Environment

NGT adjourns hearing in closed tanneries case

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) adjourned the hearing of closed tanneries of Kanpur case on Monday when Central Pollution Control Board sought more time to file inspection report and fixed Septem

Publication Date: 
12/08/2015
Times Of India (Kanpur)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Kanpur (T), Leather Industry, Paint And Dye Industry, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environmental Security, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environment
Environment

Unilever Gets Note From TNPCB for Delay in Report

CHENNAI: After the activists, it is now the turn of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to put pressure on Unilever for the pollution caused by its now-shut thermometer factory in Kodaik

Publication Date: 
12/08/2015
New Indian Express (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Industrial Pollution, Cosmetics, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Mercury, Environmental Health, Land Pollution, Health Effects, Environment
Water Pollution

Concern over water quality in Valapattanam river

Organic and chemical contamination of surface and groundwater resources in the Valapattanam river in Kannur district, especially in its downstream, coupled with dumping of waste and unscientific se

Publication Date: 
11/08/2015
Mohamed Nazeer
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Valapattanam, River Pollution, Organic Pollutants, Kannur (D), Waste Disposal, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Water Pollution
Hazardous Waste

Hospital waste rots in the open, lakhs at risk

Strict protocol laid down for handling and disposal of biomedical waste has gone for a toss in the city and some districts, particularly Howrah and Haldia.

Publication Date: 
11/08/2015
Subhro Niyogi
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Hospital Waste, Waste Disposal, Water Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Hazardous Waste
Environment

TNPCB to conduct study at Unilever factory

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board will conduct an in-depth study of the effects of mercury in the environment caused by the now-defunct thermometer manufacturing unit of Hindustan Unilever in

Publication Date: 
11/08/2015
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Cosmetics, Industrial Pollution, Mercury, Environmental Security, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Land Pollution, Health Effects, Environment
Environment

Pollution regulator consents to coal mountain in Mumbai

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has made a mockery of environmental norms by discreetly sanctioning the handling of coal on Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) land, the consent for whi

Publication Date: 
11/08/2015
Anahita Mukherji
Times Of India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Coal, Pollution, Environment, Regulations, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), High Court, Environmental Health, Health Effects
Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the utilization of ground water by Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd., village Mehdiganj, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 10/08/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh Vs. M/s Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd. & Others dated 1/08/2015 regarding the utilization of ground water by Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd., in the village of Mehdiganj, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

Judgement Date: 
10/08/2015
Tags:
Coca Cola, Varanasi (D), Uttar Pradesh, Groundwater, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused by industrial units situated at Dheerkhera Industrial Area, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, 10/08/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Mahaganga Printpack Industries & Ors. Vs. State of U.P. & Ors. dated 10/08/2015 regarding pollution caused by industrial units situated at Dheerkhera Industrial Area, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.

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Judgement Date: 
10/08/2015
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Air Pollution, Noise Pollution, Meerut (D), Uttar Pradesh, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Water Pollution
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of river Ganga in Kanpur District, Uttar Pradesh, 10/08/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh & Others Vs CETP, Jajmau, Kanpur & Others dated 10/08/2015 regarding pollution of river Ganga in the District of Kanpur particularly the Jajmau area.

Judgement Date: 
10/08/2015
Tags:
Ganga, River Pollution, Kanpur (D), Industrial Pollution, Waste Disposal, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Municipal Corporation, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Uttar Pradesh
Environment

9 town panchayats in Madurai to become plastic-free from August 15

Nine town panchayats in the district are set to be turned into plastic-free zones from the morning of Independence Day, as part of a project that the district administration has been working on sin

Publication Date: 
10/08/2015
Times Of India (Madurai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Plastics, Madurai (D), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Non-Biodegradable Waste, Panchayats

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