Better traffic, cleaner air on priority list
Castigating the Government for not initiating action to check vehicular pollution in Bangalore city, the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the State government to phase out commercial vehicles
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Map noise during the last day of Ganpati immersions
MUMBAI: Mumbai is among the noisiest cities in the country, closely followed by Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore. Nearly all residents are impacted by adverse health effects of noise continuously, some without
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Direction under section 31 A of Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act 1981 Notice there of
Direction under section 31 A of Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act 1981 Notice there of.
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Need to control air pollution in Capital
In the wake of rising air pollution level in Islamabad, (Pakistan) the need to initiate multi-pronged action and on ground measures has increased manifold. With Environment Ministry and the traffic
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Jica to help Pakistan tackle environmental problems
Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) would provide financial and technical assistance to tackle environmental problems in Pakistan particularly to mitigate the affects of climate change, vehicular emissions, deteriorating sanitation conditions, glaciers melting and air pollution. This was agreed in a meeting between Resident Representative of Jica Takao Kaibara and Federal Minister for Environment Hameedullah Jan Afridi.
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Experts suggest common facility for biomedical waste disposal
Officers from the regional offices of the Central Pollution Board, representatives from Assam Pollution Control Boards, Health departments, medical equipment manufacturers and doctors from the
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U.S. Sets Higher Fuel Efficiency Standards
The Obama administration issued on Tuesday the final version of new rules that require automakers to nearly double the average fuel economy of new cars and trucks by 2025. The standards — which mandate
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Bhopal haunts Dow R&D unit
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai September 09, 2010, 0:09 IST Dow Chemical Company is once bitten, twice shy.
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TNPCB project to gauge air quality
In an effort to generate data to aid policy formulation, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has launched a composite project to quantitatively map the level of air pollution in the city
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Upgraded air monitoring units to cost dear
;Sulagna Sengupta KOLKATA, 25 NOV: The Revised National Ambient Air Quality Standards issued by the Centre would come at a cost for the state government as they have to spend around Rs 20-22 lakh to upgrade its air monitoring units located at various places in and around the city to keep a check on the revised norms.
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KEVA plan for profitable trolley bus service
While the efforts of the three municipalities
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Stop on puja waste to protect water bodies
In West Bengal, where pujas of all hues form the socio -cultural milieu, the strands of the cultural fabric, float into many channels - pollution being one, that the state pollution control board
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Pollution: Biological warning signs
Normally pollution levels are measured using sophisticated instruments. But high costs and logistic problems make it difficult to use these tools to measure global pollution levels. Alternately
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Effluent Plants: businessmen to meet pollution board chief today
Four representatives from the industry, who had been included in the high-level committee constituted by the state government for the installation of Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) in the city, have been asked to attend a meeting with the Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), tomorrow in New Delhi.
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Plan to exchange recyclable plastic wastes with ginger, garlic
With the support of community participation, Environ, a city-based environmental NGO, is planning to make the recycling of plastic more productive in terms of employment generation and pollution control. Plastic waste, often occupying a considerable space in any household, and also a prime cause of flash flood in the city, can now even help
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California issues final greenhouse gas plan for cars
California released its final plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks by about 30 percent by requiring hundreds of dollars in technology to control air pollution in new cars.
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Finance farmers to reduce pollution, say government agencies
Grant aid, rather than regulation, may be the best way of tackling diffuse pollution from agriculture, one of the most persistent river and wetland polluting sources, two environmental government
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DPCC closing polluting industries
The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) ordered immediate closure of 14 polluting industrial units for filing false declaration by way of affidavit for obtaining authorisation under hazardous
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Tar balls removal: Collector seeks details from tourism dept
South Goa District Collector, G P Naik has sought a detailed report from the Tourism Department on the plan of action to lift away tar balls collected at various locations along Salcete
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California issues final greenhouse gas plan for cars
California released its final plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks by about 30 percent by requiring hundreds of dollars in technology to control air pollution in new cars.