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Delhi Jal Board: Raw water released to flush Yamuna pollution | Read More
What ban? Delhi 2nd only to Maharashtra in single-use plastic consumption | Read More
Yamuna polluted beyond threshold level, aquatic life declines sharply | Read More
Sabarmati second most polluted river in India | Read More
Noise pollution affects dolphins’ ability to communicate: What new study says | Read More
Collaboration between India’s G20 presidency and Japan’s G7 presidency a unique opportunity to shape future: Minister | Read More
Air pollution in 10 cities above CPCB limits in summer, shows data | Read More
India says environmental performance index based on ‘unscientific methods’ | Read More
‘West needs to shoulder climate change burden,’ says Union minister Bhupender Yadav at CU event | Read More
Naidu calls for stricter action against pollution law violators | Read More
India pushed agenda of developing nations at COP 26: Bhupender Yadav | Read More
India is not part of greenhouse gas problem: Environment minister | Read More
Standards fixed for industry emissions | Read More
NGT orders monitoring of dairies to check air and water pollution | Read More
Diesel generator sets older than 15 years likely to be scrapped in Delhi-NCR | Read More
CPCB issues notice to implement ban on single-use plastic from July 1 | Read More
Air quality in Delhi improves; drizzle likely | Read More
Govt introduces penalty regime for non-compliance of fly ash utilisation | Read More
Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav takes review meeting on integrated management plan on Loktak lake in Imphal | Read More
Mixed Bag Of Environmental Sustainability Rankings For India In 2021 | Read More
70 new stations to monitor air quality in West Bengal | Read More
After Ganga, Yamuna and Saryu rivers set to become pollution free | Read More
NGT asks CPCB to issue guidelines for poultry farms with over 5,000 birds | Read More
Environment ministry tags eco-tourism as ‘forestry activity’ | Read More
As pollution rises, CPCB advises offices to reduce vehicle use | Read More
Day after Diwali, Delhi records its poorest air quality in 5 years | Read More
Farm fires till Nov 2 half of those reported last year: CAQM | Read More
Only 11% of pollution-related complaints in Delhi-NCR resolved: CPCB | Read More
India pledges new climate crisis goal: Net zero by 2070 | Read More
Rs 53.5-lakh fine imposed on 165 sites for dust pollution in Delhi | Read More
High metal concentration in Delhi air putting residents at risk, says TERI study | Read More
Centre taking measures to tackle stubble burning: Union minister Bhupender Yadav | Read More
Delhi to be free of air, water and noise pollution in 3 year : Nitin Gadkari | Read More
Centre holds meet with states to discuss air pollution in Delhi | Read More
Environment ministry holds talks with Delhi, neighbouring states over stubble burning | Read More
Bhupender Yadav inaugurates India’s first smog tower in Delhi’s Anand Vihar | Read More
Parliament okays bill to set up commission for air quality in NCR | Read More
Delhi Cabinet terminates study on real-time sources of air pollution | Read More
Pollution Level of Surface Water | Read More
Cleaning up: Technology can provide new lungs to Indian cities | Read More
NGT seeks action report against illegal factories | Read More
India's contribution to climate change in last 200 years just 3%: Prakash Javadekar | Read More
CPCB seeks report from Punjab on chemicalcontamination in Sutlej & Raj canals | Read More
Over 80% polluting industries in Yamuna basin yet to install OCEMS: CPCB data | Read More
NGT forms National Task Force to combat air pollution | Read More
CPCB identifies 30 industries to increase production of medical oxygen | Read More
Study shows significant reduction of heavy metal pollution during COVID-19 pandemic | Read More
Wayu devices reduced dust pollution by 35-50%, shows data; experts sceptical of impact | Read More
Yamuna water quality in Delhi improved duringlockdown: Govt tell Lok Sabha | Read More
CPCB pulls up Faridabad, Gurugram MCs for contaminated Bandhwari groundwater | Read More
New petrol pumps to be at least 50 m away from water bodies, says CPCB | Read More
Ensure strict compliance of firecracker ban on Christmas New Year: CPCB | Read More
Smog tower at Delhi''s Anand Vihar to be ready by June 2021: CPCB | Read More
Clean fuel must for NCR units: CPCB | Read More
India Is The Only G20 Nation On Track To Meet Paris Agreement’s 2°C Goal: Report | Read More
