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 …
a team of scientists at Ohio University in the us is working on technology that uses algae, sunlight and the natural process of photosynthesis to absorb carbon dioxide ( co 2 ) from the combustion of coal. The result: reduced greenhouse gas emissions. co 2 has been identified as the …
To combat the threat of air pollution, polluting diesel vehicles will be prevented from entering Mumbai from one entry point. Acting on an initiative taken by the Smoke Affected Residents Forum (SARF), a non governmental organisation, the government has set up a pollution checking booth at the Mulund octroi naka …
The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has drawn up a comprehensive environmental management plan for Panipat. The board, however, has compromised on its standards in the very beginning. It has forgotten some of its clauses for giving the no-objection certificate to a project which entails setting up of new …
the Union government has once again shown how indifferent it is towards the environment. A number of measures to benefit small-scale industries ( ssi s) were recently announced by prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. But what was conspicuously missing, though, were policies to curb environmental threats from small manufacturing units …
the Goa state authorities are making all possible efforts to ensure that the state's drive against plastic bags is successful. The state had banned plastic bags less than 20 microns thickness from August 15, 2000 in accordance with the Union government's recycled plastic manufacture and usage rules. Boards informing the …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) analysed the emission data available on a sample of in-use vehicles tested by the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), Pune, before and after service. The analysis shows that about one-fifth of the four-wheelers (1986-1992 models) tested contribute 40 per cent of the …
The West has found several sophisticated ways to identify gross polluters. Two of them are remote sensing and on-board diagonistic systems. Remote sensing Remote sensing provides information about emissions without any equipment being connected to cars. A remote emissions sensor measures hydrocarbons (HC) and carbon monoxide (CO). The system operates …
GENERAL MOTORS (GM): In 1998, the US Environment Protection Agency (USEPA) announced that GM will recall about 400,000 cars of 1993 models because they exceed federal standards for carbon monoxide (CO). The recall includes Chevrolet Luminas, Oldsmobile Cutlass Supremes, Pontiac Grand Prix and Buick Regals. These models were found to …
The concept of emission warranty in India is still not well understood. To most, it means nothing more than the normal short-term performance warranty programme. It, therefore, came as a surprise in January this year when the Indian two-wheeler industry came forward to announce that it was prepared to accept …
In India, Sections 56 and 59 of the Indian Motor Vehicles Act, 1989, govern i&m of vehicles. A certificate of fitness is issued under Section 56 annually to all vehicles and under Section 59 the government has the power to fix the age of vehicles. i&m got a kickstart when …
Inspection and maintenance programmes and an emission warranty system will not work unless a reliable and transparent certification process is put in place. In India, no one has a clue about the authenticity of the tests, which certify that vehicles meet emission norms at factory gates. Tests for certification are …
There is significant evidence suggesting that not the entire fleet but only a small fraction of badly-maintained vehicles with technical flaws contribute disproportionately to air pollution. The challenge is how to isolate them from the rest of the vehicles and weed them out. Due to the sheer volume of periodic …
even as you enter Panipat, a small industrial town in Haryana, you are struck by a feeling that something is terribly wrong. Then, as you look around, the sight that meets your eyes is all too familiar. On the very outskirts of the city, along national highway No 1, flows …
" before 1996, European tourists would often complain about the poor visibility of the snow-capped mountains from Kathmandu,' says Ishwar Chettri, who runs a travel agency in the Nepalese capital. But the ban on the sale of new diesel vehicles in 1996 and the subsequent blanket ban on diesel-run three-wheelers …
a team of us and European scientists have identified a new greenhouse gas that traps heat more effectively than all other known greenhouse gases. Trifluoromethyl sulfur pentafluoride ( sf5 cf3 ) is a synthetic gas and is 18,000 times more effective in trapping atmospheric heat as compared to carbon dioxide, …
a canadian researcher has discovered answer to one of the most crucial environmental challenges facing the world: how to save coral reefs. Ellsworth LeDrew, a geography professor at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, has devised a mathematical formula that will automatically scan satellite images to uncover changes in coral …
