NAGPUR: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), Mumbai, has ordered closure of two meat processing units at Taroda near Shegaon and another at Nandura in Buldhana district.

In partial relief to the Uttar Pradesh government regarding the controversial Kanhar dam, the National Green Tribunal on Thursday gave a green signal to the construction already underway but stayed

With the National Green Tribunal mulling ban on plastic packaging of products including PET bottles, a packaging firm has approached it claiming that it is “least polluting” while alternative mater

A staggering US$ 1.6 trillion is the economic cost of the approximate 600,000 premature deaths and of the diseases caused by air pollution in the WHO European Region in 2010, according to the first-ever study of these costs conducted for the region. The amount is nearly equivalent to one-tenth of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the entire European Union in 2013.

The government today gave nod for introducing a bill seeking to amend Merchant Shipping Act, in line with a global convention, to protect environment and human health from ballast water and sedimen

This paper extends the analyses of the most recent WHO, European Union and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development research on the cost of ambient and household air pollution to cover all 53 Member States of the WHO European Region.

Residents and business owners from Itwari have complained against gold and silversmiths in the area releasing residues that have choked the drainage lines.

Despite ban on mining of stone along the Dikhow river, illegal stone mining is a thriving and lucrative activity in Sivasagar district.

Shimla: Unscientific disposal of sewage and solid waste is threatening the pristine environment and water sources of the Queen of Hills, as Shimla was fondly called by the British colonial rulers.

The Gujarat government’s ambitious ‘Statue of Unity’ project now faces a legal hurdle as a group of activists from Gujarat has moved the National Green Tribunal (NGT), demanding a stay on the const

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