Environment

100 brick kilns, only 8 adopt green technology

GURUGRAM: Only eight brick kilns in Gurgaon and neighbouring Mewat district have put in place eco-friendly zig-zag technology so far, after the authorities banned polluting traditional kilns in Sep

Publication Date: 
29/12/2017
Times Of India (Gurgaon)
Tags:
Haryana, Bricks, Industrial Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Mewat, Environmental Security, Environment
Environment

PPCB to promote brick production with rice-ash

Patiala: The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) after getting conducted a research had now advised the brick kiln owners to help them save the environment by using rice husk ash in the productio

Publication Date: 
30/10/2017
Times of India (Ludhiana)
Tags:
Punjab, Bricks, Industrial Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Coal, Air Pollution, Environmental Health, Environment
Environment

Authorities’ reluctance to abide by MoEF directive renders brick kilns illegal

Authorities’ reluctance to abide by MoEF directive renders brick kilns illegal

Publication Date: 
23/10/2017
Suhail Bhat
Daily Excelsior (Jammu)
Tags:
Bricks, Industrial Pollution, Environment Clearance (EC), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environment, Jammu & Kashmir
Environment

‘Polluting’ brick-kilns in NCR to be closed for four months

The booming realty sector is set to be adversely hit in the National Capital Region (NCR) with brick-kilns not conforming to environment norms slated to be closed for four months—October to January

Publication Date: 
22/09/2017
Pradeep Sharma
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Bricks, Industrial Pollution, Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), Rajasthan, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environmental Security, Environment
Environment

Close down all brick kilns, orders CPCB

Nagpur: Bad days are ahead for brick kiln owners and workers as Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has directed closure of all kilns that do not have sanction of state pollution control boards

Publication Date: 
04/08/2017
Times of India (Nagpur)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Nagpur (D), Industrial Pollution, Bricks, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Air Act 1981, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environment
Habitat And Urbanisation

Mud bricks best for cool, green houses, says study

Simple mud concrete bricks provide the most affordable and sustainable houses in the tropics, a Sri-Lankan study suggests.

Publication Date: 
04/07/2017
Eco Business
Tags:
Habitat And Urbanisation, Housing, Building Materials, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Environment, Bricks
People

Child labour report 2017: the neglected link, effects of climate change and environmental degradation on child labour

Over half a billion children are living in areas with extremely high levels of floods and nearly 160 million children live in areas of high or extremely high droughts. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that 26% of the annual 6.6 million deaths of children under-five are linked to environment-related causes and conditions.

Publication Date: 
30/06/2017
Terre des Hommes
Tags:
Child Labour, Environment, Climate Change, Burkina Faso, Gold, Mining, India, Construction Industry, Bricks, Nepal, Rag Pickers, Nicaragua, Agriculture, Peru
Air Pollution

Directions under Section 18(1) (b) of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 for prevention and control of air pollution in different type of Brick Kilns operated

Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has ordered closure of all kilns that do not have sanction of state pollution control boards (SPCBs).

Publication Date: 
27/06/2017
CPCB
Tags:
Bricks, Air Pollution, Industrial Pollution, India, Air Pollution Control, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding grant of permission to set up brick kiln industries in Assam, 24/03/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Joydeep Mukherjee VS Pollution Control Board, Assam & Ors dated 24/03/2017 regarding grant of permission to set up brick kiln industries in Assam. Additional Advocate General for the State of Assam submits that the process of issuing the final notification publishing the state policy on the grant of permission to set up brick kiln industries, is at its final stage and is only awaiting consideration of the Finance Department, Govt. of Assam, which, as per him, would be completed within six weeks.

Judgement Date: 
24/03/2017
Tags:
Bricks, Industry, Assam, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, North East
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding brick kilns in Purba Medinipur (West Bengal) functioning without consent to operate, 02/03/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sona Bricks Maker Vs Joydeep Mukherjee & Others dated 02/03/2017 regarding brick kilns in Purba Medinipur (West Bengal) functioning without consent to operate. NGT directs the brick kilns to be closed until the consents to operate are granted by the State PCB.

Judgement Date: 
02/03/2017
Tags:
Bricks, Medinipur (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, West Bengal, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)

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