Question raised in Lok Sabha on Carbon emission from aviation sector, 16/03/2017. United Nation's Aviation body International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), in its 39th Assembly meeting held in 2016,
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Electricity Generation from Waste, 16/03/2017. The combustible fraction of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) including domestic garbage and toilet waste can be used in several
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Employment under MGNREGS, 16/03/2017. State/UT-wise details of households demanded employment, households provided employment, households provided 100 days of employment
Around three quarters of Nepal’s population is dependent on agriculture, which is highly climate sensitive and increasingly at risk from climate change impacts. This directly affects the economic growth
Wind and solar PV have become among the cheapest options for meeting power demand in a growing number of countries globally. As these variable renewable energy (VRE) technologies differ from conventional
<p>Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Pradeep Indulkar Vs Municipal Corporation for the City of Thane dated 16/03/2017 regarding tree cutting in the city
MUMBAI: The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has directed Tata Chemicals to shut down its fertilizer plant in Haldia (West Bengal) for violating liquid waste discharge rules. The CPCB directive follows
The court had last year asked the government to strictly implement noise pollution rules The Bombay High Court on Tuesday came down heavily on the state government over incomplete data provided to it
Sessions judge tells students at Parisara Mitra Shale award ceremony Conservation of the environment should be taken up on priority, said District and Session Judge T Venkatesh Naik. He was speaking
Though the government is taking numerous measures to cut down on environmental pollution levels, an audit report by the Comptroller and the Auditor General of India (CAG) has indicated that existing power
Many tourists visiting Himalayan states like Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh dump solid waste and other garbage, creating problems for the local environment, Lok Sabha was informed today. Environment
Sale of junk food including chips, soft drinks and fried foods are banned both within the school campuses as well as in a radius of 200 metres from each school. The Nagaland government on Tuesday banned
CHENNAI: THE State’s health department may not have shared the data on the number of swine flu cases reported in Chennai in recent months but the statistics issued by a leading private laboratory said
Mumbai, touted to have considerably cleaner air than most north Indian cities, has been recording far higher air pollution levels than Delhi for over two weeks now. The reason, surprisingly, may not
ISRO has monitored the advance and retreat of 2,018 glaciers across the Himalayan region using satellite data from 2000-01 to 2010-11. The Himalayan glaciers are receding at an increased rate over the
Say move to worsen Delhi’s air quality; others say it will meet power demand With the Badarpur thermal power plant, which has been closed since November 2016 to curb air pollution, expected to restart
Inox Wind Infrastructure Services Ltd., one of the four winners of the first wind power auction held in October, is already looking to sell a stake in the 250 MW project it was awarded, people familiar
Better technology will improve the economics of solar Solar energy has become an important source of renewable energy and a rapidly growing industry. The country’s solar grid has a cumulative capacity
Patiala: Having come in the line of fire of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for failing to enforce an effective plan to cut down stubble burning, which was widely blamed for choking the National Capital
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is preparing to release a wide-ranging executive order to reduce the role that climate change plays in policy decisions, according to a Trump administration
