Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
The Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) today filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court detailing the availability of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in the country. Though there is something in the affidavit which could said to be against CNG as a clean fuel, the Ministry has painstakingly …
azadi can wait, but Dal Lake cannot. These words of Charles Goshen still inspires the volunteers of Green Kashmir, a non-governmental organisation floated by him to save Dal Lake from pollution. A few years ago, Goshen, a South African national, received threats from militants asking him to desist from highlighting …
The Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) is reopening the diesel versus CNG debate in Delhi. Several reports in the media have been quoting the institute to say that ultra-low sulphur diesel (ULSD) is better that CNG to solve Delhi's air pollution problem economically. TERI got the lieutenant governor of Delhi …
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) has been launched by Govt. of lndia for promoting urban reforms and investments in the selected 63 cities of India. Ludhiana is one of the eligible cities. CDP is a requirement to access the funds under JNNURM as per the guidelines. A set …
A public interest writ petition for directing the authorities to strictly comply with the provisions of the Biomedical Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998, for segregation, packing, transportation, treatment and disposal of biomedical wastes and municipal wastes generated from Medical College Hospital, Calicut, and other institutions, was admitted by the …
The Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000 shall apply to every municipal authority responsible for collection, segregation, storage, transportation,, processing and disposal of municipal solid wastes.
All diesel-run public light buses could be phased out if a six-month trial scheme on electric and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) options proves successful in Hong Kong. Assistant director of environmental protection Tse Chin-wan yesterday called on experienced public light bus operators to serve as fleet managers in the trial …
The Brahmaputra river side along the busy Mahatma Gandhi Road, has again become a nauseating sight for passers-by as the Kamrup district administration authorities and the GMC seem to have abandoned their responsibility for the upkeep of the area. The area is back to its dubious reputation as being an …
Although it is known as the place with the heaviest amount of rainfall in the world, yet , Cherrapunjee is now facing acute water problem. the problem, which has been here for many years, is increasing day by day due to the ever-increasing number of localities. The magnitude of the …
Heavy metals get deposited in the kidneys, liver and bones. They act as systematic toxins and disrupt metabolic functions of the body. Although most heavy metals are toxic, emphasis has been on lead all over the world. Lead pollution is, by far, the most common form of heavy metal contamination. …
The Lado Sarai residents have converted a Lodi period building into private toilets, cowsheds and a dumping ground for garbage. The misuse has been on for over four years now. INTACH, an organisation engaged in conservation of national monuments, sent representatives to visit the site last week to confirm the …
For the first times sine it came into existence 35 years ago, Gandhinagar is experiencing an acute drinking water shortage, forcing the government to press into service tankers in some areas. The governemnt has directed the Gujarat State Water Resources Corporation to take up, on a war-footing, the digging of …
Five persons have been arrested by officers of the Crime Branch for allegedly issuing fake pollution certificates from illegal pollution checking centres set up at the Delhi-Gurgaon and Delhi-Bahadurgarh borders.
Scientists who cracked open a meteorite that fell to earth last year found tiny pockets of briny water, providing the first close look at water not originating on earth, according to an article in the journal Science.
The Government of India, has notified Biomedical Waste (Management and handing) Rules, 1998 under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and is applicable to all persons who generate, collect, receive, store, transport, treat, dispose, or handle biomedical waste in any form.
Annual emissions of anthropogenic Hg to the atmosphere in different regions of the world during the last decade show an interesting dichotomy: the emissions in the developed countries increased at the rate of about 4.5–5.5% yr−1 up to 1989 and have since remained nearly constant, while in developing countries the …
Since all Parties are now going make “nationally determined contributions” towards mitigating climate change they will do so under Article 4.1 of the Convention, and the issue to be decided, by the ADP, will be what will be provided, and even more important, how these will be treated under Article …
The 30th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management will be held in Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. on March 15-18, 2015. Participants are expected from over 40 countries.Researchers, educators, government officials, consultants, managers, community leaders and others with expertise in solid waste are invited to submit papers for oral presentation …
