Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Tens of thousands of the poorest children in London are facing a cocktail of health risks including air pollution, obesity and poverty that will leave them with lifelong health problems, according to a new report. The study found that schools in the capital worst affected by the UK’s air pollution …
Germany’s biggest union and its car industry association urged politicians on Tuesday to help with a shift to electric vehicles and not force a phasing out the combustion engine. Volkswagen’s (VOWG_p.DE) admission in 2015 that it cheated U.S. diesel emissions tests has led to calls for the whole car industry, …
This global report maps 39 dimensions of country risk that are material to the private sector, using globally comparable datasets produced by international institutions. Indian pharma companies should adopt sustainable financing strategies to develop zero-wastewater facilities says the report. The Earth Security Report 2017 provides a roadmap for global business …
It is alleged that procedures to determine pollution level are hardly followed by the authorities concerned Crossing the Goripalayam junction to board her bus to Mattuthavani Integrated Bus Stand daily comes with a heavy fit of cough for N. Malliga, a young professional. She is often engulfed in black smoke …
With vehicular emissions emerging as the lead cause of air pollution in various industrial clusters, the State Pollution Control Board has proposed phasing out of more than 10-year-old commercial diesel vehicles in the state. The measure also follows a rebuff from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for the failure …
Following the directions of National Green Tribunal (NGT), the District Administration, has initiated a district-level-special campaign to create awareness against stubble burning. Under this campaign, awareness vans were flagged off by Pardeep Kumar Agrawal, Deputy Commissioner, from the District Administrative Complex today. While talking to media persons, Agrawal said directions …
(Reuters) - China’s capital Beijing plans to ban all diesel trucks from the city with an emission standard of “national 3” from Sept. 21, 2019, state media reported on Monday that cites a government document. ** Near-term, there will be a partial ban of these trucks, from 6 am to …
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government is planning a series of new incentives and taxes to phase out polluting vehicles and to boost energy-saving insulation in houses, the environment minister said. Environment and Energy Minister Nicolas Hulot told French daily Liberation the 2018 government budget presented next week would include …
SaferRwanda, a non-profit organisation focusing on environmental protection through use of household solar systems and efficient cookstoves with reduced emissions, has scooped global award from Energy Globe. The Energy Globe Award was founded in 1999 by the Austrian energy pioneer Wolfgang Neumann and is regarded as one of the most …
BENGALURU: You may feel choked on Bengaluru roads, thanks to smoke-spewing vehicles and dust. But some monitoring stations of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board have recorded a decrease in the level of air pollutants. KSPCB's 16 monitoring centres are spread over dif centres are spread over different zones such …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Abhimanyu Rathor Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 19/09/2017 regarding degradation of environment and receding of the glaciers at Rohtang Pass. The Counsel appearing for the Applicant prays for time to file the Scheme for Rehabilitation (after the …
NEW DELHI: The use of sulphur-heavy fuel, a major source of air pollution, such as furnace oil (FO) and pet coke in industries operating across the country will finally be regulated, starting this winter. In the absence of any emission standards for SOx (sulphur oxides) and NOx (nitrogen oxides), the …
Data from TS is worrying; and each pollution source needs to be plugged. Hyderabad: Hyderabadis are losing 2.3 years of their lives because the government has set the safe level of pollution at a higher tolerance level than recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO), gravely endangering the health of …
Air Pollution Institute of Research will begin with collecting data to link pollution to diseases Alarmed by the growing negative impact of increasing air pollution on public health, eight of the country’s top doctors specialising in various disciplines have come together to form the Air Pollution Institute of Research (AIR) …
This supplementary report is filed in compliance with Hon’ble Supreme Court order dated August 10, 2017. This supplementary report is based on discussions and final meeting with all stakeholders, including Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) and Transport Department to finalise recommendations to …
“A DEFINING moment for the auto industry.” That is how usually restrained analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein, a research firm, described the news that China’s government wants to move towards a ban on gas guzzlers. On September 9th, Xin Guobin, vice minister of industry and information technology, told an automotive …
Unclean combustion of solid fuel for cooking and other household energy needs leads to severe household air pollution and adverse health impacts in adults and children. Replacing traditional solid fuel stoves with high efficiency, low-polluting semi-gasifier stoves can potentially contribute to addressing this global problem. The success of semi-gasifier cookstove …
NEW DELHI: A decade old diesel vehicles will now have to go off the roads with the National Green Tribunal today declining to lift its ban on them in Delhi-NCR, noting that emissions from diesel vehicles were carcinogenic. The green panel said the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises …
GURUGRAM: Over 50% of the city's diesel autos should go off the roads, after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday rejected the Centre's plea seeking modification of its ban on diesel vehicles older than 10 years in Delhi-NCR. There are 22,162 registered autos in Gurgaon, of which 15,666 run …
Following is the chronology of events in which the National Green Tribunal refused to lift the ban on ten-year-old diesel vehicles in Delhi-NCR: *November 26, 2014: NGT bans all vehicles - diesel or petrol - over 15-years old from plying in Delhi-NCR. *April 7, 2015: NGT bans 10-year old diesel …
