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 …
With growing no. of vehicles, Chennai earns dubious distinction of HIGHEST LEVELS OF EXHAUST POLLUTION in a study Chennai is a city where vehicular population has grown by leaps and bounds and alongside, so has exhaust pollution. In a study on air pollution in urban areas in 2012, titled ‘Urban …
The Obama administration on Monday announced new fuel and automobile rules to cut soot, smog and toxic emissions, which it says will reduce asthma and heart attacks in the United States. The so-called Tier 3 rules unveiled by the Environmental Protection Agency have been under development since President Barack Obama …
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to unveil a major new regulation on Monday that forces oil refiners to strip out sulfur, a smog-forming pollutant linked to respiratory disease, from American gasoline blends, according to people familiar with the agency’s plans. When burned in gasoline, sulfur blocks pollution-control equipment in vehicle …
Typical transport investment and policy proposals in India may consider factors such as connectivity with surrounding areas, land use and socioeconomic impacts, available funding, and the level of support from local stakeholders. All too often, these assessments consistently overlook the health impacts of transport. Despite this, there is a consistent …
Projects to deliver a next generation of green transport fuel, which new research says could cut EU oil consumption by millions of tonnes per year, are on hold because of an EU policy vacuum, representatives of the industry say. Specific EU targets for low carbon transport fuel expire in 2020 …
Pollution in Beijing was stuck at unhealthy levels for the seventh straight day, prompting warnings for people to stay indoors as thick gray smog shrouded the capital a week before the annual meeting of China’s legislature. The concentration of PM2.5, the small particles that pose the greatest risk to human …
To Explain Issue Of 50,000 Autorickshaw Permits In Mumbai, Navi Mumbai On March 18 The National Green Tribunal (NGT) western zone bench, Pune has summoned the state transport department over its decision to reissue 50,000 permits to ply new autorickshaws in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. The department has been asked …
Members of the European Parliament voted through the world's toughest carbon dioxide standards for new cars on Tuesday, prompting a cautious welcome from environmental campaigners. The new rules set a limit of 95 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer (g/km) as an average across all new cars sold in the …
Political rallies have returned to the Brigade Parade Grounds in a big way. Between January 30 and February 9, the city underwent the ordeal of three major rallies organized by the Trinamool Congress, the BJP and the Left Front. Now, green activist Subhas Datta has approached Calcutta high court again, …
The smog is so bad even the statues wear masks. Or at least they do in pictures of a campus stunt that circulated online on Tuesday as parts of northern China suffered a sixth straight day of severe pollution. After being cooped inside because of the bad air, a psychology …
Air pollution in China, the world's biggest carbon emitter, has reached intolerable levels and the country should aggressively cut its reliance on coal, according to the National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation. “China's pollution is at an unbearable stage,” Li Junfeng, director general of the state body …
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear argument in six consolidated challenges to the Environmental Protection Agency’s ("EPA's") decision to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases ("GHGs") from stationary sources under certain provisions of the Clean Air Act (the "CAA"). The cases come from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, …
Localized air pollution, posing an environmental and health challenge, has been linked to the presence of 'heat islands' in Delhi — pockets which are significantly warmer than their surroundings. A study of these localized 'hot spots', compiled after a controversy over a Delhi versus Beijing pollution scare, revealed that vehicular …
China has limited vehicles on road and suspended factory production, taking emergency response measures to control worsening air pollution. The National Meteorological Centre (NMC) today issued a yellow alert for smog. It was the fourth straight day such a warning has been announced. North China’s Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei Province, …
A team formed to manage transportation service in Pokhara has advised bringing pollution-free vehicles to use in order to mitigate the havoc caused by vehicular emission in the city, of late. The team concluded that vehicles were not increasing only in Pokhara city, but also in the entire Gandaki zone, …
President Barack Obama will direct federal agencies on Tuesday to develop higher standards for medium-sized and heavy trucks over the next two years, another step in his efforts to reduce oil consumption and carbon emissions blamed for global warming. Obama will travel to Upper Marlboro, Maryland, to make his announcement …
The Chinese government's failure to take emergency steps over the weekend to rein in pollution was "indefensible," state media said on Monday, in a rare show of defiance after several days of thick smog once again blanketed the capital, Beijing. The criticism will be a concern for the stability-obsessed government, …
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has slammed the new budget proposal to cut taxes on cars with fuel-guzzling and polluting SUVs enjoying the biggest slash. In last year's budget, finance minister Chidambaram had, responding to the crippling energy crisis, hiked the excise on SUVs from 27 percent to 30 …
6% reduction in duty makes the gas-guzzling vehicles cheaper Environmental gains made over the past year seem to have gone up in smoke with the announcement of a cut in excise duty on sports utility vehicles (SUVs), the Centre for Science and Environment said on Monday. According to the Interim …
Environmentalists have slammed finance minister P. Chidambaram’s decision to cut taxes on cars, with the fuel-guzzling SUVs enjoying the biggest slash. Not only will this trigger an increased deiselisation of the car segment markets, but will adversely impact human health. Air pollution levels across cities have been rising steadily due …
