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 …
Legal action will be taken against persons and owners of factories without any discrimination, who are involved in burning and illegally making the batteries causing envi-ronmental hazards in the rural areas as well as urban areas of the province. This was stated by Sindh Minister for Environment Shaikh Mohammad Afzal …
The European Commission is expected on Wednesday to publish plans to tighten limits on how much carbon dioxide cars and vans can emit, the latest step towards EU goals of cutting fuel bills and curbing greenhouse gas emissions. The binding 2020 targets, limiting CO2 to an average of 95 grams …
China has set a target of producing and selling 500,000 energy-efficient and alternative-energy vehicles a year by 2015, and five million vehicles by 2020. The blueprint, announced by the State Council on Monday, has outlined generous subsidies to consumers and producers of the new generation of greener vehicles, as it …
Hundreds of heavy trucks, entering and leaving the industrial area everyday, are causing air and noise pollution in the federal capital and disturbance among the sector’s residents. Resident of the industrial areas told this agency that the number of noise, dust and smoke complaints from the area were steadily increasing …
Unseasonably wet and windy weather led to low air pollution during June. Short periods of moderate air pollution were measured in London and Sheffield, and both Port Talbot and Grangemouth experienced pollution from industry. Fine weather from the 19th to 22nd caused a brief return to more typical June pollution …
Calls For Price Adjustment On Fuel, Says Monsoon Delay Not A Big Problem Deputy chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia is a long time aide of PM Manmohan Singh. He has now once again taken over the mantle of assisting Singh in running the finance ministry, a job that …
Ambient air quality has a significant effect on the existing environment of an area. Like many other cities of the world the ambient air quality of Jammu is also being deteriorated day by day. Therefore the monitoring of the outdoor ambient air quality of Jammu City for the years 2004 …
This is a detailed study on health impact of air pollution on human health in Delhi conducted by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) with Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute. Respirable particulates present in high concentrations in urban air are recognized as hematotoxic, neurotoxic, and carcinogenic. Several million Indians residing in the …
New Delhi The operators of commercial spaces such as malls, shops and other such establishments in Uttar Pradesh have won their supposed fight for customers’ right to shop and spend leisure time in a comfortable environment. Having asked such establishments to down their shutters after 7pm in the wake of …
As Hong Kong strives to consolidate its reputation as a financial hub and major offshore conduit for China's wealth, the smog that often envelops its skyscrapers exacts a heavy cost on its pro-business credentials and competitiveness. Business and green groups say outgoing chief executive Donald Tsang has failed to address …
As India's capital, Delhi has grown across sectors - industry, transport, and housing - which contribute to an increase in air pollution. This, in turn, has increased health risks, which are refl ected in a rise in respiratory ailments. While the benefi ts of some interventions in the transport sector …
The operators of commercial spaces such as malls, shops and other such establishments in Uttar Pradesh have won their supposed fight for customers’ right to shop and spend leisure time in a comfortable environment. Having asked such establishments to down their shutters after 7pm in the wake of an acute …
An appeals court decision to uphold proposed federal greenhouse gas rules may shift the fight over regulating the heat-trapping emissions back to Congress, where lawmakers may step up efforts to diminish the EPA's power or renew efforts to set a price on carbon, experts said. The U.S. Court of Appeals …
Twelve UK cities and urban areas may have to ban or fine heavily polluting traffic from their centres within months after the European commission refused to allow Britain more time to reduce dangerous exhaust emissions, according to air quality campaigners. Newcastle, Liverpool, Tyneside, Sheffield, Bristol, Brighton, Birkenhead, Preston, Swansea, Belfast, …
Shanghai started to post readings of PM2.5 to the public from 10 monitoring stations around the city on Wednesday. PM2.5 stands for particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 micrometers or less. These air pollutant particles can invade even the smallest airways. In the past, readings from only two control …
An appeals court decision to uphold proposed federal greenhouse gas rules may shift the fight over regulating the heat-trapping emissions back to Congress, where lawmakers may step up efforts to diminish the EPA's power or renew efforts to set a price on carbon, experts said. The U.S. Court of Appeals …
JAIPUR: In order to make the Ghat Ki Ghuni tunnel pollution free, the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) will be installing twenty high speed ventilation fans. These fans will be imported from Germany. A JDA senior official said, "After the tunnel will be made open for traffic, it is expected around …
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a finding by the Environmental Protection Agency that heat-trapping gases from industry and vehicles endanger public health, dealing a decisive blow to companies and states that had sued to block agency rules. A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for …
All private car owners in the capital may soon have to go for a mandatory annual fitness test of their vehicles with the Delhi government all set to implement a two-year-old proposal aimed at reducing environment pollution. As per the current norms, only commercial vehicles need to go for an …
Vehicle owners in the city could soon be required to have a fitness test done of their cars and two-wheelers ever year, as the Delhi government looks set to implement a two-year-old proposal aimed at reducing environment pollution. As per existing rules, only commercial vehicles need a fitness check every …
