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 …
Aurangabad: The National Green Tribunal on Saturday directed a company in Parbhani to pay Rs 5 lakh as environment restitution costs to the district collector for causing pollution and supporting activities against the environment at the Mazalgaon Right Canal, Mannath Lake and the areas nearby. The collector will spend the …
JinkoSolar Holding Co must face a shareholder lawsuit accusing the Chinese solar panel maker of concealing that one of its factories was dumping toxic waste into a nearby river, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday. The decision by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York overturned …
A Japanese judicial panel has recommended that three former executives of the utility that operates the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant face criminal charges over their role in the disaster. A document released by the panel on Thursday showed it voted in favor of indicting Tsunehisa Katsumata, chairman of Tokyo Electric …
The government notified a town in Tochigi Prefecture on Wednesday that it has been picked as a candidate site for the final disposal of some of the radiation-tainted waste resulting from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. More than 100 residents in the town, which is called Shioya, gathered in front …
Extremely high levels of heavy metals found in samples from Loni and Mandoli Lab testing of soil and water samples from the Loni and Mandoli areas of Delhi reveals high contamination of both with heavy metals and other impurities. Shockingly, even the drinking water at both the locations contained high …
Finding radioactive oil field waste is 'a game of cat-and-mouse,' North Dakota landfill director says Bakken oil boom spurs fear of improperly dumped hazardous waste in North Dakota Every weekday, about a dozen large garbage trucks peel away from the oil boom that has spread through western North Dakota to …
This report released by Toxics Link reveals that that toxic elements including mercury, lead, zinc, along with acids and chemicals are released during e-waste recycling and are contaminating soil and water in Loni and Mandoli area of Delhi. There have been various reports documenting practices of recycling e-waste in the …
A mobile court yesterday sealed off four factories at Hazaribagh for using tannery waste in poultry and fish feed that contains hazardous chemical chromium. The court also ordered the agencies concerned to destroy 300 tonnes of so-called “feed” made with toxic tannery scraps generated from nearly 200 tanneries at Hazaribagh. …
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said that after three years of mishaps it’s starting to gain control over decommissioning work at its Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear station, as Japan’s biggest utility begins building an ice wall around the damaged reactors. More than 100 of the 1,571 cooling pipes due to surround reactors …
The next iPhone is coming out in a few months’ time. Before the end of the year, televisions with till now unheard of technology and laptops thinner and lighter than anything in the market will be released. Parallel to that, some of the devices being used now are slowing down …
Six months after a chemical spill fouled a vital West Virginia water supply, a fight is brewing over the tons of waste it left behind. The small city of Hurricane, W.Va., and surrounding Putnam County, want two subsidiaries of Waste Management Inc. WM +0.54% that operate a local landfill to …
Thousands of villagers from Palsana taluka in Surat district took out a rally on Thursday and later handed over a memorandum to Surat district Collector Jayprakash Shivhare, requesting him to shut down the Geo-Hybrid Industries Solution Company Limited (GISCL) at Gujarat Eco Textile Park in Palsana. A few days ago, …
A separate ministry on rivers with special focus on Ganga notwithstanding, rejuvenating the national river will not be an easy task for the Modi government. Among the many contributors, the tanneries of Kanpur alone add 50 mld of waste to the river everyday. Of this, only 9 mld waste is …
Continuous dumping of garbage in landfills will turn them into toxic emission site. Toxic gases tend to envelope vast area via speeding winds, and changing landfill sites is no solution, scientists warned. Organic waste, when dumped unscientifically, decomposes owing to the presence of anaerobic bacteria. Decomposition over a long time …
They are doing little to safeguard the environment against dumping of e-waste Reputed electronic and electrical equipment companies in the country are doing little to safeguard the environment against the irresponsible dumping of e-waste, says ‘Time to Reboot’ a study by non-government organisation Toxics Link. It added that these companies …
At least 16 out of 50 leading companies (31 multinational and 19 national) do not fulfill their responsibilities under Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) as per the E-waste Rules of the country. This includes some of the top brands such as Akai, BPL Group, Blackberry and HCL. The findings have come …
Engineering team preparing detailed action plan based on report The Nitta Gelatin India Limited (NGIL) in Kathikkudam, which has been in the eye of a storm over the pollution of Chalakkudy river, is contemplating steps to implement the recommendations by the National Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to improve the …
Tepco says it is behind schedule with scheme because temperature of pipes sunk into ground is not low enough The operator of Japan's battered Fukushima nuclear power plant has said it is having trouble with the early stages of an ice wall being built under broken reactors to contain radioactive …
Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara apologized Tuesday for suggesting that money would ultimately decide whether local authorities accept the central government’s proposal to build storage facilities for soil contaminated by the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear disaster. Ishihara, appearing at a news conference after drawing criticism from some of his fellow Cabinet …
ays Building On Floodplain Not A Good Idea For Yamuna Delhi's bid to rep licate the Sabarmati riverfront development project for Yamuna has taken a controversial turn. C R Babu, DU professor emeritus and chairman of the state-level expert appraisal committee, has advised the lieutenant governor and the capital's bureaucrats …
