Supreme Court

Rainmaker

Environmentalist Anil Agarwal, founder of CSE (Centre for Science and Environment), booming with concern, fighting to strike a balance between environment and development.

"A million Gandhis are not a problem but if you have a million Clintons, it's a big problem"

Publication Date:

01/11/2000

Source: First City

pp:

54-59

Tags:

Anil Agarwal, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Environmentalists, Mahatma Gandhi, CNG, Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Supreme Court, Governance, Corruption

Transport

Proposals for emission controls on petrol two-stroke engine driven two- and three-wheelers and other issue

The Supreme Court in its order of 4.10.1999 called for suggestions regarding emissions control from two-wheelers and three-wheelers. The EPCA, in its earlier report of August, 1999, had made a brief recommendation that on scooters, which are high emitters of particulate, suggesting that the norms be tightened further, and the next set of standards be announced early.

Publication Date:

02/10/1999

Source: Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority

Tags:

Vehicular Pollution, Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), Petrol, Two And Three Wheelers, Two-Stroke, Catalytic Converter, Emission Tax, Fuel Economy Standards, Supreme Court, Delhi

Air Pollution

Proposal for emission controls on petrol two-stroke engine driven two and three wheelers and other issue

The Supreme Court in its order of 4.10.1999 called for suggestions regarding emissions control from two-wheelers and three-wheelers. The EPCA, in its earlier report of August, 1999, has made a brief recommendation that on scooters, which are high emitters of particulate, suggesting that the norms be tightened further, and the next set of standards announced early.

Publication Date:

01/10/1999

Source: Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority

Tags:

Air Pollution, Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), Petrol, Two And Three Wheelers, Three Wheelers, Supreme Court, India, Vehicles, Vehicle Technology and Fuel

Air Pollution

Supreme Court order dated 16/04/1999 in M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 13029/1985 on vehicular pollution in Delhi

Supreme Court order dated 16/04/1999 in M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 13029/1985 on vehicular pollution in Delhi.

Publication Date:

16/05/1999

Source: Supreme Court of India

Tags:

Vehicular Pollution, Supreme Court, Diesel, Personal Transport, Delhi, RSPM (PM 10), Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Health Effects

Air Pollution

Concept paper on Taj Protection Mission

The concept paper describes the problems of the city of Agra and the anxeityy of the Hon'ble Supreme Court articulated in the various orders passed in connection with the Writ Petition (Civil) No. 13381/84-M.C. Mehta Vs. Union of India & Others. The paper also goes on to describe the various projects of the Taj Protection Mission.

Publication Date:

01/05/1999

Source: Taj Trapezium Zone Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority

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Air Pollution

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding rising vehicular pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR), 29/04/1999

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M.C. Mehta vs Union Of India & Others on 29 April, 1999 regarding rising vehicular pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR). Bhure Lal Committee in its Report submitted to Supreme Court on April 1, 1999 has indicated that more than 90% of Nitrogen Oxide (Nox) and respirable particulate matter (RSPN) from vehicles exhaust over Delhi is due to diesel emissions which is a serious health hazard.

Considering the suggestions made by Bhure Lal Committee Supreme Court directs that:

Judgement Date:

29/04/1999

Tags:

Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, Supreme Court, Delhi, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), RSPM (PM 10), Petrol, Diesel, Cars, Air Quality and Health

Air Pollution

Engines of the devil: why dieselisation of private automobile fleet should be banned - the case of Delhi

To understand the problem posed by diesel, it is necessary to understand the new information that has emerged over the last decade about its ill-effects. The first big finding come with air pollution experts discovering that diesel exhaust consists of 10-100 times more particles than petrol. More than that, experts soon began to realise that it is not the total quantity of particles that matters so much for public health as the size of the particles in vehicular exhaust. This monograph busted the myth that diesel is the fuel of the future and shows how harmful it is for the health.

Publication Date:

Jan 1999

Author(s): Anil Agarwal

Source: Centre for Science and Environment

Tags:

Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, SPM, Nitrogen Dioxide, Ozone, Fuel Quality, Diesel, Transport, Supreme Court, Europe, Delhi

Air Pollution

Supreme Court order dated 28/07/1998 in the case of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Ors on vehicular pollution in Delhi

Supreme Court order dated 28/07/1998 in the case of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Ors on vehicular pollution in Delhi.

Publication Date:

28/07/1998

Source: Supreme Court of India

Tags:

Vehicular Pollution, Delhi, Urban Air Quality, Supreme Court, Public Transport, CNG Buses, Private Sector

Environment

Pollution in Medak district, Andhra Pradesh

This Writ Petition was filed in 1990 in the Supreme Court by the Indian Council for Enviro Legal Action & Others. against the industries and the CETP managements of PETL at Pathancheru and Bolaram for the pollution of the ground water and surface water caused by the discharge of the effluents from these CETPs. Among others, the A.P.

Publication Date:

01/07/1997

Source: Envis Centre

Tags:

Industrial Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Supreme Court, Andhra Pradesh, Medak, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP)

Industry