Air Pollution

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding ban on import of pet coke, 26/07/2018

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 26/07/2018 regarding ban on import of pet coke. The Court on going through the affidavit of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change finds that a consensus decision has been taken that the use of imported pet coke all over the country may be permitted only in the following industries : cement, lime kiln, calcium carbide and gasification.

Judgement Date: 
26/07/2018
Tags:
Fossil Fuels, Imports, Air Pollution, India, Supreme Court, Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), Industry, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Sunita Narain, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Environment

Submit Coastal Zone Management Plan by August 31: NGT tells states, UTs

Out of total 13 coastal states and UTs, only five have submitted their management plan to the Ministry of Environment and Forests till date.

Publication Date: 
24/07/2018
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Coastal Regulations, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Environmental Security, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding protection of coastal stretches of India, 23/07/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s Mehdad & Others Vs. Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change & Others dated 23/07/2018 regarding protection of coastal stretches of India.

Judgement Date: 
23/07/2018
Tags:
Coastal Regulations, India, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding large scale unchecked damage to the environment on account of forest fires specially in the States of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, 17/07/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajiv Dutta Vs Union of India & Others dated 17/07/2018 regarding large scale unchecked damage to the environment on account of forest fires specially in the States of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.

Judgement Date: 
17/07/2018