Government to fast-track green nod | Read More
Till mechanism is set up, CPCB entrusted with operationalising, monitoring GRAP: Air quality panel | Read More
Central Pollution Control Board issues notices to Flipkart, Patanjali for flouting Plastic Waste Management rules | Read More
India becomes first nation to be awarded Blue Flag certification for 8 beaches in a single attempt | Read More
Modi govt to hold review meeting on air pollution measures, stubble burning on 1 October | Read More
CPCB’s app to keep track of Covid-19 waste in Delhi | | Read More
Environment Ministry suggests ‘buy back’ and other models for re-using plastic pens | Read More
Centre committed to reducing air pollution level in 122 most polluted cities, says Prakash Javadekar | Read More
NGT directs CPCB to strengthen infrastructure of laboratories | Read More
Centre mulling to start environmental surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 virus in wastewater | Read More
CPCB proposes fine up to Rs 1L for incessant honking, loud construction activity at odd hours | Read More
6th BRICS Environment Ministers Meeting | Read More
CPCB revises idol immersion guidelines; bans plastic, plaster of Paris, thermocol to make idols | Read More
Air pollution in Maharashtra sees significant drop during Covid-19 lockdown | Read More
CPCB letter to State on display board outside factories | Read More
Flexible work spaces can play a significant role in helping to decrease carbon emissions: Study | Read More
Amazon, Flipkart needs to establish system for collecting plastic waste: CPCB to NGT | Read More
Two major dump yards in city to be reclaimed | Read More
Dust screens mandatory at construction sites: NMC | Read More
With Rs10 crore for each city, funds for clean air plan short: Experts | Read More
Groundwater Usage by Industrial Sector and its Impact | Read More
CPCB asks Odisha State Pollution Control Board to ensure regular inspection of industries to curb air & water pollution | Read More
Online repository set up to compile research on air quality in country | Read More
CPCB: Most trash burning complaints from Noida | Read More
There’s utter confusion on plastic waste regulation in the country | Read More
Environment Minister highlights efforts made by Central govt to tackle air pollution in NCR | Read More
President Ram Nath Kovind unveils green tech fuel system which can replace air polluting DG sets | Read More
Pollution board resolves 53% complaints received through social media: RTI | Read More
Ten single-use plastic items to be banned from tomorrow | Read More
Dr Subramanian chairs meet on natural resources at Ganderbal | Read More
How the segregation habit helps reduce household waste and the size of landfills | Read More
Strictly implement ban on import of plastic waste: NGT to CPCB | Read More
Segregation, composting could soon be mandatory for all government officials | Read More
84 cities submit plans for improving air quality | Read More
A series of events planned for this year’s World Environment Day Song “Hawa Aane De” released on this year’s theme, Air Pollution. | Read More
Act on complaints or face action: CPCB to agencies | Read More
Haryana distillery under CPCB’s scanner for polluting Yamuna | Read More
4 new polluted stretches of rivers in U’khand in 3 yrs: CPCB | Read More
CPCB taskforce identifies 21 pollution hotspots, seeks focussed actions | Read More
A clean environment for human empowerment | Read More
The green state of mind | Read More
WAYU, the air filter device that will make sure the people of Delhi get to breathe fresh air | Read More
States asked to ensure distribution of farm implements to tackle stubble burning in 10 days | Read More
Dust PM2.5: Delhi air best in 3 years, says pollution board | Read More
Delhi will use 3 new devices to battle pollution this winter | Read More
दिल्ली के पाँच व्यस्त चौराहों पर लगेंगे एयर प्यूरी फायर | Read More
Sale of BS-VI non-compliant vehicles should stop from April 1, 2020: Centre to SC | Read More
CPCB: Enforce full pollution action plan | Read More
By 2022, India vows to stop single-use plastics | Read More
On World Environment Day, Delhi is yet to learn from other cities on tackling waste | Read More
'Percentage of highly polluting industries non compliant with green standards has gone up' | Read More
Env min launches programme to train 5.5 lakh green skilled workers by 2021 | Read More
City environmentalists find gaps in Delhi-centric NCAP | Read More
India tops world in bad air quality_ Kanpur, Delhi among 15 worst cities, Mumbai 4th most polluted megacity | Read More
