BP said Wednesday that it would spend $400 million to install pollution controls at its giant Whiting, Ind., refinery to allow it to process heavy crude oil from Canada, in a deal with federal and state regulators. The consent decree reached with the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency also requires BP, based in London, to pay $8 million to resolve prior claims of clean-air violations at the plant, the sixth-largest American refinery.

Construction companies in Beijing will need to keep a close eye on emissions of dust and other forms of pollution at their existing construction sites if they want to bid on new projects, a city government official said Tuesday.

It was announced at a Tuesday "green construction" conference that Beijing authorities will ban construction companies from submitting bids for new projects for a period of six months if their existing projects are found to have "irregularities," including large amounts of dust emissions and spilled construction materials.

With a reputation for consistently delivering innovative and creative ideas that work, BBDO Lanka, a part of BBDO Worldwide, presented an idea that has the potential to revolutionize the scope of environmental conservation. The launch of Asia’s first mechanical air cleaning hoarding – a hoarding that actually filters certain harmful content from the surrounding air, purifies it and releases the purified air back to the environment.

Asia’s first mechanical air cleaning hoarding, a billboard that actually filters certain harmful contents from the surrounding air, purifies the air and releases the purified air back into the environment, was unveiled in Polhengoda yesterday.

The innovative concept is the brainchild of BBDO Lanka, a part of BBDO World Wide. Speaking at the launch, BBDO Lanka Managing Director Santosh Menon said the concept can be introduced as Sri Lanka’s export to the world.

The central government has allocated 6 billion yuan ($949 million) to subsidise consumer purchases of fuel-saving cars, Xinhua News Agency reported late on Wednesday, putting a cumulative figure for the first time on the handouts as it moves to cut emissions in the world's biggest auto market.

Beijing started offering a 3,000 yuan rebate on consumer purchases of small, fuel-efficient cars in June 2010, but has not previously indicated the total cost of the subsidy.

The 3,000MW NTPC-Kaniha power station which consumes about 55,000 tonne of coal per day has introduced various environment friendly steps to control both water and air pollution strictly as per the norms of state pollution control board.

According to the plant authorities, this ultra modern plant is equipped with electro static precipitator having efficiency of more than 99% for controlling air pollution. The details of emission and environment related data of the plant are scrutinized by government authorities from time to time.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $ 50 million in loan to help improve the environment by financing more energy-efficient brick kilns in Bangladesh. ADB's Board of Directors approved the "Financing Brick Kiln Efficiency Improvement Project" on May 10. Under the project, the ADB will provide $50 million in local currency to the Bangladesh Bank which will re-lend the funds to participating financial institutions, said a press release.

A panel formed to investigate alleged misappropriation of revenue by the Metropolitan Traffic Police Division and its 29 units submitted its report to the Directorate of Traffic Police today.

The 24-page report prepared by DSP Gopiman Shrestha based on monitoring of MTPD and its units was submitted to DoTP DIG Kedar Prasad Saud at the Nepal Police Headquarters.