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Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board demolishes 5 dyeing unitsBy : sustainabilityo..., Aug 31, 2016
Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (PCB) has taken a severe action against five dyeing units in Anthiyur town near Coimbatore for not complying with the Board’s directives on effluent treatment... Read more.. |
Draft vehicle scrapping policy to be ready in a fortnightBy : sustainabilityo..., Aug 29, 2016
Aiming to scrap nearly 15 lakh heavy vehicles that are more than 15 years old in the first phase, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said the draft policy will be ready in a fortnight.... Read more.. |
Big fight over the aviation industry's flight emission normsBy : sustainabilityo..., Aug 29, 2016
India is likely to join forces with China to lobby for changes - and even partially block - in a UN-brokered global deal to freeze carbon emissions by the aviation industry at 2020 levels.... Read more.. |
Microplastics should be banned in cosmetics to save oceansBy : sustainabilityo..., Aug 25, 2016
Cosmetics companies must be banned from using plastic microbeads in scrubs, toothpaste and beauty products because of the marine pollution they are causing, say a group of MPs.... Read more.. |
CPCB report shows need for urgent action in the Eloor-Edayar contaminated areaBy : sustainabilityo..., Aug 24, 2016
Even as the National Green Tribunal (NGT) is expected to hear two different batches of petition related to Periyar pollution next week, there is growing evidence to support the demand for an... Read more.. |
Supreme Court orders installation of radio kits for green cess in New DelhiBy : sustainabilityo..., Aug 23, 2016
The Supreme Court Monday ordered the Delhi government to install radio-frequency identification devices (RFIDs) to facilitate imposition of green cess on commercial vehicles entering the capital... Read more.. |
Hyderabad’s deadly PM10 pollutant particles level still highBy : sustainabilityo..., Aug 22, 2016
A decade of measures to reduce pollution by building flyovers to ease traffic congestion, introducing MMTS services to take vehicles off the road and ensuring supply of clean fuel have failed to... Read more.. |
Zero Tolerance Over Ganga Pollution: Environment MinisterBy : sustainabilityo..., Aug 15, 2016
Union Minister of State for Environment Anil Madhav Dave on Aug. 12 spoke about "zero tolerance" for pollution in the Ganga River, adding that government policies may be reconstructed from... Read more.. Subject Tags: environment protection , pollution |
SC Lifts Ban On Big Diesel Cars, Slaps 1% Green CessBy : sustainabilityo..., Aug 15, 2016
In a major relief to the automobile industry, the Supreme Court on Friday lifted the restriction on registration of diesel cars and SUVs having engine capacity of 2000cc and above in Delhi and... Read more.. |
Haryana to implement NGT order on old vehicles in NCRBy : sustainabilityo..., Jul 22, 2016
The Haryana government announced on Thursday that the it has decided to ban diesel vehicles that are over 10 years old and petrol vehicles over 15 years old in the areas of National Capital... Read more.. |