Environment

Brick kilns posing serious threat

A good number of brick kilns have come up in different parts of Assam.

Publication Date: 
23/12/2013
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Assam, Bricks, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Air Act 1981, Water Pollution, Kamrup, Darrang, Barpeta (D), Sonitpur, Cachar, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Climate Change, Agriculture, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide, Nitrogen Dioxide, Land Pollution, NGO, Environment
Hazardous Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding toxic waste spillage from the Vapi hazardous waste landfill, 20/12/2013

Read text of National Green Tribunal order in the matter of Ramubhai Kariyabhai Patel & Ors V/s Union of India & Ors. dated 20/12/2013 regarding monitoring and control over the activities of the Industrial Units in the GIDC area and the stock of hazardous wastes and toxic waste spillage from the Vapi hazardous waste landfill.

Judgement Date: 
20/12/2013
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Vapi, Gujarat, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Land Pollution, Toxic Wastes, Waste Management, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Solid Waste

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding air and water pollution caused by the Rajkot Municipal Solid Waste disposal and landfill site, 20/12/2013

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Paryavaran Mitra (Janvikas) Ors. Vs Gujarat State Pollution Control Board Ors dated 20/12/2013 regarding air and water pollution caused by the Rajkot Municipal Solid Waste disposal and landfill management site at village Nakravadi, managed by Rajkot Municipal Corporation and M/s Hanjer Biotech Energies Pvt Ltd.

Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/judgment/131_2013(App)_20Dec2013_final_order.pdf

Judgement Date: 
20/12/2013
Tags:
Landfill, Rajkot (T), Gujarat, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Air Pollution, Water Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Municipal Corporation, Municipal Solid Waste, Land Pollution, High Court
Hazardous Waste

Toxic 'e-waste' dumped in poor nations, says United Nations

Millions of tonnes of old electronic goods illegally exported to developing countries, as people dump luxury items

Publication Date: 
16/12/2013
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Electronic Waste, Developing Countries, Exports, Environment, Land Pollution, Water Pollution, Air Pollution, Mercury, Arsenic, Landfill, United States Of America (US), Europe, Norway, Germany, Asia, Africa, Health Effects
Hazardous Waste

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding environmental pollution caused by burning of plastic, leather, rubber, motor engine oil and such other waste materials on agricultural lands in village Mundka, New Delhi

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Satish Kumar Vs Union of India & Others dated 12/12/2013 regarding environmental pollution caused by burning of plastic, leather, rubber, motor engine oil and such other waste materials and continuous operation of illegal industrial units dealing with such articles on agricultural lands in village Mundka, New Delhi.

Judgement Date: 
12/12/2013
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Delhi, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Haryana, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Agriculture, Compensation, Plastics, Hazardous Waste, High Court, Land Pollution, Air Pollution, Dioxin, Waste Recycling
Air Pollution

Dispose fly ash prod to industries

The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has asked power plant industries in the Sambalpur-Jharsuguda region to introduce High Concentration Slurry Disposal ( HCSD) system in an attempt to

Publication Date: 
05/12/2013
Riyan Ramanath V
Times Of India (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Jharsuguda (D), Sambalpur (D), Ash, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Industrial Pollution, Land Pollution, Farmers, Air Pollution
Water Pollution

Long-term plan needed to reduce pollution levels further

The draft of the Kerala Perspective Plan, 2030 highlights the need to address rising water and land pollution in fast expanding cities like Kochi that is witnessing a huge influx of migrant populat

Publication Date: 
25/11/2013
Times Of India (Kochi)
Tags:
Kerala, Kochi, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Water Pollution, Land Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Periyar
Industry

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal on the accident at Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd, 31/10/2013

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vajubhai Arsibhai Dodiya Ors. Vs Gujarat PCB Ors. dated 31/10/2013 on the accident at Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd. The applicants submit that on the night of 1st May, 2011, an accident took place in the cement plant due to which poisonous dust and powder spread over the nearby areas. The said accident was so severe that poisonous gas, cement dust had spread over the nearby area and destroyed all the agricultural products grown in the nearby vicinity of the cement company.

Judgement Date: 
31/10/2013
Tags:
Cement Industry, Gujarat Ambuja, Industrial Pollution, Air Pollution, Junagadh (D), Gujarat, Waste Disposal, Land Pollution, Industrial Disasters, Farmers, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Compensation, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Hazardous Waste
Environment

Former Ecuadorean judge testifies to bribery in Chevron case

A former Ecuadorean judge testified on Wednesday that he ghost-wrote rulings for a judge who ordered Chevron Corp to pay $19 billion to villagers whose land had been polluted by oil exploration.

Publication Date: 
24/10/2013
Reuters
Tags:
Ecuador, Pollution, Oil Exploration, Land Pollution, Environment, Petrochemical Industry, United States Of America (US), Ecology, Corruption, Court
Mining

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal on the issue of illegal mining in the agricultural areas as well as forest and non-forest areas in Sukvali village, Taluka Khed, District Ratnagiri, Maharashtra dated 01/10/2013

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pandurang Sitaram Chalke & Others Vs State of Maharashtra & Others dated 01/10/2013 on the issue of illegal mining in the agricultural areas as
well as forest and non-forest areas in Sukvali village, Taluka Khed, District Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.

Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/judgment/14_2012(wZ)(App)_1oct2013_final_order.pdf

Judgement Date: 
01/10/2013
Tags:
Mining, Agriculture, Ratnagiri (D), Maharashtra, Forests, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Minerals, Stone Industry, Mineral-Based Industry, Land Encroachments, Land Pollution, Air Pollution, Wastelands, Compensation

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