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 …
Exxon Mobil Corp's $225 million settlement with the administration of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie of a longstanding environmental pollution case won approval on Tuesday from a state judge, over the objections of critics who called the accord a sellout. Judge Michael Hogan of the State Superior Court called the …
THE death toll in the Tianjin hazmat warehouse blast was updated to 135 yesterday, while 38 others remain missing, rescue authorities said. All the dead have been identified, including 81 firefighters and seven policemen. The missing include 23 firefighters and four policemen. Hospitals in the northern port city are still …
KOBE – Police raided the headquarters of Japan’s largest yakuza syndicate Yamaguchi-gumi on Tuesday after 14 workers at a waste disposal plant in Kobe, western Japan, became sick after treating waste from the building early this month. The police said the incident was attributable to toxic gas in the waste, …
MORE than 1,800 Zambian villagers in Chingola have taken mining giant Vedanta to court in the United Kingdom over toxic leaks. The London-listed mining giant has been polluting the drinking water of villages in Zambia and threatening a wider health disaster, the Observer has found. This is according to the …
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said it has no system for monitoring hundreds of thousands of abandoned mines that pock the American landscape, or knowing which one could be the source of the next big toxic spill. “EPA does not maintain records of the number of mines or tailings …
Queensland mining minister set to announce Abbot Point environmental impact statement complete, putting Adani closer to submitting plan to Greg Hunt The latest version of Adani’s controversial plan to dredge in Great Barrier Reef waters to expand its Queensland coal port is poised to go before federal environment minister Greg …
BHOPAL: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has again asked three states of MP, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan to comply with Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) guidelines on idol immersion within 15 days. NGT ordered for immediate seizure and destruction of all idols made of plaster of paris (PoP) and other non-biodegradable idols. …
The High Court yesterday issued a contempt of court rule against 10 tannery owners for obstructing the implementation of its 2001 judgment on relocation of hazardous tannery industries from the capital's Hazaribagh area to Savar. The court asked them to explain in two weeks why contempt of court proceedings should …
Automobile service stations operating in the capital and discharging toxic pollutants like grease and oil into the Yamuna have come under the radar of the National Green Tribunal which has sought a status report on their functioning. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed Delhi State Industrial …
Korba in Chhattisgarh is among three newly identified critically polluted areas (CPAs) in the country with the collected sampling of ‘Volatile Organic Compounds” (VOCs), according to the 2014-15 annual report of the Union Ministry of Environment & Forests. The other two locations in the country are Bhiwadi ( Rajasthan) and …
Environment Agency says it lacks necessary expertise and resources to investigate oil firm over 2006 toxic waste dump in Ivory Coast UK authorities have admitted they lack both the expertise and resources to investigate the oil company Trafigura for prosecution over its role in a toxic waste dump in Ivory …
In a startling admission, the UK authorities have informed Amnesty International that they do not have the tools, resources or expertise to investigate whether multinational commodities giant Trafigura conspired to dump toxic waste in the Ivory Coast. The statement came after Amnesty presented a legal brief and 5,000 page dossier …
The State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) does not have equipment to monitor revised ambient air quality (NAAQ) norms notified by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in November 2009. This is acting as an impediment in the implementation of the norms. The SPCB is not following the revised norms. It …
PUNE: In the waters of the Mula river resides a microscopic animal that usually lives independently, if the water becomes polluted, it swims across to its predator and clings on to it. Though the reason for this strange behaviour is unknown, it can certainly be used to determine if the …
Mathura: Local activists here accused small factories involved in silver-plating and manufacturing silver anklets of discharging untreated waste containing highly toxic chemicals, adding that the local administration's failure to counter this problem has imperiled the lives of people in the surrounding areas as the waste flows directly into Gokul barrage, …
BHOPAL: Trial run to incinerate toxic waste from the defunct factory of Union Carbide at Bhopal will take place in the presence of a third party monitor. A directive in this regard has been issued by Union ministry of environment, forests and climate change as Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) …
Seoul City has accelerated its probe into the suspected pollution of the U.S. military base in the capital as part of its efforts to seek the source of oil leaks, officials said Monday. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said it obtained 18 underground water samples among 32 boreholes in Yongsan Garrison …
DUGGIRALA (Guntur): As many as eight villages in Duggirala and Tenali mandals in Guntur district are bearing the brunt of toxic release from CCL Products (India) Ltd, a coffee exporting company operating in Duggirala. Hundreds of families and thousands of acres in Kolakaluru, Penumuli, Rama Nagar Colony, Gandhi Nagar, Kopalla, …
Canada and the Philippines are reportedly close to a solution to the vexed issue of hazardous waste containers shipped to Philippines. There are about 50 container vans of household trash illegally shipped to the Philippines from Canada in 2013 with no solution in sight regarding its disposal. According to Canadian …
The Haryana government has constituted a committee and ordered it to come up with an action plan to check the discharge of toxic waste into the Yamuna via the Badshapur drain. The panel has been asked to submit the proposal to the urban local bodies department by Saturday. The decision …
