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 …
An on-board air filtration system developed specifically for school buses reduces exposure to vehicular pollutants by up to 88 percent, according to a study by researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. The high-efficiency cabin air, or HECA, system could help protect the 25 million American children who …
Advanced technology can clean up the air, but only when coupled with change in people's behaviour Delhi tops the charts in the world in terms of air pollution, but the city has good compa ny. Out of the 20 most polluted cities in the world, 13 are in North India, …
Air pollution is a suspected developmental neurotoxicant. Many schools are located in close proximity to busy roads, and traffic air pollution peaks when children are at school. We aimed to assess whether exposure of children in primary school to traffic-related air pollutants is associated with impaired cognitive development. Original Source
The Delhi govt was pulled up for its lackadaisical approach in implementing the green panel's directions to curb vehicular pollution The National Green Tribunal has pulled up the Delhi government for its lackadaisical approach in implementing the green panel's directions to curb vehicular pollution in the capital. "What steps have …
The Union Budget on Saturday failed to make any allocations or fiscal measures to control air pollution. After the World Health Organization's (WHO) urban air quality database last year showed Delhi and 12 other Indian cities to be among 20 most polluted in the world, a number of other publications …
The National Green Tribunal has pulled up the Delhi Government for its lackadaisical approach in implementing the green panel’s directions to curb vehicular pollution in the Capital. “What steps have you taken in furtherance to our orders dated November 26, 2014. You have a whole team of officers at your …
The British government rejected calls on Sunday to raise taxes on diesel vehicles to reduce air pollution but said it will consider a national network of low-emission zones. Britain has consistently failed to meet European Union limits on nitrogen dioxide, which is produced by diesel engines and is harmful to …
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Budget 2015 delivered a first. India has accepted that it has a de facto carbon tax — on petroleum products and on dirty coal. In fact, arguably the only big green initiative of this Budget is the increase of the cess on coal — from …
In many regions of the world, older, high-emitting vehicles account for a small percentage of the overall vehicle fleet but a disproportionately large share of total emissions. It is estimated that these vehicles may be responsible for more than 50% of particulate matter (PM) and black carbon (BC) emissions by …
In this present work experimental test have been conducted to evaluate the performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine using the rubber seed oil diesel blends. The properties of neat rubber seed oil like viscosity, volatility and the boiling point are higher than diesel; the rubber seed oil has …
The Delhi Transport Corporation has come under fire from National Green Tribunal after it failed to submit a compliance report on inspection of its buses by a team constituted by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC). “Give us one bus that has been inspected …
Noidawalas are used to heavy traffic jams with people honking like crazy even if there's not an inch to move. But they were definitely surprised when the Noida Traffic Police conducted a drive aimed at reducing noise pollution. The three-day drive, which began on Monday, had the police cracking down …
Britain said it would invest 43 million pounds ($67 million) to support ultra-low-emission vehicles (ULEV), providing more car charge-points in its towns and cities and helping fund research into electric buses. Britain's auto industry has been growing strongly and the value of British car exports has doubled in the past …
To understand the impact of firework-burning (FW) particles on air quality and human health during the winter haze period, 39 elements, 10 water-soluble ions and 8 fractions of carbonaceous species in atmospheric PM2.5 in Nanjing were investigated during the 2014 Chinese Spring Festival (SF). Serious regional haze pollution persisted throughout …
Ultrafine particles, common traffic pollutants, linked to heart disease deaths in California, study finds. A new study by California scientists has linked chronic exposure to microscopic air pollutants in vehicle exhaust to deaths from heart disease. The finding bolsters evidence that ultrafine particles, which are not regulated by state or …
Failure on the part of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in getting noise norms implemented in new vehicles recently resulted in an official of its being issued a bailable warrant. The western zone bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) issued the bailable warrant against the member secretary of …
Himachal Pradesh government has rejected the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) proposal to only ply compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses to Rohtang Pass (13,050 feet high ), a famous tourists destination, 51 km from Manali. Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh who was in Manali last week said “a world exists even beyond …
Some key pollutants fell, but government and environmentalists at odds over why The concentration of ozone in the city's air has increased by a third in the last 15 years, highlighting yet again the severity in regional air pollution, preliminary government data has shown. But despite the uptick, the Environmental …
Lead concentrations and isotope ratios from two speleothems from the Han-sur-Lesse cave in southern Belgium were measured in order to study the ability of speleothems to act as archives of atmospheric pollution. To address this aim we analyzed trace elemental Al and Pb compositions by LA-ICP-MS and ICP-MS as well …
Final report on air quality status in the National Capital Region as per Hon’ble National Green Tribunal order in the application No. 21 of 2014 (In the matter of Vardhman Kaushik Vs. Union of India). As per Order of Hon'ble National Green Tribunal (NGT) in its order on 04.12.2014 as …
