Transparent monitoring: Maharashtra pollution control board begins sharing emissions data on public domain
Sharing of CEMS data by state pollution control boards & committees in the public domain was mandated by Supreme Court in 2017
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 8, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Can Extended Producer Responsibility improve circularity in India’s waste oil management
Monitoring mechanisms need to be strengthened before finalising draft rules
India’s pollution control boards were weakened over the last 14 years, as environment ministry lacks roadmap
Several initiatives were taken since 1984 to strengthen the pollution control boards & committees but were not implemented
How this landmark NGT order will shape the future of India's pollution control bodies
The latest NGT judgement is a fresh start to the initiative of strengthening pollution control boards
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 16, 2020)
NGT orders closure of 69 industrial areas
Continued polluting activities are criminal offences under the law of the land, the tribunal said in its order
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 3, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 17, 2020)
Chhattisgarh green board to make access to emissions data more user-friendly
Last year, CSE had found that only 19 of 35 pollution control boards were displaying emissions data in the public domain
Gaurav Gogoi to table bill for changing air pollution law
Congress MP said updating 1981 legislation concerning air pollution was need of the hour
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 30, 2020)
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (September 14-18, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week
Simply Put: Udta Punjab pollution panel
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 16, 2022)
Industry emissions data incomplete, inaccessible on Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh websites: CPCB
CEMS certification system needed to improve data quality, says board
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 1, 2020)
Haryana’s draft norms on stone crushers is old wine in a new bottle
Most units in the state do not comply with existing guidelines, CSE report finds
Crises plaguing state pollution control boards
Employees barely gain technical expertise in the working of SPCBs
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 6, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 8, 2019)
UPPCB chairman appointed in violation of NGT orders, claims activist
JPS Rathore — a former state BJP vice president — was also not qualified to hold the position of chairperson, the activist claimed
Only 50% of India’s pollution authorities make real-time data public: CSE analysis
As of February 2020, nearly 39% pollution control boards (states and Union territories) shared data in public domain
Is show cause notice sufficient to drive compliance in industrial units?
The current regulatory regime is delaying compliance by a decade
Cleaner air: Can we go back to ‘normal’?
CPCB’s evidence on nation-wide clean up during the lockdown implies that clean air action has to upscale to new normal