mainland United States and East Asia and Oceania. It extends the previous transatlantic fuel efficiency methodology to the transpacific market.
KOCHI: The Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL), which has taken the lead in utilising renewable energy in the aviation sector by becoming the first fully solar-powered airport in the country, is aiming to optimise its renewable energy capabilities to a record level of 40 MV by March. The airport company, …
The Kolkata airport is set to start using green energy for its day-to-day operations, as its ground-mounted, grid-connected solar plant is ready for commissioning. The 15 MW plant, capacity-wise the largest among all the AAI airports across the country, is slated to be inaugurated by Union Minister for Civil Aviation …
In a bid to curb noise pollution at IGI airport, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday directed the Ministry of Civil Aviation to ensure judgement-based use of reverse thrust by aircraft, building of sound barriers and erection of a green belt around the airport’s boundary wall. Thrust reversal, also …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Society for Protection of Culture Heritage, Environment, Traditions and Promotions of National Awareness (CHETNA) Vs Ministry of Civil Aviation & Others dated 24/11/2017 regarding the issue of noise pollution caused by aircrafts in run way 11/29 of the IGI Airport, …
The Union Environment Ministry said that it has given the green nod to the proposed project to extend the runway and apron to suit C type aircraft and other works at the Swami Vivekananda Airport in Raipur. The Airport Authority of India (AAI) has received environment clearance for the extension …
This 2017 report of the European Environment Agency (EEA) provides an analysis of past, present and future emissions trends under the European Union (EU) Emissions Trading System (ETS), based on the latest data and information available from the European Commission (July 2017 data on verified emissions and compliance by operators …
Flights all around the world could be encountering lots more turbulence in the future, according to the first ever global projections of in-flight bumpiness. A new study published online in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union, has calculated that climate change will significantly increase the amount …