No clearance to power plants if they don't follow norms: MoEF | Read More
Chulhas linked to 25% of pollution-related deaths in India | Read More
Residential biomass burning, open waste burning responsible for highest PM 2.5 exposure: Study | Read More
SHARP FALL IN POLLUTION LEVELS, SISODIA HAILS DELHIITES | Read More
CPCB likely to go for new devices to study Delhi air quality, says official | Read More
Over 300 coal-based power plants continue to emit more as deadline to comply with strict emission norms ends | Read More
‘Graded plan reason why air better this year’ | Read More
Get SMS alert for pollution certificate | Read More
Graded Action Plan to come into force on October 17 | Read More
City better equipped to curb pollution this winter | Read More
Today is Earth Overshoot Day | Read More
Corporations start crackdown on polluting sites in Delhi | Read More
Ganga's plight is no different from that of the 'holy cow' | Read More
हरिद्वार की गंगा में कचरा फेंकना पड़ेगा महंगा, 50000 रुपये तक का होगा जुर्माना | Read More
Water Quality Index set to be announced soon | Read More
CPCB team arrives to monitor KTPS air pollution over 2 days | Read More
CPCB directs SPCBs to check emissions & effluents | Read More
Three-year plan to let Delhi breathe | Read More
How pollution is depleting the quality of life | Read More
5,000 health care facilities get showcause notices for pollution | Read More
CPCB norms seek to cap lead content in paints at 90 ppm | Read More
No ban on polluting fuels, SC raps Centre | Read More
Govt eases rules for clearance of non-polluting industrial projects | Read More
NGT rejects residents’ plea to shift Okhla waste plant | Read More
Low pollution led to warmer January? | Read More
Air pollution problem 'very serious', urgent steps needed: Supreme Court | Read More
Centre notifies green action plan for delhi | Read More
NGT notices to 1,418 defaulters | Read More
'No study that stubble burning impacts air' | Read More
NGT directs Delhi government to impound diesel four-wheelers | Read More
Delhi tops most polluted megacity list, says WHO | Read More
Bhalswa landfill emits toxic fumes but there’s no quick fix | Read More
10-20% rise in ozone levels in India, harmful for lungs and crops: Report | Read More
1.4m lives lost in India due to air pollution in ’13: Study | Read More
Your perfumes may pollute the environment | Read More
Close industrial units in residential areas: NGT | Read More
ENVIRONMENTALISTS PLEDGE TO COMBAT WILDLIFE CRIMES | Read More
Mumbai noisiest city, Delhi at No. 4 | Read More
No impact of odd-even on pollution: CPCB to NGT | Read More
E-waste Generation in India to Touch 3 Million T by 2018 | Read More
Reduce exposure to toxic air in city, says US expert | Read More
Air not clear over scheme impact | Read More
Noise-high Capital looks for ways to tame decibel demons | Read More
Among metros, Delhi worst hit by PM2.5: Study | Read More
Environment Ministry releases new categorisation of industries | Read More
Website, app launched for easy access to green info | Read More
Govt ropes in 8 ministries for better coordination to clean up Ganga | Read More
Centre orders closure of 150 polluting industries Ganga | Read More
CPCB to Delhi: take specific steps to check pollution, meet deadline | Read More
Central Pollution Control Board had issued “show cause notice” | Read More
Act now to improve Delhi air quality : CPCB | Read More
PUBLIC NOTICE: A Control Room has been set up in CPCB to facilitate... | Read More
Using Waste Plastic for Road Construction Mandatory Now | Read More
Delhi will get mobile air quality stations for area-wise monitoring | Read More
Big campaign to check air pollution in NCR | Read More
Measures being taken to tackle pollution in NCR : Javadekar | Read More
Disposal of waste from Bhopal tragedy site begins | Read More
Incinerator told to stop dumping fly ash | Read More
Don’t blow hot and cold on clearing the air | Read More
Marshals will check leaf burning in New Delhi | Read More
NGT fumes at city govt’s diesel reply | Read More
Dense development can cut car use, clean up air | Read More
Rain clears Delhi air of dangerous pollutants | Read More
NGT fumes, govt hides behind fig leaf | Read More
‘If not car, what’s the polluter?’ | Read More
Drinking water from sewage, a first for the Capital | Read More
Over 100 cities to be added to pollution monitoring network | Read More
Polluted units in Ganga basin upload data online | Read More
Polluting Industries yield to crackdown | Read More
Green body to track gas emissions online | Read More
