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 …
Human enterprise knows no bounds, and the people of Maldives have proved this. They have built a new island to contain the overflowing population of the capital Male. "The project was launched because of land shortage in Male. We've taken a shallow lagoon and created a totally new piece of …
Fine particles in the air Europeans breathe could reduce their life expectancy by two years or more, warn scientists at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria. The scientists modelled the effects of fine particulates across Europe in 2000. They say particulates in Europe cause the …
the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (unesco) has been asked to include Nepal's Sagarmatha (Everest) National Park (snp), along with two other natural sites in Belize and Peru, in its Endangered World Heritage list due to the effect of global warming on them. Temba Tsheri Sherpa, the youngest …
usa's George Bush-administration has once again proved that (its) appearances are deceptive. It recently claimed that combating air pollution will be its top priority and it will begin 2005 with "an aggressive push' in the us Congress to build support for its plan. But the lofty pronouncement has a rider, …
The prolonged severe drought in southern China's Guangdong province has forced authorities to order the closure of 100 hydroelectric plants to save water for farming. Electricity supply in the power-starved province would be further reduced by 1 million kilowatt following the move. Water levels in the Dongjiang River, which sustains …
the strongest acid: The world's strongest acid, at least a million times more potent than concentrated sulphuric acid, has been made in a lab in California. It is also one of the least corrosive. Called carborane acid, is the first
As the sun kisses the desert dunes in the villages of Rajasthan, it signals the end of a hectic day. The hungry desert denizens return home, where a sumptuous fare of traditional food awaits them. As they laze on their charpoys (cots), they are served rabori, an appetiser made of …
the Central Pollution Control Board (cpcb), India's apex pollution monitoring body, has decided to initiate monitoring particles less than 2.5 micron in size (pm2.5) in the ambient air of ten critically polluted cities from 2005. It has also proposed to bring ten more cities under this scanner every year after …
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), a subsidiary of petroleum giant Royal Dutch/Shell, will have to clean up more than 250 oil spills linked to its operations in Nigeria's Rivers State. Rivers State governor Peter Odili recently made this known to SPDC managing director Basil Omiyi. Odili said …
alarming facts about the link between rise in ground level ozone due to increased air pollution and increasing death rates in us cities have come to light. A study conducted by the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, says even a 35 per cent reduction in the …
I recently visited Bangalore, Chennai and Mumbai. The singular impression I have of all these cities, and of others I occasionally visit - of course the one I live in, Delhi - is one of noise, pollution, plastic, garbage and filth. But most of all what hits you is cities …
An acute crisis has hit farmers and fisherfolk in Ecuador's Manabi province, around the us military's Manta air force base. The latter got to use the area for 10 years in 1999 to control drug trafficking. But security measures Ecuador enforced to protect us soldiers are proving too expensive for …
The European Commission (ec) has permitted import of food products containing Monsanto's genetically modified (gm) nk 603 maize. The decision was announced on October 26, 2004. It is meant to take effect immediately and would remain valid for 10 years. The ec had already permitted import of nk 603 maize, …
Two prominent chemical companies and three Us fresh produce companies have been sued by Costa Rica's banana pickers for causing reproductive disorders through pesticide use. The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles against Shell Chemical Company, Dow Chemical Company, Dole Food Company, Chiquita Brands International Inc and Fresh Del Monte …
The European Council (EC) has decided to reduce the emissions of fluorinated greenhouse gases (f-gases), agreeing to phase out some of them completely. f-gases, used in refrigeration, air conditioning, fire fighting and many industrial processes are very powerful and long living. "The legislation agreed is another element in the framework …
The draft National Environment Policy marks an advance from the past approaches but has basic flaws that would limit its effectiveness. A BOLD, visionary policy, dealing with India's environmental crisis, is an urgent necessity. Even the most conservative official figures reveal the serious extent of deregulation of forests, pollution of …
The vehicle inspection programme in India called Pollution Under Control (PUC) Certificate, was enforced under the Central Motor Vehicles Rules (CMV rule No 116) in 1991. This requires all inuse vehicles to undergo periodic exhaust emission tests and obtain valid PUC certificate. The current programme has two elements – annual …
The biggest tobacco trial till date began in the us on September 21, 2004, in which the government has filed a us $280 billion civil suit against tobacco giants, charging them with concealing, for decades, the harmful effects of smoking and for illegally marketing cigarettes to children. Apart from recovering …
