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NGT issues directions to ensure installation of OCEMS in Gross Polluting Industries in UP, Bihar, Delhi, HaryanaThe National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued directions to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and State Pollution Control Boards (S...
Online monitoring mandatory for waste-to-energy plants and landfills: CPCBTo enhance environmental compliance, the Central Pollution Control Board has mandated that waste-to-energy plants and landfill sites instal...
CPCB writes to Delhi govt seeking action to curb menace of air pollutionThe apex pollution watchdog has asked the Delhi government to take early action on dumping of mixed municipal solid waste in the three dump...
CPCB issues show-cause notice to 14 thermal power plants for violation of environmental normsThe notices have been issued by the CPCB to four thermal power plants in Haryana, three in Punjab, two each in Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Prades...
Revise mechanism for setting up, expansion of industries in polluted areas, NGT directs CPCBA bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel also warned that it will "coercive action" against the heads of SPCBs for faili...
CPCB stops Ansal Properties' township project, imposes fine of Rs 14.6 croreIn its order dated June 18, the apex pollution control body held the builder guilty of discharge of untreated waste for 281 days in its 604...
- To check river pollution, NGT forms Central Monitoring Committee
CPCB is directed to expand the list of cities for clean air action plans
Centre to lodge criminal cases against polluters who fail to clean up their actNoting poor compliance of its directives to check air pollution in Delhi-NCR, the Centre said the names of violators — both private and gov...
Decide on banning import of pet coke by June 30: Supreme Court to GovernmentThe bench also issued notices to Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan after Nadkarni said that steps needed to be taken in these states to ...
Delhi air pollution: Environment ministry forms high-level committeeThe ministry also asked affected state governments to implement the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to battle pollution.
SC flip-flops on firecracker ban as no credible study done on its environmental impactThe petition seeking ban on firecrackers in NCR has been pending in the Supreme Court since 2015 but the court’s approach had been inconsis...
Government faces ire of SC, DHC & NGT for failing to curb pollutionThe apex court also passed a slew of directions for the Centre to come out with a comprehensive plan to deal with the graded level of worse...
Supreme Court raps CPCB, asks is it waiting for pollution related deathsAt the outset, the Solicitor General (SG) told the bench that "all laws and regulations were at place but the implementing agencies were no...
Silicosis deaths: Supreme Court stays bailable warrant against CPCB head"We are allowing the prayer and he is directed to appear before the court on date fixed that is June 30," the court said.
- Names empanelled for CPCB chief scrapped twice
A bench headed by Justice T S Thakur had expressed serious reservations over the post of CPCB chairman remaining vacant since February 2012...
Parliamentary panel concerned over post of CPCB chief lying vacantParliamentary panel today said there "can be no justification" on giving an Environment Ministry official additional charge as the board's ...
- PPCB to gauge pollution around Golden Temple
Punjab Pollution Control Board has recently started a study during the current monsoon to know the level of chemical precipitation in rainw...
- Pollution Board asks ports to handle chemicals properly
The near-fatal gas leak in the Bombay Port Trust (BPT) is an eye-opener to various cargo handlers importing hazardous chemicals, the countr...
- Jairam Ramesh ready to clear Nepa doubts
Environment minister Jairam Ramesh has said that his ministry is prepared to put off the Nepa Bill to the winter session for further consul...