Green ministry likely to approve mining projects in Pench Satpuda tiger corridor [http://cmsenvis.cmsindia.org/resources/newspaper/details.asp?id=92594]A panel of the Union environment ministry which will meet on Thursday for the fourth time in over a month to speed up project approval will consider three proposals to divest forest land from the Central India’s Pench Satpuda tiger corridor for mining. The panel normally meets once a month.

E-waste management credo for schools in Itanagar [http://cmsenvis.cmsindia.org/resources/newspaper/details.asp?id=92595]Itanagar, Sept 19: The Karo Sambhav school programme aims at creating awareness on critical environmental issues such as Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), which will engage the academic fraternity in keeping the environment clean and fresh.

E-waste management credo for schools in Itanagar [http://cmsenvis.cmsindia.org/resources/newspaper/details.asp?id=92595]Itanagar, Sept 19: The Karo Sambhav school programme aims at creating awareness on critical environmental issues such as Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), which will engage the academic fraternity in keeping the environment clean and fresh.

HC to pass order on rising air pollution in Delhi on Friday [http://cmsenvis.cmsindia.org/resources/newspaper/details.asp?id=92598]New Delhi, Sep 19 The Delhi High Court today reserved its order on a PIL initiated by it on the issue of rising air pollution in Delhi and the neighbouring states.


A bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Sunil Gaur said it would pronounce the order and directions on Friday.

No polybags for meat: GHMC [http://cmsenvis.cmsindia.org/resources/newspaper/details.asp?id=92555]Hyderabad: In a bid to reduce the generation of pollution in the form of polythene bags, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has decided to restrict their use at meat shops from October 2 onwards. The use of reusable containers as an alternative will be encouraged.

Pollution regulator frames standards for 16 industries using polluting fuels  [http://cmsenvis.cmsindia.org/resources/newspaper/details.asp?id=92583]The apex pollution regulator has framed standards for sulphur and nitrate oxides for 16 industries that use inferior quality fuel that releases these pollutants.The standards are yet to approved by the environment ministry. Surface heavy fuels like Furnace Oil (FO) and Pet coke generate large amounts of pollution, according to the Supreme Court appointed Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA).