Establishing that major carbon producers are causally contributing to climate impacts and climate harms is only the first step in accountability. The question remains: can we hold them responsible? Under
Mismanagement of waste and wastewater is a key reason behind the continuing environmental pollution and degrading livelihoods across the developing countries of South Asia such as Sri Lanka. Recovering
A recent study by the Jammu and Kashmir State Pollution Control Board (spcb) shows that vehicular pollution has reached alarming levels in parts of the Kashmir valley. The state government has
educing emissions of black carbon and other short-lived pollutants that contribute to global warming could buy the world crucial time while governments begin the slow overhaul of global energy systems that will be required to reduce emissions of CO2, climate modelers reported in Nature Geosciences.
Poor air quality causes an estimated 2.6–4.4 million premature deaths per year. Hazardous conditions form when meteorological components allow the accumulation of pollutants in the near-surface atmosphere.
Indonesian capital Jakarta, the city with the world's third worst air quality after Mexico and Bangkok, will ostensibly reap the benefits of an air pollution bylaw soon. But what is unfortunate is
To check air pollution in Hyderabad city, the state government has decided to set up two computerised pollution checking centres at Road Transport Authority's Khairatabad and Secunderabad Centres for
Indian Council for Enviro Legal Action (ICELA), J&K Chapter organized a seminar on Environment scenario in JK in collaboration with State Pollution Control Board at Forest house, Jammu. Ashok Sharma MLC and Chairman ICELA was the chief guest on the occasion while Abhay Kumar, Chief Conservator of Forest presided. As many as 10 speakers presented their papers on the topic and laid emphasis on preserving the plants from the wrath of pollution and eroding forests. They also suggested various means to enrich environment and check pollution.
The Pune bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) headed by justices V R Kingaonkar and Ajay Deshpande on Monday directed the civic body to float fresh tenders for appointing a firm for treating biomedical
KOLHAPUR: The Pune bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) headed by justices V R Kingaonkar and Ajay Deshpande on Monday directed the civic body to float fresh tenders for appointing a firm for treating
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents of Village Kadamdih Through Umang Choudhary Vs. State of Jharkhand & Ors. dated 07/05/2014 regarding removal of dolochar from village
The state government on Monday informed the Bombay High Court that illegal mining in the 2 km radius of the Taloja Jail has been stopped by it. A report filed by the Raigad Collector was submitted to
It was not easy for Nirabhra Mandal, a student of Class VI to organise an anti-pollution rally in Howrah, but he did it and also got 234 of his companions (all 11-years-old) to support him. Whether
K. Raju Low running cost, no need for disposal of batteries are its benefits DINDIGUL: Four final year engineering students of P.S.N.A. College of Engineering and Technology have designed pilot model of a car that can be operated with hydrogen in the water, an alternative energy to fossil fuel.
A new plan to curb global warming risks becoming a battleground between rich and poor nations and could struggle to get off the ground as negotiators battle over the fate of the ailing Kyoto climate pact.
Environmentalist and Mhadei Bachao Abhiyan Vice President Nandkumar Kamat is at a loss of words to explain the Government's inefficiency to check whether water supplied in people's homes was actually safe for drinking. Addressing a press conference on the eve of World Environment Day that falls tomorrow (June 5), Kamat lamented, "What we are drinking is actually poison water. There are no quality checks and the Government has not bothered to address the problem in spite of reminders and individual representations.'
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of M/s Hindustan Coca- Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd. v/s U.P Pollution Control Board. dated 20/06/2014. This appeal challenges
The Ministry of Environment has set itself a challenging task of introducing Euro-II emission standards for petrol driven vehicles from July this year and for diesel driven automobiles from July 2012.
Punjab Environmental Protection Agency (Punjab-EPA) has served notices on the owners of 10 brick kilns located in the environs of New Islamabad International Airport, Fateh Jang, and 15 stone crush machines installed on the periphery of Khanpur Dam for causing serious environmental pollution.
The Lancet Countdown tracks progress on health and climate change and provides an independent assessment of the health effects of climate change, the implementation of the Paris Agreement,1 and the health
