After the vote to prop up the carbon market failed, prices dropped 40% to €2.63 a tonne

European Union politicians rejected a plan to prop up the world’s biggest carbon market on Tuesday, sending it plunging to a new record low and raising questions about its survival. After months of bitter debate, a plenary session of European Parliament in Strasbourg, France rejected by 19 votes a commission proposal to temporarily remove some of the oversupply that has overwhelmed the market for permits to emit carbon dioxide.

PANJIM: The mining ban has come as a blessing for people living in mining belts as government records indicate that pollution levels along the mining talukas have shown a drastic decline.

According to the data tabled in the House by Minister for Environment Alina Saldanha, since September 2012, the pollution level has been much below the permissible limit, which was beyond permissible limit from 2011 till September 2012.

The project aims to maximise refinery margins at least by $1 a barrel

Chennai Petroleum Corp Ltd (CPCL), a subsidiary of IndianOil Corp Ltd, has got environment clearance for its Rs 3,350-crore expansion project at the Manali refinery near here. Proposed two years ago, the project aims to maximise the refinery margins at least by $1 a barrel. It will produce more high value distillates and enable the company to process more of the cheaper high-sulphurous crude.

RANCHI: The state pollution control board on Friday made it clear that it would not tolerate any violation of environmental guidelines.

New Delhi: In sharp contrast with the findings of the first Annual Survey of India’s City-Systems, Surat and Ahmedabad topped the list of 11 cities in the public survey on quality of life and city-

The water has turned black at Areekode and neighbouring places

The water in the Chaliyar at Areekode and neighbouring places has changed its colour, raising concerns of the local people as well as the authorities.
Unlike in the past, the Chaliyar has turned black towards the upstream of the river from the Kavanakkallu regulator-cum-bridge. The change looks acute at Areekode and Moorkkanad.

Pollution standards exist only for ambient air quality and not for individual power plants, says report

Emissions from coal-fired power plants is taking a heavy toll on human life across large parts of India. In 2011-2012, a first-of-its-kind study in the country estimates it resulted in a whopping 80,000 to 1,15,000 premature deaths and more than 20 million asthma cases from exposure to a total PM10 (particulate matter) pollution.

Kochi: In a major drive against pollution testing centres, the motor vehicles department (MVD) has closed down around 20 such centres in the district for not having valid licences to operate. The MVD has also found that around 80% of the 200-odd centres in the district were issuing fake licences.

Due to laxity of the department in conducting regular checking, the state government had given strict instructions to take action against erring firms. The department had avoided conducting such drives citing staff shortage.