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 …
Bhubaneswar: Although the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) makes tall claims of monitoring reuse and disposal of industrial waste, 23 million tonne of waste is lying undisposed in the state, which can be extremely hazardous for the environment. The forest and environment minister, Bikram Keshari Arukh, on Tuesday said …
FUKUSHIMA – Public prosecutors decided on Tuesday not to indict Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose and other current and former executives of the utility over radioactive water leaks from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the ocean. Sufficient evidence was not found, the Fukushima District …
The Environment ministry today released the new Bio-medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 which will bring in a wider and more comprehensive regime for bio waste management. "The new bio-medical waste management rules will change the way country used to manage this waste earlier. Under the new regime, the coverage has …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s Ashok Vihar Mitra Mandel Vs. The Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 28/03/2016 regarding dumping of hazardous wastes containing heavy metals in the green belt, Delhi. The Counsel appearing for Delhi Pollution Control Committee submits that samples …
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the E-Waste Management Rules, 2016 in supersession of the e-waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011. Announcing the notification of the rules, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, said that norms have been made more stringent …
Around 32 years after the Bhopal Gas tragedy that claimed thousands of lives, the Centre today said nearly 350 tonnes of hazardous waste was “safely secured” on the factory premises of Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL). “Approximately 346 tonnes of hazardous waste is safely secured and kept on the factory …
So far, around 300 medical establishments have been identified and notices are in the process of being sent, said Dilip Khedkar, regional officer, MPCB. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has initiated action against erring hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and pathology labs in the city which do not comply with disposal …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Disposal of e-Waste, 15/03/2016. The reported generation of e-waste by State Pollution Control Boards/ Pollution Control Committees within their State / Union Territory at different period is given at Annexure. In the year 2013-14, it was reported that one lakh twenty one thousand three …
The tribunal is hearing a case on hazardous pollution caused by illegal e-waste disposal units located in NCR. The petition has been filed by non-profit organisation Law for Justice. The National Green Tribunal Monday directed the district magistrate of Ghaziabad to notify it about steps being taken to curb illegal …
In the chaotic two years after its name became forever associated with nuclear disaster, the Fukushima Daiichi power plant “resembled a field hospital”, according to the man who is now in charge of the most daunting task the nuclear industry has ever faced: removing hundreds of tons of melted fuel …
China aims to pass its first soil pollution law next year hoping to tackle a "serious" problem that so far lacks dedicated legislation, a senior Chinese official said on Thursday. China's government declared war on pollution in 2014 in a bid to head off rising public anger over the environmental …
MOSCOW – Economic crises in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus have brought reduced testing in areas contaminated by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Greenpeace says, and people continue to eat and drink foods with dangerously high radiation levels. According to scientific tests conducted on behalf of the environmental campaigning group, overall contamination …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Classification of Industries, 08/03/2016. Pursuant to a proposal received from Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) the Ministry has approved a new concept for the categorization of industries based on the relative pollution potential of the industrial sectors. As per the new concept, Pollution Index …
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) had brought out notifications in 1989, with the purpose of prohibition/ restriction of operations of certain industries to protect ecologically sensitive Doon Valley. The notification introduced the concept of categorization of industries as ” Red”, “Orange “and “Green” with the purpose …
BRASILIA – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s administration, two state governments and mining company Samarco reached an agreement that covers the cost of cleaning up the Doce River basin, which was contaminated by a massive tailings dam spill last November. The settlement calls for the creation of a 20-billion-reais ($5.08-billion) fund …
Ahmedabad: An NGO Shree Mahila Charitable Trust filed four PILs in Gujarat high court (HC) on Wednesday against the government's decision to choose spots within 500 metre of habitation as industrial dumping sites. The PIL claims that this is in violation of the guidelines issued by the HC with regard …
MARGAO: The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has issued a show-cause notice to Taj Exotica, Culwada-Benaulim, and Tata Motors, Arlem-Fatorda, for disposing waste through unauthorised persons. This was after an inspection of a scrap-yard owned by one Mehboob Narangi, which the board found to be located within a residential …
Teaming up with the Young Indians of Confederation of Indian Industry, Erode Zone, the Olirum Erodu Foundation (OEF), an organisation working for transforming the face of the city, has collected 6,000 kg of electronic waste since June last year. Students of six schools were instrumental in collecting and depositing half-a-tonne …
The rise of plastics since the mid-20th century, both as a material element of modern life and as a growing environmental pollutant, has been widely described. Their distribution in both the terrestrial and marine realms suggests that they are a key geological indicator of the Anthropocene, as a distinctive stratal …
E-waste – electrical and electronic waste – is one of today’s fastest growing waste streams. By managing it well, we can recover valuable raw materials and reusable parts, with significant associated emissions savings. But much of its potential is lost when improperly processed by informal and unregulated enterprises. This can …
