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Barbeque restaurants ordered to install smoke catcher devices to avoid penalties, closure

Nooriabad industrialists told to submit NOC from environment protection agency

SEPA says measures to mitigate the air pollution have not been taken

Will help industries to adopt eco-friendly processes

SEPA conducts seawater cleanliness drive and takes jibe at port authorities

Suspends construction of a building on Abdul Sattar Edhi Avenue in Defence Housing Authority phase-VIII

SHC directs Keamari SSP to take action in light of environmental watchdog’s report

KCCI requested to propose names of commercial, technical experts

Directs environment secretary to set up review committee within a week

Environmental watchdog has attempted to curtail pollution of waterways for past six years but to no avail

SEPA seals factory for emitting toxic smoke

Summons CEOs over non-compliance with environmental standards

SEPA raids plastic bag manufacturers

Sindh Environmental Protection Agency also confiscates plastic bags from markets in FB Area, Karimabad

Move comes as an attempt to sustain 40% improvement in air quality recorded during lockdown

Waste is to be packed in two plastic bags knotted properly, carried to disposal sites

Environmental agency to take steps to retain improved air quality, noise levels

'Our basic objective is to ensure that all organisations comply [with the law] whether they are private or public'

Environment secretary directs officials to expedite the process for redressing complaints

However, hospital officials claim the agency was satisfied with their facilities

Notices have been issued regarding sea pollution, which is impacting marine life and inhabitants of coastal villages

The burning leads to the release of poisonous gases and emitted foul odour which are causes of environmental pollution

Claims emissions exceeded limits set by Sindh Environmental Quality Standards

Each medical facility's, public and private, hospital waste management plan sought

SEPA remains silent on environmental violations, while ongoing ecological crisis makes global headlines

SEPA deputy director says that using unscientific methods to recycle plastic is hazardous for health

He warns of action against factories flouting environment protection laws

Factories manufacturing plastic bags will stop doing so from today

Ambassador Holmboe says Islamabad needs to focus on ‘Green Transition of Economy

Fires are used as a cheap way to clear agricultural land in Indonesia every year during the dry season

Rising sea levels, intensifying droughts and unprecedented increase in wildfires

The residents of the area had complained that the factory was burning coal to make raw iron which caused pollution

Force would have authority to take penal action against violators of environmental laws

Provincial govts are not given the funds to mitigate environmental degradation, laments NFEH president

Have decided to hold follow-up meeting to ensure directions are implemented, says Talpur

Commission ordered officials to file cases against those who don't comply with orders

Judicial commission orders private consultants rehabilitating govt hospitals to be de-notified

Justice (retd) Muslim says criminal proceedings may be initiated against factory owners who resist inspection orders

Chairperson says reforms being undertaken to improve ranking

Warns of trial in environmental protection tribunal in case of failure to comply

Only 245 of 27,000 violators with served notices for violating environmental laws, commission told

Hyderabad industrialists remain at loggerheads with SEPA on untreated effluent discharge issue

Karachi's property prices are flaunted as sign of popularity but residents paying through their nose only to get...

Residents want clear resettlement policy from government

SEPA official says it will serve notice to more units within a week or two

Saplings will be planted throughout the province during campaign

SEPA, industrialists fight over construction responsibility; federal, Sindh govts shift the blame

Environment agency closes 30 units, asks for installation of  effluent treatment plants

Say representation of businessmen needed before issuing notices

Agency closed down 15 factories for violating environment protection act.