Panel to keep check on Ganesh festival pollution
KOLHAPUR: In its first ever meeting, the district environmental committee appealed to citizens to take precautions against environmental and noise pollution during the Ganesh festival from August 29. The
View ArticleJudgement of the National Green Tribunal on the issue of a storm water drain...
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Neeraj Chourasiya Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 11/08/2014 regarding the storm water drain being...
View ArticleQuestion raised in Rajya Sabha on polluted stretches of rivers, 14/08/2014
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on polluted stretches of rivers, 14/08/2014.
View ArticleSC Pulls Up Govt for Going Slow
The Supreme Court on Wednesday criticized the government for not moving rapidly to clean up the Ganga, despite promises in the BJP's manifesto, and instead focusing on low-priority areas, in what is being
View ArticleMPCB action against OFA, two Reliance units
l committee (CAC) has refused to renew the licence of Ordnance Factory Ambajhari (OFA) to operate the plant, and decided to initiate prosecution against Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd's Nagpur
View ArticleDon't adopt UPA approach on cleaning Ganga, SC tells NDA
The Supreme Court on Wednesday warned the Narendra Modi government against adopting the UPA regime's approach on cleaning the Ganga and said people were eagerly awaiting the Centre's response on this...
View ArticleBirds dying of water pollution: Delhi HC seeks report
The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the environment ministry to collect samples of "contaminated" water in a green forest area in Tughlakabad over a plea alleging that birds and animals were dying...
View ArticlePollution Board to take strict action against violators
NOIDA: Taking a serious note of violations of air and water pollution norms, the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) plans to take strict measures against offenders in Noida, Greater Noida and
View ArticleGulbarga villages facing serious health hazard
Chemical contamination of drinking water sources, particularly with fluoride and nitrate, is posing a serious health hazard to people in the villages of Gulbarga district. Sources in the District...
View ArticleGreen Tribunal clears inspection by Forest Ministry
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has observed that the Union Ministry of Environment & Forest (MoEF) is at liberty to conduct an inspection in the tea estates of the No Development Zone (NDZ)...
View ArticleHC directs Ministry to detect pollution level in water body
The Union Environment and Forests Ministry has been directed by the Delhi High Court to detect the pollution level in a water body formed in the midst of forest near the Tughlakabad Fort here by...
View ArticleAction plan to curb river pollution remains pending
The action plan prepared by Kolhapur zilla parishad to curb pollution of the Panchganga river has not yet been approved by the environment department of the Maharashtra government. The plan, pending
View ArticleCoast Guard Responds to Duke Energy Ohio River Spill
The U.S. Coast Guard is working to control a spill of diesel fuel in the Ohio River from Duke Energy Corp. (DUK)’s Beckjord power plant about 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of Cincinnati. Downstream
View ArticleRiver Ganga will be free from most of its pollution within three years: Uma...
Keeping Supreme Court's deadline in mind, the government may come out with a blue-print of its Ganga rejuvenation plan by the weekend. This even as Union water resources minister Uma Bharti on Wednesday
View ArticleTibet plateau getting hotter, polluted’
A fresh environmental assessment of the Tibetan Plateau has found that the region is getting hotter, wetter and more polluted, threatening its fragile eco-systems and those who rely on them. The report,
View ArticleOil spill that fouled Mexican river will take months to clean up
An oil pipeline spill that contaminated a river in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon will take months to clean up, the country's top water authority said on Thursday. The 24-inch Madero-Cadereyta
View ArticlePolluting industries along Ganga will be monitored 24x7: Prakash Javadekar
Making it clear that pollution of the Ganga will not be allowed, environment minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said industries along the river bank would be monitored round-the-clock. The Central
View ArticleJudgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Dal Sagar...
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Ajay Pandey Baba Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 22/08/2014 regarding the construction of Sulab...
View ArticleSewage from Ropar thermal plant polluting Sutlej
The Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Plant (GGSSTP) authorities seem not to care two hoots about the advice of environmentalists or the Punjab Pollution Control Board norms. The sewage from the residential
View ArticleCounting killers around you
State Govt's Autonomous Institute To Rate Gujarat Cities On Pollution Soon, you will be able to rate the quality of air we breathe based on real-time pollution parameters monitored by sophisticated...
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