Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of North Kolkata Tree Plantation Welfare Society & Others Vs W.B. Pollution Control Board & Others dated 15/02/2016 regarding illegal cutting and felling of the trees by the saw mill owners in the District Burdwan, West Bengal.

NGT asks for a status report to be sumitted detailing the particulars of the saw mills which are in operation in the area in question highlighting the nature of licence and the other particulars of the business.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shree Shyam Pulp & Board Mills Ltd. Vs. Uttarakhand Environment Protection & Pollution Control Board & Ors. dated 28/01/2016 regarding pollution caused by Shree Shyam Pulp & Board Mills Ltd.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh Vs. M/s. Yash Paper Ltd., Darshan Nagar, Faizabad dated 23/12/2015 regarding pollution caused by M/s. Yash Paper Ltd., Darshan Nagar, Faizabad.

NGT directed that the industry would be permitted to operate only for a period of one month at the first instance from today and during this month a surprise joint inspection would be conducted by the joint inspection team and they would file a complete and comprehensive, analysis report on air and water quality.

BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - South Sumatra's governor, Alex Noerdin, is adamant there will be a "significant reduction" next year in fires on deforested and peat land in his province.

Printing boarding passes is sooooo 2005. Seriously, does anyone still print? My handy HP all-in-one printer collects more dust than print jobs.

The recent episode of an oppressive smog that blanketed Southeast Asia highlights an entirely new kind of problem in contemporary international relations, namely, the complexity of transnational governance when traditional remedies--from bombs and missiles at one extreme, to diplomatic démarches and summits on the more polite end--are of no use at all.

New guidelines on use of groundwater may lead to the shutting down of many of the 1,800-odd bottling companies in the country.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Krishankant Singh Hoon Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 09/11/2015. M/s Yogesh Paper Mill and M/s Neeraj Paper Mill have been found to be polluting and even operating without the consent of the Board.

The United States’ shares of global industrial roundwood production and derivative products have declined precipitously since the 1990s. We evaluate the extent of these declines compared with those of major producing countries from 1961 to 2013. We find that the US global share of industrial roundwood peaked at 28% in 1999 but by 2013 was at 17%, with the decline attributable to a combination of cyclical factors and long-run trends.

Paper industries in Sathyamangalam taluk have been instructed to put in place preventive measures to block discharge of untreated effluent outside their premises.

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