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Uttar Pradesh government to take action against sugar mills flouting NGT norms

By : sustainabilityo..., May 24, 2017

The Uttar Pradesh government will take stern action against sugar factories that flout green norms and are spreading pollution, the state sugarcane development minister Suresh Rana warned today...

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India plans automated ocean pollution observation

By : sustainabilityo..., May 12, 2017

India is all set to opt for automatic observation of pollution in the ocean to crunch data that will aid the tourism industry and could also come in handy in countering allegations levelled by...

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Researchers from the University of Antwerp and KU Leuven show polluted air can generate power

By : sustainabilityo..., May 11, 2017

Researchers from the University of Antwerp and KU Leuven have succeeded in developing a process that purifies air and, at the same time, generates power. The device must only be exposed to light...

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Fire in lake: Karnataka State Pollution Control Board issues notice to HPCL

By : sustainabilityo..., May 11, 2017

The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has issued a notice to Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (HPCL) on the allegations of polluting a waterbody near its terminal in the...

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Bengaluru's Bellandur catches fire again, smog engulfs adjacent areas

By : sustainabilityo..., May 8, 2017

Even as the civic authorities have been carrying out clean-up operations at Bellandur lake after a rap from the NGT, the Bellandur lake caught fire yet again on Sunday.

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Subject Tags: environment , pollution

Odisha govt shuts down two IMFA mines over flouting of pollution norms

By : sustainabilityo..., May 5, 2017

The Odisha government has shut down two chromite mines of India Metals and Ferroalloys, a leading ferroalloys producer of the country, on the ground of non-compliance of pollution control norms...

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Beijing removes 180,000 old, polluting cars from roads from Jan-Apr

By : sustainabilityo..., May 5, 2017

Beijing removed 180,000 old and polluting vehicles from its roads in the first four months of 2017, the Chinese capital's environmental bureau has said, as part of its efforts to tackle...

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NGT announces Rs. 1 lakh fine for dumping e-waste around Ramganga

By : sustainabilityo..., May 4, 2017

With an aim to save river Ganga and its tributaries from e-waste dumping by several illegal industries mostly around Moradabad, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday announced Rs. one...

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Current PUC ineffective in testing diesel vehicles: EPCA

By : sustainabilityo..., May 4, 2017

While cities like London are gearing up to impose a vehicle pollution charge on older and more polluting vehicles later this year, India’s capital is still grappling with a Pollution Under...

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NGT to inspect Ganga pollution itself

By : sustainabilityo..., May 3, 2017

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday decided to itself inspect the most polluted stretch of Ganga river, between Haridwar in Uttarakhand to Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh — to get the clear...

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