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 …
NEW DELHI: The union budget has failed to take steps to stop the misuse of diesel subsidy by private cars, said advocacy organisation Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Saturday. Calling the budget as a mixed bag, Anumita Roychowdhury, head of CSE's sustainable mobility team, said they supported the tax …
Environmentalists have welcomed the government’s tax hike on big cars and SUVs, claiming this will help reduce toxic emissions. But they warn that the government has taken no steps to curb the use of subsidised diesel in private diesel cars. Anumita Roychowdhury, executive director, research and advocacy, Centre for Science …
Significantly, the Economic Survey this year has a new addition — a separate chapter on sustainable development and climate change, reflecting growing challenges of sustainable development and climate change and increasing pressures on land, air, water, forests, plant and animal habitat in low-income countries. The economic report card for 2011-12 …
New Delhi: Built to promote public transport, the bus rapid transit corridor (BRT) was touted as a “green corridor” by the Delhi government when it came up in 2008. The idea was that increased usage of public transport would bring down reliability on private vehicles, and thus the resultant emissions, …
Diesel price needs to be revised upward, or subjected to higher taxes, as misuse of subsidised diesel was adding to pollution and public health costs, the Government’s pre-Budget economic report card said today. The Economic Survey of 2010-11, presented in Parliament by the Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, has made …
The Chandigarh Administration has decided in principle to make Sector 17 a vehicle free zone. This, will be done in phases by the Administration. To work out the modalities and take the opinions of shopkeepers and relevant parties, the Administration today sought time to apprise the High Court of its …
GENEVA: Tata Motors signaled its green drive at the Geneva motor show with a new hybrid, described as the firm's future, even as Western auto giants struggle to get customers to buy such cars. "The Tata Megapixel, developed by our design centres in India, the UK and Italy, is our …
The City traffic police, in association with the Transport Department and the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, will conduct a joint drive to reduce air pollution in the City and encourage vehicle users to get bi-annual emission checks done. Commissioner of Police B G Jyotiprakash Mirji said special checks would …
China said Friday that two-thirds of its cities currently fail to meet new air-quality standards introduced this week that are based on the pollutants most harmful to health. Under pressure from a worried Chinese public, the government this week issued revised air-quality targets based on the smallest particulates, which make …
NEW DELHI: Deteriorating air quality in the national capital can translate into 3,000 additional "premature deaths" annually due to air pollution related diseases, the Centre for Science and Environment has said in a report. The report, submitted to the Delhi government, estimated that about 55 per cent of Delhi's population …
Three more cities are switching over to Bharat Stage (BS)-4 emission norms from Thursday. These cities are Ankaleshwar in Gujarat, Hisar in Haryana and Bharatpur in Rajasthan. Already 13 cities, including Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Pune, Surat, Kanpur, Agra, Lucknow and Solapur are implementing the BS-4 …
KOLKATA, 29 FEB: The curator of Victoria Memorial was directed by the Division Bench of Mr Justice Pinaki Ghosh and Mr Justice Mrinalkanti Choudhuri of Calcutta High Court today to make an inventory of the exhibits in this marble mausoleum and give an affidavit to the court within four weeks. …
Heavy industry groups and states argued in a federal court on Tuesday that U.S. environmental regulators had used faulty science in determining that greenhouse gas emissions endangered human health in the latest attempt to dismantle the Obama administration's rules on the emissions. During the first of two days of arguments …
This paper present results of a bottom-up emissions inventory, an analysis of source-receptor relationships for PM10 and PM 2.5 for residential and industrial areas in Delhi NCR, and implications of sector based interventions on air pollution control policy. This paper present results of a bottom‐up emissions inventory, an analysis of …
A feasible new action plan with both short and long term goals to tackle the complex challenges of air pollution has been suggested by the Delhi Government as a means of tackling this issue. At a workshop on Air Pollution Control Strategies organised by the State Department of Environment, Chief …
Batting for sustainable and inclusive development, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) director general Sunita Narain on Monday cited the successful campaign in Delhi where public transport such as buses and autos have taken to CNG due to rising air pollution. Narain was addressing the closing ceremony of the Kirloskar …
Non-completion of the Western and Eastern Peripheral Expressway to divert traffic of heavy vehicles is costing the national Capital’s health dearly. According to a study, the city has the highest level of air pollutants called particulate matter less than 10 microns (PM10). To make matters worse, the PM10 levels have …
Come budget and the diesel cars could become more expensive as the government is planning to levy a one-time cess of at least 10 per cent at the time of purchase of new diesel cars. Reports emerging from the market suggest while there was a recommendation for a higher one-time …
In the 15 years since Toyota introduced the Prius hybrid in Japan, the public’s understanding of how these automotive wonders work their magic has generally ranked right alongside its comprehension of DNA sequencing. Sure, drivers grasp that hybrids – essentially cars powered by gas with a side order of electricity …
China produces electricity for its burgeoning economy with its ample coal reserves. A full 80 percent comes from coal-burning power plants, and new plants are being constructed all the time. The country's reliance on coal power, while causing very dirty pollution, also has an interesting side effect. It takes away …
