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 …
In developing countries, weak environmental regulatory institutions often undermine conventional command-and-control policies. As a result, these countries are increasingly experimenting with alternative approaches that aim to leverage nonregulatory
The new Industrial Emissions directive received its first reading in the European Parliament in March, and the Council position is expected at the end of June.
Chief Judicial Magistrate AS Virk has convicted Ashok Beri, owner of M/s Ganga Scientific Dyers, Kashmir Nagar, the Gaushala road, Ludhiana, on charges of causing air pollution. He was sentenced to undergo imprisonment for one year. The trial concluded after 15 years. Pronouncing the verdict, the court held,
Chhattisgarh Governor ESL Narashimhan has expressed concern over the rise in pollution level, which has become a life hazard for people, specially in Raipur. During a meeting, the Governor stressed that economic and industrial development should not be at the risk of people
Sonepat: A special checking team led by district transport officer Shiv Prasad raided several pollution checking centres (PCC) here today. According to Prasad, SK pollution checking centre on the Gohana road had the permit to check only petrol-run vehicles, but the centre owner was found issuing certificates to diesel-run vehicles …
Australia's forestry firms are poised for major growth from emissions trading plans that could give the sector a multi-million dollar boost when it becomes the first to kick off a nationwide scheme to cut carbon pollution. Big polluters such as power generators and smelters are keen to hedge future emissions …
Industry should play its part in the fight against climate change by persuading governments to aid carbon cuts rather than lobbying against them, the UN Secretary-General told a business conference on Sunday. Business leaders met in Denmark to try to unite behind a common call for long-term climate policies, ahead …
The House Energy and Commerce Committee, splitting largely along party lines, approved on Thursday the most ambitious energy and global warming legislation ever debated in Congress. The bill
The U.S. government will reverse a Bush administration policy and increase the role of scientists in setting air standards for criteria pollutants harmful to human health, Lisa Jackson, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said on Thursday. Jackson said the EPA will reinstate the role of a policy document …
The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet on Wednesday decided to prepare a detailed report after extensive survey to identify the industrial units not observing the laid down pollution control standards to check emission of greenhouse gases and imposed carbon tax on them. The industrial units would be required to observe the standard …
Speakers at a seminar on Environmental Protection stressed the need to make the environment pollution-free, which is inevitable for sustainable development and a better future. Punjab-Environment Protection Agency (Punjab-EPA) organised the seminar at Jinnah Hall on Monday, attended by Acting District Coordination Officer (DCO) Muhammad Asif Qureshi, EDO Municipal Services …
The Government will provide financial support to the smaller industries to set up Effluent Treatment Plants (ETP), said State Minister for Environment & Forest Advocate Mostafizur Rahman. He was addressing a discussion organised by Bangladesh chamber of Industries (BCI) on May 02. "We are thinking to introduce polythene shopping bag …
China plans to close 15 gigawatts (GW) of small coal-fired power generators this year, as part of measures to improve energy efficiency and reduce pollution, the National Development and Reform Commission said on Monday. If the goal is achieved, the country will close a total of nearly 50 GW by …
Crude oil in the form of marine spills has always given governments, environmentalists and oil companies more than a dozen reasons to worry. Spilled on the ocean surface, it is known to cause immediate and long-term damage that is likely to continue for centuries to come. The Exxon Valdez oil …
With a vision to create awareness of noise and air pollution and campaign against traffic snarls in the Dhaka city, a cycle race will be held in the capital city on May Day. The Source, an event management firm, with the title sponsorship of the Building for Future Ltd, will …
The inhabitants of the capital city Dhaka are living with high risk of being suffering from more than 30 major diseases including blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, insomnia, hearing disability and trouble in concentration, as the level of noise pollution in the city has raised up to 106 decibel, where …
