Under the 2014 US Farm Bill, US cotton producers will receive significant subsidies which will have trade-distorting effects irrespective of future cotton prices. At a futures market cotton price of US$
The world's first comprehensive stocktaking shows that most industrialized nations are a long way from serving as role models for sustainable development. Most industrialized countries in the OECD are
<p>Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Babubhai Ramubhai Saini Vs Gujarat Pollution Control Board & Others dated 08/09/2015. The Applicant wants the
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vikrant Kumar Tongad Vs. Union of India & Others dated 08/09/2015 regarding groundwater extraction by construction projects in Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida/
India on Monday appealed to countries across the globe to include a debate on "lifestyles" while arriving at a climate deal when they assemble in Paris later this year. This followed Prime Minister Narendra
In the run-up to the global climate conference in Paris later this year, the Modi government will launch an extensive media and public campaign for three months on efforts being made to reduce greenhouse
PARIS: France's president says that major UN climate talks in Paris could fail to produce a global deal in December, and is urging faster action. Francois Hollande pushed Monday for agreement ahead
PANJIM: In a major setback to the anti-marina protesters, the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests (MoEF) has permitted marinas in coastal regulation zones (CRZ) across the country. Provided the
The management of Mysore Paper Mills (MPM), a public sector undertaking in Bhadravathi, has decided to file an appeal with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) seeking its permission to operate a fourth boiler.
Eco-Stewardship, one of the latest schemes of the Forest Department to help preserve the environment with the participation of society, is in its preliminary stages of being implemented. Launched on
aced with complaints about violation of safeguards by quarries that have been granted environmental clearance, the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) is gearing up to introduce a monitoring
Bhagalpur: The Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Plant (KhSTPP) is likely to face operational difficulty if it fails to build a new lagoon in six to nine months for dumping waste ash slurry. The plant management
Rising sea levels caused by melting ice caps could threaten Nasa launch sites along US coastlines, the US space agency has warned. In the coming years, launch facilities at Florida's Kennedy Space Centre
For the first time in the history of MP thermal power generation by state-owned companies crossed 3,000 MW on September 4. A 7 pm on Friday state-owned thermal power stations cumulatively generated
The High Pressure Boiler Plant (HPBP) of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Tiruchi, has won the national Energy Management Award of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the “Energy Efficient
To mitigate this, the government has taken a decision to set up pipelines which would deliver upto 20 TMC water from the dam for the city and its periphery in rural areas. State-owned National Thermal
A 100 kw grid-connected solar power plant was inaugurated at V.O. Chidambaranar Port here by S. Anantha Chandra Bose, Chairman, on Friday. Solar power generated from the plant installed at the roof
NONGPOH: Less than 24 hours after traffic was stalled for some hours on the Umiam-Jorabat Expressway due t a landslide on Saturday afternoon, a massive landslip hit the highway again on Sunday afternoon
“The more NHPC and NEEPCO construct mega dams in Arunachal Pradesh, the more problems they create in Assam,” said the Siang Indigenous Farmers’ Forum (SIFF). Talking to newsmen today, SIFF general secretary
India finally has an estimate of its most populous and elusive large predator, the leopard. The first ever count of India's leopards, conducted alongside last year's tiger census, has put the spotted cat
