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 …
If the invitation letter was anything to go by, the organizers of the International Conference on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises seemed in dead earnest. The card quoted a World Bank report. "India has 4.5 million small and medium enterprises that contribute 40 per cent of the industrial production but …
China's spectacular economic growth has caused the incidence of absolute poverty to plunge over the past two decades; however, this massive rate of industrialisation has also led to a pollution crisis with serious health and environmental concerns such as air pollution and contaminated drinking water supplies. China has hundreds of …
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) released its first study in May 2006 on heavy metal contamination in the Bandi basin due to textile dyeing and printing industries in Pali city. This research was initiated in November 2005 on the request of Sri Kisan Paryavaran Sangarsh Samiti, a farmers group …
the polluting crushing units in Goa's Saleli village are facing a legal grind. On October 29, 2007, the deputy collector of Bicholim ordered all 13 quarries and crushers in the village to stop operations till they followed environmental regulations. The deputy collector has also directed the units to restore a …
conventional leather production consumes high levels of energy and a number of chemicals. The process releases toxic substances. Scientists from Tamil Nadu have developed an enzyme-based technology which minimises all these. The Central Leather Research Institute (clri) in Chennai says it has evolved a process which cuts down use and …
India's electric car Reva sets the wheels in motion in climate-conscious UK IT'S only a little longer than a longish stride and as silent as tip-toeing; it's a car without a conventional engine or fuel tank that so far only Bangalore and London really share. G-Wiz: that's what the London …
The us Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining (osm) has proposed new rules for large-scale mining operations that would give operators wider leeway to bury streams and mountain headwaters with rock and other mining waste. Under the regulations, osm proposes a change in the enforcement of a 1983 …
Asset managers are trying to take environmental and social issues into consideration when selecting companies to invest in. Mutual fund managers were originally bound by law in the us and in Europe to invest in what will bring the highest return. However, as consumer consciousness started changing, mutual funds have …
MPBC is the government agency that is striving to give us a pollution free environment. IT is so easy to use something, dump it or throw it as waste, thinking the municipal will collect it. Have you ever thought as to what happens to all these wastes? Where it goes …
The more stringent environmental quality specifications for oil products worldwide are tending to step up energy use and, consequently, CO2 emissions at refineries. In Brazil, for example, the stipulated reduction in the sulfur content of diesel and gasoline between 2002 and 2009 should increase the energy use of Brazil's refining …
the cement industry has been using blast furnace slag for long. It maintained its eco-friendly reputation when a deal was struck between Steel Authority of India Ltd (sail) and Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (jal). According to the agreement, blast furnace slag (see box: Green technology) of the Bhilai steel plant in …
discrimination: On May 29, the US Supreme Court ruled that under a federal job-bias law, workers can't sue to claim they are underpaid because of gender or race discrimination that occurred many years ago. The court rejected a US $360,000-award to Lilly Ledbetter, who worked in Alabama Goodyear Tire and …
new York City is set to go green. Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently announced his ambitious "planyc-2030' for a "greener and greater' New York. The following are the highpoints of the plan: Reduce 30 per cent greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 Plant 1 million trees in next decade Charge trucks us …
The oil spill caused by the Greek cruise ship, Sea Diamond, sinking in the Aegean Sea off the Santorini island, Greece, is still dirtying the island's coastline. Though the incident occurred in the first week of April, the Greek government is yet to initiate a mop up operation. The 22,000-tonne …
>> On April 16, the Anti-vivisection League, an animal rights group in Italy, asked Pope Benedict to stop wearing fur as a sign of respect for the "sacredness of all living species'. The Pope wears a red velvet hat trimmed with white ermine fur, known as "camauro'. They made the …
The uk's government-funded Carbon Trust has launched a carbon reduction labelling scheme for consumer products. The label on the product will detail the amount of carbon emitted during its production. This will help companies make commitments to reducing the carbon impact of their product. Products with the label will face …
The us Congress is finally taking climate change seriously, with the Democrats, who are in control, reversing the existing policy of denial. The change has galvanised environmental groups. Business groups, including large corporations, have joined hands with bodies like the Natural Resource Defense Council, Environmental Defense, World Resources Institute and …
the Chhattisgarh government reiterated in February that industries not in compliance with emission norms could not be established in three industrial areas in Raipur, the state's capital, until companies submit a blueprint for pollution control measures. The directive came after the Chhattisgarh State Environment Conservation Board (csecb) issued two notices …
