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NGT rebukes GDA over dumping of waste in Hindon

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 30, 2016

National Green Tribunal today took Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) to task over indiscriminate dumping of municipal solid waste and garbage on the banks of river Hindon and said the civic...

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Haryana to set up centre for research on Saraswati river

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 30, 2016

The Haryana government approved Rs 20 lakh to set up a centre for research on Saraswati river in Kurukshetra University.

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Subject Tags: pollution , Research , STP

Beijing's latest answer to pollution: The smog free tower

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 30, 2016

In a city where smog routinely blankets the streets, a Dutch artist has offered an eccentric solution: a 6-meter (20-foot) metal structure that takes in smog and expels cleaner air....

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Himachal officials summoned over industrial pollution

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 29, 2016

The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Wednesday directed the Pollution Control Board Chief to be in the court during the next hearing of the case related to rising pollution in the industrial town...

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Corp admits to polluting river, groundwater in Brahmapuram

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 29, 2016

In a major revelation, the corporation had stated that the leachate from the solid waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram had been contaminating the Kadambrayar River as well the groundwater...

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Continuous pollution monitoring initiative loses momentum

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 28, 2016

The inadequacy of existing mechanisms to monitor, control and report pollution gives a leeway to most industries in India. They falsely show compliance to emission norms and get away with under-...

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Environment status report 2016: Corporators urge action

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 27, 2016

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) general body Monday approved the Environment Status Report (ESR) for 2016 with corporators urging the civic administration to work towards increasing the...

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‘Industrial units contaminating Pissurlem fields’ in Keri, Goa

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 26, 2016

A Pissurlem resident, on Saturday, filed a complaint at the office of the deputy collector of Bicholim against continued discharge of water contaminated with industrial waste into the nullah (...

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Indian Govt Makes Real World Emission Testing Mandatory

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 21, 2016

As a part of the crackdown against the increasing menace of pollution in India, the government has now made it mandatory to randomly test at least half of the cars produced from a manufacturer’s...

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Indian government plans to phase out aged coal-based plants

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 21, 2016

The Indian government is planning to phase out coal-based power plants that are more than 25 years old and are inefficient in order to reduce carbon emissions, a Central Electricity Authority (...

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