Pollution war: Construction waste focus of draft rules | Read More
Vehicles, generators nullified measures to clean Delhi’s air | Read More
Trucks will pay fee for polluting city air | Read More
Dams will hinder Clean Ganga: Uma | Read More
NGT seeks response from govt on dirty water | Read More
Modi, French Prez to Co-launch Book on Environment | Read More
Planned in phases: Paris shows way to clean air | Read More
Despite being less polluted than Delhi, Paris fighting it better | Read More
New guidelines to curb construction pollution | Read More
Govt may replace expert panel on Ganga with technocrats | Read More
Pollution body in monitoring mess | Read More
Toxic air pushing many into a corner | Read More
Feeling breathless in ‘gas chamber’ Delhi | Read More
China fixed Beijing air with iron hand | Read More
WHO: Air pollution is world’s top environmental health risk | Read More
Did I jeopardize my kids’ health by moving to Delhi? | Read More
Kanpur drain hurdle for clean Ganga, IIT roped in | Read More
Gaps in IIT emission study: NGT | Read More
Vehicle ban: Centre to oppose it today | Read More
What’s fouling air? Data puzzling govt | Read More
Air pollution campaign not anti-development: Activists | Read More
Waste burning ban goes up in smoke in NCR | Read More
Improve air to better kids’ lung function | Read More
Make the Polluter Pay | Read More
Only decongestion will help clean Delhi’s dirty air | Read More
A new Vehicle for Clean Air | Read More
NGT seeks pollution report from landfill sites | Read More
One-day deadline to act on dust pollution | Read More
Death by breath: Green Tribunal acts | Read More
Colour – coding for industries soon | Read More
NGT bans diesel vehicles over 10 yrs old | Read More
Now, colour-coded air alerts PM launches national air quality index | Read More
Thirst for diesel food for poison | Read More
Millennium City clueless about its air quality | Read More
Ganga cleaning: Centre breather for industries | Read More
Leave Delhi: That’s what doctors are prescribing to a record surge of patients with serious respiratory ailments triggered by city’s toxic air | Read More
Delhi has to act on pollution: Javadekar pulls up state govt for delay in submitting action plan to improve Air Quality | Read More
Govt moves high court to enforce plastic bag ban | Read More
Centre says toxic air is Delhi govt’s headache | Read More
Seven years ago, everyone saw Delhi’s air take a deadly U-turn but no one did a thing | Read More
At Centre, state: pollution no-control boards | Read More
From April, colour code for air quality Experts Say More Monitoring Sites Needed | Read More
Used CFL bulbs a health hazard Study Say 74kg Mercury Released From 14.9M Lamps in Capital in 2014 | Read More
Study on mobile radiation begins AIIMS, IIT-D Among 17 Top Bodies Asked By Centre To Probe Its Health Impact | Read More
Clean-up plans fail in muddy Yamuna, NGT seeks action Taking Note Govt planning to bring river under Environment Protection Act Read More
‘India must leapfrog to Euro VI as benefits outweigh costs’ | Read More
Govt gets ‘last opportunity’ to enforce NGT orders on air pollution |Read More
‘Check impact of old diesel vehicles on air’ | Read More
Centre to seek states’ views before amending green laws | Read More
As Delhi air thickens, govt still awaits study on pollution to draft policy | Read More
Centre plans uniform model to make pollution data ‘authentic’ | Read More
Now air quality data only after CPCB authentication | Read More
Delhi Most Polluted among 16 NCR Cities: CPCB Study | Read More
Germany Monitors Delhi’s Air Quality | Read More
Capital’s dust pollution chokes unprotected construction workers | Read More
Green court glare on polluting DTC buses | Read More
Delhi Greenest Among All Metro Cities of India | Read More
Delhi’s Air Show Sees a Flurry of Foreign Exits | Read More
You are not safe indoors either AWARENESS Indoor pollution is major cause of cancer | Read More
Desi thermal plants worst polluters CSE’s Study Rates 47 Coal-Based Plants | Read More
Air quality in India curtails lifespan by 3 years: US study | Read More
Badarpur among most polluting and wasteful power plants: Study CSE Findings Back Stand Of Discoms Which Want It To Be Decommissioned | Read More
Air Pollution on his mind, CM asks babus for offbeat ideas Tells Them He’s not Satisfied with Slow Response To Crisis | Read More
New Industry norms raise concern | Read More
US to monitor air quality in Delhi now | Read More
Industrial zone vacant as factories shift to villages to escape anti-pollution norms | Read More
