Aafrin Kidwai
Addressing participants at a workshop in Chandigarh, Union Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Mr Bhupender Yadav commended the collaborative efforts of all stakeholders to substantially bring down the paddy farm fire counts during…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Union Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Mr Bhupender Yadav has launched ‘Prakriti’, a mascot to spread public awareness on sustainable living and highlight various green initiatives taken by the Ministry of Environment,…
Aafrin Kidwai
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has said that the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is at liberty to recover a penalty from the concerned authorities for continuing environmental damage. A committee comprising the CPCB, National…
Aafrin Kidwai
Last week saw yet another insightful webinar moderated by Ashish Sachdeva of the Green Dream Foundation, in partnership with Smart Cities India 2020 Expo on the topic ‘Decentralized Waste Management During COVID-19’. Inadequate and inefficient…
Madhumitha Rajendran
As previously reported, the operator of the Okhla WtE facility was served a notice in April 2019 due to several violations of the Environmental Clearance. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) will now carry out…
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India’s Supreme Court has asked the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to examine a proposal to build a WtE facility in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. According to the…
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The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has reduced the proposed gap of 300-500 metres between incineration power plants and residential areas to 30-100 metres, much less than what is defined by the Swachh Bharat Mission.…
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According to The Economic Times, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has assigned the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) that it should submit the so-called inspection report on WtE and thermal power plants located in New…
