THE CARIBBEAN
Rooftop catchments and cisterns have met the water needs of many small Caribbean islands for over three centuries. More than 500,000 people depend on such systems of water storage. In Saint
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Allow pvt firms; pay more for better water: Centre policy draft
If the Urban Development Ministry has its way, water subsidies in the cities will be provided only to the poor, not to those who can afford to pay for the water they use. A policy paper presented by
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Official: ambitious renewable energy policy on the anvil
Tamil Nadu will soon come out with a renewable energy policy that will feature ambitious targets and several innovative features, M. Velmurugan, Executive Chairman, Tamil Nadu Industrial Guidance Bureau,
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Now, a green cess on petrol, cars?
Buying and running cars and two-wheelers could soon become a costly affair with a Planning Commission working group suggesting a green surcharge of Rs 2 on every litre of petrol, a green cess of 3% of
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How To Go Green
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Renew. This was once the eco-warrior's credo, recommended to consumers in Europe. Today, however, environmentalists say that more critical than the 4 Rs is a simple word that ought to become a slogan: deconsume. Deconsume sounds like Mahatma Gandhi's mantra: Live simply, so that others may simply live. Easier said than done in urban settings, where economies are built on consumption and demand. So, how about green consumerism? Every time you spend a rupee, you vote for or against the environment. Here are some ways to be eco-conscious in your everyday life:
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Daunting numbers
Incredible but true: in the last 30 years rise in human population has been the same as in the 1,00,000 years prior to the mid-20th century. as a result, human encroachment on agricultural and
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Stemming decline of the coastal ocean: rethinking environmental management
The coastal marine environment provides enormous value in fishery and other products and in ecosystem services including coastal protection, water purification, and appropriate locations for ports, harbors, urban centers, tourist destinations, and numerous recreational pursuits.
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Drowning In Human Excreta
Sanitation for urban India means building flush toilets and linking them to sewer systems. But the price of chasing this dream is leading to an environmental catastrophe. MANOJ NADKARNI analyses our flush and forget mindset
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What cities do best: piecing together an efficient global climate governance
This working paper examines the ideal role of city governments under a vertically integrated climate governance system designed to maximize urban mitigation potential. Action by city governments is essential
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Training on disaster management held
A two-day long training programme of teachers on disaster management and school safety was organised in Assam Administrative Staff College, Khanapara on April 23 and 24. All total 32 participants from different government and private high schools of Guwahati took part in this two-day training programme conducted under Urban Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction Project, Kamrup Metropolitan in collaboration with the Assam Administrative Staff College, Khanapara, said an official press release.
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Citizen’s report: air quality and mobility in Kolkata
As India has yet to build much of its projected urban transport infrastructure, this presents a challenge as well as an opportunity. The new investment if guided by the principles of sustainability can
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From bottleneck to breakthrough: Urbanization and the future of biodiversity conservation
<p>For the first time in the Anthropocene, the global demographic and economic trends that have resulted in unprecedented destruction of the environment are now creating the necessary conditions for a
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Plan for zero waste in residential habitats
The government is working towards achieving zero waste stage in residential habitats in urban and rural areas. The Cabinet decision on Friday to provide subsidy to residential flats to set up waste
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Electricity, water to be denied to polluting units
Jagmohan: Electricity, water and other faciliites will be denied to the water polluting industries refusing to move out of residential area of the city, Union Urban Development Minister Jagmohan said
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Rajasthan govt signs project
The Rajasthan government has signed agreements with three private firms for the execution of an Asian Development Bank-aided Rs 1529-crore project for expanding urban infrastructural facility at six
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U.S. assails New York over smog
Federal environmental officials said Wednesday that smog clean-up plans, even after years of work, were still inadequate in nine of the country's most polluted urban areas, with the shortcomings
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India’s Climate Policy Dilemma
Is climate change a sustainable development or an environmental challenge? The statement by the Minister for Environment and Forests that the European Union’s aviation tax will be a “deal breaker” is
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Karnataka Electric Vehicle & Energy Storage Policy 2017
The state cabinet approved the Karnataka Electric Vehicle & Energy Storage policy, and became the first to have such a policy in place. The policy aims to promote research & development in electric mobility
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Cell for management of urban waste
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) will implement a series of collaborative programmes for the management of urban solid wastes and is shortly setting up a cell to deal with issues
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Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding banning use of DJs and loudspeakers along with the all types of processions, Chhattisgarh, 27/09/2016
<p>Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Chhattisgarh Nagrik Sangarsh Samiti Vs Principal Secretary, Nagariya Parishashan and Vikas Vibhag & Others