Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Bengaluru stadium to get treated water supply for IPL matches amid crisis" appearing in India Today dated 21.03.2024. In the Original Application, registered suo-moto on the basis of the news item, the issue involved relates to the …
Construction of venues and snow-making may damage mountains that help protect city from dust, smog and drought, concern group says Outdoors enthusiasts have expressed concern that alpine sports venues might be built inside a nature reserve in suburban Beijing after the city was named host of the 2022 Winter Olympics. …
Athletes, coaches and organizers at a major test event for next year's Olympic Games shrugged off a simmering dispute over safety at watersports venues by diving into the controversial waters off Copacabana Beach on Saturday. The first day of the triathlon world championship event saw para-athletes swim in the Atlantic …
RIO DE JANEIRO – The International Olympic Committee said Sunday it will begin testing for disease causing viruses in the sewage-polluted waters where athletes will compete in next year’s Rio de Janeiro Games. Before, the IOC and local Olympic organizers in Rio said they would only test for bacteria in …
Athletes in next year’s Summer Olympics will be swimming and boating in waters so contaminated with human feces that they risk becoming violently ill and unable to compete in the games, an Associated Press investigation has found. An AP analysis of water quality revealed dangerously high levels of viruses and …
Air quality and snow conditions are regarded as two of the major challenges for Beijing's bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics. But the city's bid officials gave an answer and solution to all the concerns, promising clean air and enough snow. Kuala Lumpur: Air quality and snow conditions are regarded …
Organisers of next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro face serious challenges over cleaning up the bay where the sailing competitions will be held, the IOC president Thomas Bach has admitted. Sailors in Guanabara Bay have reported worrying amounts of rubbish and pollution, including discarded furniture and floating animal carcasses. …
Air quality and snow conditions are regarded as two of the major challenges for Beijing's bid for 2022 Winter Olympic Games, but on Tuesday, the city's bid officials gave an answer and solution to all the concerns, promising clean air and enough snow. "We will improve the air quality not …
The social and economic benefits of the coastal zone make it one of the most treasured environments on our planet. Yet it is vulnerable to increasing anthropogenic pressure and climate change. Coastal management aims to mitigate these pressures while augmenting the socio-economic benefits the coastal region has to offer. However, …
THREATENED by the sewage pollution, the Yachting Journalists’ Association (YJA) has expressed ‘extreme concern’ over the site chosen for the sailing events of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, next year. Guanabara Bay may look picture perfect but the organisation says yachties will risk running into the bodies …
NAGPUR: Ever thought football can bring about a change in environment protection? Well, here is a second to none chance for kids to learn all about environment conservation and sustainable development by just kicking a ball. To raise awareness about importance of protecting nature and planet Earth on World Environment …
The government promised to clean up Guanabara bay before 2016, but civil society is having to step in and do the job instead Entering the mangrove forest, trees tower overhead as crabs scuttle along the muddy floor and metre-wide spider webs take advantage of the overwhelming number of mosquitoes. Here, …
BYD, a Chinese producer of electric vehicles and solar panels, will contribute to green Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games next year. Rio is determined to hold environment-friendly Olympics, setting an example of sustainability and leaving a green legacy for Brazil. Brazil's major cities have growing concerns about air pollution and …
Beijing has extended a ban on outdoor barbecues to restaurants operating in some suburban areas as it tries to improve its notoriously poor air quality in case it wins the 2022 Winter Olympics, state news agency Xinhua reported. Beijing: Beijing has extended a ban on outdoor barbecues to restaurants operating …
Beijing has extended a ban on outdoor barbecues to restaurants operating in some suburban areas as it tries to improve its notoriously poor air quality in case it wins the 2022 Winter Olympics, state news agency Xinhua reported. Barbecues, generally used to cook popular street foods like kebabs, are already …
A sewage-filled Rio de Janeiro beach has been removed from the list of venues for a surfing competition in the city in May, the World Surf League said on Wednesday. A spokesman, Dave Prodan, said São Conrado beach had to be removed as a competition site “due to pollution issues”. …
Next time you soak in the fun of Twenty20 cricket under a starry sky at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, be rest assured your favourite summer pastime will leave little carbon footprint. On Wednesday, Chinnaswamy Stadium took a giant green leap when it formally launched a 400kv rooftop solar power system, becoming …
The Mayor of Rio de Janeiro has admitted that the city's heavily polluted waterways will not be cleaned up in time for next year's sailing events at the Olympic Games. While bidding to host the 2016 Olympics, the Brazilian city promised a massive clean-up of the Guanabara Bay, which is …
Olympic sailing teams might notice something fishy in the water when they compete in next summer’s games in Rio de Janeiro -- that is, potentially thousands of dead fish, along with piles of trash and raw sewage. Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay, the venue for next year’s Olympic sailing events, …
Rio de Janeiro’s state environmental agency says it is investigating a fish die-off that has left thousands of carcasses floating in waters where sailing events are to be held when Brazil hosts next year’s Olympics. The dead twaite shad, small whitish gray fish, were discovered Tuesday by inspectors conducting routine …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Suo motu case the news item of plan for a cricket stadium in Thirupathi in “The Hindu” dated 21.11.2013 V/s. Union of India, MoEF, New Delhi & Others dated 30/01/2015.
