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Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Oct 30 that construction and demolition activities across the NCR region would be halted from Nov 5 to Nov 20 in a bid to control pollution, while reviewing a new air quality command centre.
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board approved 21 projects and $1.97 billion in new climate finance at its 46th meeting, which ended Oct 29 at the fund's Songdo headquarters, the largest total approved at a single GCF Board meeting, the fund said.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the state Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) filed a lawsuit against Waste Connections and other owners and operators of the Chiquita Canyon Landfill, alleging repeated failures to manage hazardous waste at the site.
President Trump and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced in Lubbock, Texas, a proposal to revise 2024 oil and natural gas regulations known as OOOOb/c, which EPA said is expected to save $45 billion in costs.
China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) issued the Measures for the Environmental Management Registration of New Chemical Substances, signed by Minister Huang Runqiu on Oct 24 and effective on publication, requiring registration before production or import.
Chile's Superintendency of the Environment (SMA) has notified state-owned ENAP Refinerías S.A. of four charges over its Aconcagua refinery in Concón, two of them preliminarily classified as very serious over the alleged delivery of false and incomplete information.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a legal agreement with Gelman Sciences LLC to address contaminated soil and groundwater in Ann Arbor and Scio Townships in Michigan, setting responsibilities for long-term remedial planning and near-term response actions.
The European Parliament voted on Thursday to delay methane monitoring and reporting rules for oil, gas and coal importers by three years, two more than the European Commission proposed, setting its position for negotiations on the law.
Chile's Superintendency of the Environment (SMA) has filed charges against retailer Flores y Cía S.A. and the ReSimple Domiciliario collective packaging management system, opening two sanction proceedings under Law No. 20,920, the extended producer responsibility (REP) law.
The CAQM Sub-Committee on GRAP on Oct 21 invoked all 25 action points under Stage-I of the extant GRAP across the entire NCR with immediate effect, after Delhi's daily average Air Quality Index (AQI) reached the 'Poor' category.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced final approval of Virginia's coal combustion residuals (CCR) permit program, which allows the commonwealth, rather than the federal government, to permit CCR disposal in surface impoundments and landfills.
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi on Monday denied the U.S. Department of Justice's attempt to dismiss NAACP's Clean Air Act lawsuit against xAI, ruling that the department cannot unilaterally block the case, Earthjustice said.
The Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) has extended its requirement for Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) cameras to all categories of industries covered under Statutory Direction No. 98 in the National Capital Region, with a deadline of Nov 30, 2026.
China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) is seeking public comment until Oct 23 on six draft methodologies for voluntary greenhouse gas emission reduction projects, including biomass-to-methanol and battery energy storage plants.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) unveiled a draft policy statement that proposes to stop requesting air dispersion modeling from applicants for Natural Gas Act projects, as part of a proposed overhaul of its air quality reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
Global ocean surface temperatures in September 2026 were 1.98°F (1.10°C) above average, the highest departure for any month on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) said in its monthly global climate report.
September 2026 was the warmest September on record for the contiguous U.S., with an average temperature of 69.4°F, 4.6°F above the 20th-century average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) said.
The European Parliament on Tuesday approved a sixth revision of the EU directive on carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxic substances, setting new exposure limit values for cobalt, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and 1,4-dioxane and a long-term limit for isoprene.
New air monitoring commissioned by Earthjustice found elevated levels of ethylene oxide (EtO), a cancer-causing chemical, in Salinas, Puerto Rico, the environmental group said, as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a settlement with sterilizer Steri-Tech, Inc.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted California's request to extend the attainment date for the South Coast Air Basin under the 2012 annual fine particulate matter standards from Dec 31, 2025, to Dec 31, 2030, according to a final action published on Thursday.