Bhubaneswar: Tightening its noose against polluting industries in the state, the Odisha government on Monday issued partial closure notices to 26 sponge iron plants for not complying with the stipu

Bellary miners could have earned notoriety for causing irreparable damage to the ecology in the district, but the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) thinks otherwise.

The Board has selected Bellary for its Green Award, which would be conferred on September 21 at Jnana Jyothi auditorium here.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed the plea for shifting of proposed solid waste treatment plant at Jhuriwala in Panchkula.

“It has come to the notice of the state government that on account of increased production and transportation of iron ore from the mines, specially in Joda and Koira areas, the environment and population of the area are being affected. It is necessary to develop a master plan for the areas to ensure that cumulative effect of the extraction from individual mines is within sustainable limits,” a state government notification said.

Locals want the stock to be shipped away

KOLKATA, 16 SEPT: The final report on the action plan for climate change sent by the state environment department to the Climate Change division of the Union ministry of environment and forest (MoE

BHUBANESWAR: Jindal Stainless Ltd has been awarded the prestigious Pollution Control Appreciation Award 2011 for excellence in Pollution Control Management in industrial sector.

SHILLONG: The Meghal-aya State Pollution Control Board (MSPCB) has urged the rangbah shnongs to have a clear perspective of the waste management proposal forwarded by any hospital before issuing NOC to it.

SHILLONG: Members of the Opposition bench on Thursday raised questions over the quality of water being supplied by the PHE department.

Raising the issue on Thursday during Question Hour, Independent legislator Manas Chaudhuri lamented that water supplied by the PHE department is not fit for consumption.

Reacting to the sessions conducted by experts at the Punjab Pollution Control Board’s (PPCB) workshop held recently, where it was stated that it was wrong to label Punjab as the cancer capital of t