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 …
China’s coal-and-chemical industry has long been controversial for its high level of carbon emissions. In the recently released “13th Five-year Plan for Energy”, the coal-to-chemical industry was set a number of key construction regions. Meanwhile, global fossil fuel carbon emissions have seen a zero growth rate for three years in …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of S Prabakaran, Nadu Theru, Sothikuppam, Cuddalore VS Ministry of Environment & Forests dated 24/03/2017 regarding the laying of pipeline by Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) Technology or any other means in the CRZ area of Uppanar River for …
MUMBAI: The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has directed Tata Chemicals to shut down its fertilizer plant in Haldia (West Bengal) for violating liquid waste discharge rules. The CPCB directive follows an analysis of the company's samples, which showed a non-compliance in effluent discharge norms. Tata Chemicals made this disclosure …
Industries along the Ganga basin told to install online monitoring systems, errant units to face closure beginning March The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on Saturday issued stringent directions for industries along the Ganga basin that have not yet installed online pollution monitoring systems. In a three-page directive, reviewed by …
VELLORE: A fire broke out at the processing unit of a company in Phase III of SIPCOT in Ranipet in the early hours of Monday. The fire that was noticed at 5.15am was raging still in the afternoon. The fire broke out in the processing unit of Gujarat Enviro Protection …
Hyderabad: As many as 1,160 polluting industries will be shifted out of Hyderabad city. The Telangana State Pollution Control Board has identified 1,545 industries, of which 385 are already located outside Outer Ring Road, minister K.T. Rama Rao told the Legislative Council on Tuesday. “Only 1,160 units need to be …
ROURKELA:After a lull, the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has recently issued whips to a host of industrial units including sponge iron plants in the environmentally fragile Sundargarh district for non-compliance of pollution guidelines. Till recently, the OSPCB was not very harsh with almost all 45 sponge iron units …
VADODARA: At a time when Gujarat government is making efforts to get the six years long moratorium on industrial clusters of Vapi, Ankleshwar and Vatva (Ahmedabad) lifted, restrictions on expansion or new facilities have been imposed on industries in Padra industrial cluster near the city. Sources said that the Gujarat …
NEW DELHI: Residents living in the vicinity of Mandoli in northeast Delhi can hope to breathe easy in the months ahead. The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has informed the Public Grievances Commission that a crackdown has been launched on polluting industries functioning illegally in the redevelopment area of Mandoli, …
The World’s Worst Pollution Problems 2016: The Toxics Beneath Our Feet updates the top ten point-source polluting industries based on each source’s global burden of disease. Pollution and the diseases that it causes have become a massive and extremely costly global problem. But at the same time as our understanding …
The companies were driven less by idealism than by intense competition, and a bet that they could create more environmentally friendly alternatives It might seem surprising to find the world's chemical companies on the front lines of preventing climate change, fighting to disrupt their own industries. But in a sweeping …
Kolkata: Toxic sludge being released by an illegal plastic factory into the canals that feed fish farms in East Kolkata Wetlands has triggered concern among ecologists. Not only is the toxic waste affecting fish workers, there are fears of chemicals entering our food chain through the fish and vegetables cultivated …
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) investigated the 17 April 2013 explosion at the West Fertilizer Company (WFC) that resulted in 15 fatalities, more than 260 injuries, and damage to more than 150 buildings. Among these structures were four nearby school buildings cumulatively housing children in grades …
Keri: A Pissurlem resident, on Saturday, filed a complaint at the office of the deputy collector of Bicholim against continued discharge of water contaminated with industrial waste into the nullah (drain) bordering agricultural and horticultural fields despite orders to the contrary from Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB). "No steps …
China had 232 chemical-related accidents from January to August this year, causing 199 deaths and 400 injuries, according to research from the environmental group Greenpeace published on Wednesday. Greenpeace said China needs to "radically overhaul" the way it manages its chemical industry, which is now "appallingly under-regulated". "The government must …
National Green Tribunal on Sep 20, 2016 directed the Ministry of External Affairs to continue discussions with the Govt. of Bangladesh for setting up of an Effluent Treatment Plant for the industries contributing to the pollution of river Mathabanga which subsequently flow into river Churni in West Bengal. Judgement of …
KOCHI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the pollution control board (PCB) to inspect the secured landfill areas and effluent collection tanks at Kuzhikandom Thodu on the Eloor-Edayar belt and file an action taken report by October 3. The tribunal passed the order while hearing a petition filed by …
CHENNAI: Not just vehicles on the road or factories or the tonnes of garbage on the streets, even a chemistry lab experiment causes pollution to the environment. In an effort to do their bit for conserving environment, the Chemistry department in the Madras Christian College is renovating its labs and …
Industries and the products they make can play a considerable role in the global effort to tackle climate change. Making them part of the solution while helping them stay competitive is a key challenge for policy makers, according to a new report from the World Bank Group, CLASP and Carbon …
A Centre's green panel has given environmental clearance to Reliance Industries for expansion of its jetty facility in Jamnagar, Gujarat, for handling chemical and petrochemical products at a cost of Rs 750 crore. RIL has an integrated refinery-cum-petrochemical complex in Jamnagar district with a marine terminal in the Gulf of …
