Auto exhaust blamed for air quality dip
New Delhi: Delhi’s air pollution levels are on an upward spiral with this summer having recorded higher of ozone and particulate matter. Simultaneously, levels of carbon dioxide emitted from vehicles have
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Neglect turns forest into dump
New Delhi: Till some decades back, the lush and green Rajokri forest was home to Delhi’s wildlife like neelgai and deer. Now, with its patchy growth of v i l a y a t i k e e k a r strung with stray plastic
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Mother Dairy launches milk vending vans
New Delhi: Mother Dairy, the largest milk supplier in NCR, announced on Tuesday that it would sell loose milk in different parts of Delhi and NCR through eco-friendly vans called ‘Kamdhenu’. The announcement,
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NGO and forest department jointly launch save nature campaign
Arunodoy Sangha, NGO, and the forest department of Cachar, on Tuesday launched save nature campaign on the occasion of the World Environment Day at Udharband, 13 km from here. The campaign began with the conveyance of the message of the day and through mass plantations of trees, both general and herbal. With the active participation of the students of various schools around the Udharband block as well as from the Diet located there, the celebration was made quite eventful.
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Water biggest worry for Delhiites
New Delhi: Going by a survey carried out by The Energy Resource Institute (TERI), Delhiites are highly conscious of their environment and feel that problems related to pollution have increased. While tree
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Monsoon hits Kerala, but El Nino fears linger
New Delhi: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) announced the onset of monsoon on Tuesday following a four-day delay in clouds gathering strength over the southern shores. The delay, though vital,
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When ‘clean’ projects take a toll on environment
New Delhi: Who wouldn’t want to replace polluting energy with clean, renewable energy? Surprisingly, some wouldn’t. Because, sometimes they end up paying a heavier ecological price for it. Communities
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Heat kills 67 in Bengal in a day
Kolkata: The relentless heat killed 67 more people across West Bengal on Tuesday, six of them in Kolkata, pushing up the death toll to 86 in just two days. Five prize horses also died despite water and
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e-waste collection points come up in city
KOLKATA, 5 JUNE: The first three collection points ever for e-waste were set up in the city today by the environmental group Toxic Link. The group plans to put 20 of the collection bins outside important
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Partha wants Howrah to be more eco-friendly
KOLKATA, 5 JUNE: The state minister for commerce and industry Partha Chatterjee said, “Howrah should become more environmentally friendly,” at the inauguration of an Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting
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State Plan allocation fixed at Rs 10,500 cr
NEW DELHI, June 5 – Identifying agriculture and erosion and flood management as thrust areas, Assam’s Annual Plan for 2012-2013 was fixed at Rs 10,500 crore marking an increase of 16 per cent from last
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Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-5)
<p><span id="itro1">As a significant contribution to Rio+20, the 5th Global Environment Outlook (GEO-5) builds on previous reports and continues to provide analysis of the state, trends and outlook of
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Connecting the global climate change and public health agendas
Climate change is a public health problem. Evidence from many sectors shows substantial health impacts of climate change, particularly for the most vulnerable: the poorest, the youngest, and the oldest.
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APEC trade ministers aim for green goods list by September
Trade ministers from the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) countries hope to have a list of environmental goods for tariff liberalisation by September, officials announced after meeting in Kazan,
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Differences persist as Rio+20 conference approaches
egotiators meeting in New York struggled to achieve demonstrable progress on narrowing down an outcome document to forward to this month's Rio+20 summit, sparking questions among observers about what to
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US-China clean energy rift deepens with wind tower countervailing duty announcement
The US Commerce Department will begin imposing duties on wind tower imports from China, after finding that producers receive unfair government support. The move is expected to ratchet up tensions between
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Lead by example
As host nation of Rio+20, Brazil should choose the right course for its own development, say Fabio Scarano, André Guimarães and José Maria da Silva.
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Windmills play a big role in easing power situation in Tamil Nadu
Since May 25, windmills have contributed 31 to 34 per cent of the total power consumed in the State every day. Tamil Nadu has nearly 7,000 MW of installed wind energy capacity and peak generation from these windmills has remained above 3,200 MW for the last 12 days. According to data available on the website of the Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation, on May 25, of the total 227.296 million units of energy consumed in the State, 75.002 million units were contributed by wind energy.
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Maharashtra mulls tax cut for green bldgs
The state government’s plan for the housing sector should make you turn green. The ministry of environment has proposed to give a boost to the construction of ‘green’ buildings by giving tax benefits or
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Governor for devising strategy to address man-animal conflict issue
Replying to the queries of the Probationers on a wide range of subjects, the Governor observed that the unfortunate situation that prevailed in Jammu and Kashmir in the past years resulted not only in huge human and economic losses but also caused a severe damage to forest wealth. He said that with the return of normalcy, greater attention is now being devoted to the conservation and regeneration of forests in the State. The Governor, who is Chairman of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, referred to the initiatives being taken by the Board for the conservation and promotion of green cover in the entire Shrine area in the Trikuta Hills.