Relief for industries will choke city WARNING Environmentalists write to CM | Read More
Polluting coal not a very good option, say experts | Read More
DELHI REACHES WHEEZING POINT Temperature fluctuations & fine particulate matter 10 times higher | Read More
‘Make Environment Protection People’s Movement’ The minister is confident that govt will take action on Climate Change.. | Read More
Air Pollution level in city schools ‘alarmingly high’ | Read More
Clean Ganga Stretch in J'Khand to be a priority | Read More
Germany to Partner India in Cleaning Ganga | Read More
Yamuna Order: DJB faces cleanup challenge Official confident But Underperforming STPs Main Problem | Read More
A maiden step towards a clean Yamuna Interceptor sewer, treatment plant and five water ATMs inaugurated. Read More
Donations to Swach Bharat Kosh, Clean Ganga now part of CSR MUMBAI : The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has included donations to the Swach Bharat Kosh and the Clean Ganga Fund… Read More
Air pollution on Diwali getting worse NEW DELHI: The festival of light seems to be the worst time for people suffering from asthma and other respiratory… Read More
Winter months worst for Delhi, says Central Pollution Control Board study NEW DELHI: The capital seems to be experiencing the worst air pollution during winter. An analysis of July and November 2013 air quality index (AQI)… Read More
NGT slaps Rs. 5 cr. fine on sugar mills “Simbhaoli mills and distillery direct source of polluting the river Ganga” Read More
E-waste dismantlers flout pollution, safety norms Agencies ‘Clueless’ About Units in Seelampur, Other Areas. Read More
Waste - to - Power units pose grave threat to Delhities CHRONIC respiratory problems are looming on a large number of residential colonies in east and North-west Delhi, Read More
Upload report on polluting industries operating near Ganga Yamuna, NGT tells pollution board The National Green tribunal (NGT) directed the entral Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to upload its report on “seriously polluting industries” Read More
Key pollutants in huge quantity pose health risk at Anand Vihar. HAZARDOUS Diesel buses and trucks are biggest killers. Smog lowers resistance to respiratory tract infections, indicating considerable health risk for Delhiites. Read More
Cancer in the Capital's air: How Delhi's pollution poses a health risk to millions Many areas in the city of nearly 18 million people have high concentrations of toxic PAHs posing major health risks, a Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) study found. Read More
GSPCB nod for Panaji's Rs 1.20 crore air pollution monitoring station PANAJI: The Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) has approved a decision to set up a continuous ambient air quality monitoring station in Panaji to measure air pollution. Read More
Karaikal’s ambient air quality to be monitored Puducherry Power Corporation Limited, Polagam; Perunthalaivar Kamarajar College of Education, Nehru Nagar; and the Government Tourism Home, Kovilpathu, now have ambient air quality monitoring stations here. Read More
571 industries were not complying with pollution standard NEW DELHI: Government today said it has identified 3266 highly polluting industries, including power plants, of which 571 industries were not complying with prescribed standards. Read More
Hospitals raise concern over poor disposal of bio-medical waste BHOPAL: Hospitals and health care facilities from Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan raised concern over disposal of hospital waste during the one-day meet on bio-medical waste management organized by zonal office of central pollution control board (CPCB) here on Friday. Read More
Foul air, everywhere Vehicular traffic, garbage burning and construction dust are all the usual suspects contributing to air pollution in Indian cities. But did you know that in Chennai, around 5.4 per cent of the particulate matter in the air is on account of the cheerful bakeries that dot the city? Read More
Every fifth hospital violating bio-medical waste norms: Pollution Control Board BHOPAL: One fifth of hospitals and healthcare facilities operating in state capital are neither properly disposing of bio-medical waste nor are running with valid authorization. Bio-medical waste from these centres are dumped into Upper Lake either through public sewer lines or in the form of municipal solid waste. Read More Read More
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