Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
A team of seven UCLA environmental science students has created a website that shows how emissions from local factories are impacting air quality in Los Angeles County. Cal EcoMaps, launched this month, features an interactive map with detailed information about 172 facilities representing the top four emitting industries — petroleum, …
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje has spoken to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal over the "unchecked supply of contaminated water" through canal bodies. "Raje told us that the Punjab Chief Minister has assured that proceedings to check the discharge of chemical waste by industries in the main canals in …
FEROZEPUR: Perturbed over supply of contaminated canal water to Rajasthan and alleged callous attitude of Punjab government to check its quality, Hanumangarh-based progressive farmers Shobha Singh Doodi and Shabnam Godara have filed a petition with the National Green Tribunal (NGT). The petitioners have sought a check on supply of "highly …
A magisterial court in Vapi had issued summons to Narain and others in the case. Noted environmental activist and director-general of Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Sunita Narain, has approached the Gujarat High Court (HC) in connection with a defamation case filed against her by a Vapi-based chemical …
Hanumangarh-based progressive farmers Shobha Singh Doodi and Shabnam Godara, chairperson and vice-chairperson, respectively, of zila parishad, have filed a public interest litigation (PIL) with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) seeking a check on the supply of “highly contaminated” canal water from Punjab to Rajasthan. The PIL, also signed by Panchayat …
फरीदाबाद में एनओसी बिना चलने वाली कंपनियों पर तलवार लटक गई है। प्रदूषण नियंत्रण बोर्ड ने ऐसी कंपनियों की रिपोर्ट तैयार ली है। जिन पर मंगलवार से कार्रवाई हो सकती है। रिपोर्ट की एक कॉपी बोर्ड द्वारा मुख्यालय भी भेज दी गई है। बोर्ड की तरफ से एनओसी लेने के …
At last year’s annual session of the National People’s Congress, China’s legislature, Li Keqiang, the prime minister, said the notoriously bad air quality in Chinese cities made him “quite upset”. At this year’s session, in March, Mr Li went much further, saying it was time for China to “declare war” …
The PCPIR has been approved with a Viability Gap Funding of Rs 716 cr by Government of India The Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco) is in talks with National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) and Environmental Protection Training and Research Institute (EPTRI) to prepare environment impact assessment (EIA) for …
Beijing fines 652 firms for pollution in 4 months The Chinese capital's environmental watchdog handed down a fine of 300,000 yuan ($48,000) to a utility boiler manufacturing company in the city on Monday, the highest penalty since the Beijing Air Pollution Prevention Regulation took effect on March 1. The company, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Parminder Singh V/s Punjab PCB & Ors dated 08/05/2014 regarding pollution caused by Matharu Chemical Industries, Punjab. The Order of the NGT mentions a report submitted before the Punjab and Haryana High Court by Thapar Center …
The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday ordered the inspection of nearly 1,000 industries in UP for polluting the Ganga by releasing untreated effluents into its waters. The principal bench of the tribunal has directed Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) and National Ganga River Basin Authority …
PRESS RELEASE New industry initiative aims to enhance transparency and drive improvements In order to enhance sustainability within the supply chain the chemical companies AkzoNobel, BASF, Bayer, Clariant, Evonik Industries, Henkel, LANXESS and Solvay joined forces in the Together for Sustainability (TfS) initiative. So far, TfS members have successfully initiated …
THANE: Pharmaceutical and manufacturing companies in MIDC industrial area of Kalyan-Dombivili have protested Maharashtra Pollution Control Board's (MPCB) closure notice in connection to contamination of Ulhas River in Thane. Aggrieved by the order, Astec Lifesciences, a BSE-listed pharma company, along with 21 other chemical industries and companies, have moved the …
Hundreds of protesters in southern China marched against a chemical plant and environmental degradation on Sunday in a demonstration that the Maoming city government called a "grave violation" by criminals causing chaos. Photos posted on Weibo, China's Twitter-like microblog service, showed hundreds of demonstrators marching along the streets, an overturned …
Ecologist Madhav Gadgil on Sunday said the report prepared by the Western Ghats ecology expert panel (WGEEP) has been misinterpreted by vested interests. Speaking on the sidelines of the State-level seminar on saving Western Ghats, Gadgil said: “Rumours are rife that if our report is implemented, development will lag behind. …
Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Union Carbide Corp (UCC) have released new evidence to show its "direct role in designing and building the pesticide plant in Bhopal" where the 1984 gas disaster killed thousands. Union Carbide, now a Dow Chemical subsidiary, refuses to clean up the site claiming that its …
Reacting to developments taking place in US court regarding new 'evidence' on carbide plant, the non-government organizations working for the welfare of Bhopal gas tragedy victims have expressed hope that Madhya Pradesh government would use this opportunity to expedite clean up process at abandoned Union Carbide site. Activist Rachna Dhingra …
This in turn is breeding insecurity among workers, hampering production, expansion of approved plants Isolated from the mainland, units within the Adani Group-promoted, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) Ltd here are feeling the pinch of pending litigation against the developer, despite the interim relief to continue operations granted …
This in turn is breeding insecurity among workers, hampering production, expansion of approved plants A distant view of the Adani Power Plant (left) and incomplete unit of Alstom Bharat Forge Power (right) Isolated from the mainland, units within the Adani Group-promoted Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) Ltd in …
Ahmedabad: To encourage industries to take up zero liquid discharge (ZLD) technologies, the state government will form a group of experts comprising technocrats, consultants, and state regulatory board officials. The technology proposed will not only be affordable but will also enable industries to tailor-make their ZLD plants according to the …
