Rain deficit may be spoiling air quality
Record Pollution Levels This July & August The weak monsoon this year hasn't just made the city extremely warm and humid; it has also affected its air quality . In July and August, air pollution levels
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding industries operating in the Industrial Area, Mandideep, Madhya Pradesh without renewal of consent, 25/08/2014
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Dr. Subhash C. Pandey Vs. Union of India & Others dated 25/08/2014 regarding industries operating in the Industrial Area,
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Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding ‘Urban agglomeration’ of the city of Indore and the plan for planting approximately of 2.5 lakh trees, 25/08/2014
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Kishore Deepak Kodwani & Others Vs District Collector, Indore & Others dated 25/08/2014 regarding ‘Urban agglomeration’
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Judgement of the Supreme Court of India on allocation of coal blocks, 25/08/2014
<p>In a landmark judgement on 25 August 2014, the Supreme Court declared illegal all allocation of coal blocks between 1993 and 2010 and cancelled the allocation of nearly 200 coal blocks. </p>
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The diclofenac ban is helping vulture conservation; what further pharmaceutical threats loom ahead?
More than half of the vulture species is on the brink of extinction, with the most dramatic declines observed recently in the Indian subcontinent. While numerous factors have threatened vultures, persecution
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Recent changes in coastal configuration of Henry’s Island
The swampy intertidal zone and part of the backshore of Henry's Island coast of 1969 have now been submerged. Topographic surveys, analysis of textural and palynological character of sediments coupled
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Reenergizing India’s solar energy market through financing
The Indian solar industry has been maturing at a rapid clip, growing more than a hundredfold in four years to reach over 2.6 gigawatts (GW) of installed capacity in 2014. Coupled with successful state-level
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A second wind for India’s energy market: financing mechanisms to support India’s National Wind Energy Mission
India is struggling with skyrocketing energy demands, declining energy supplies, and peak load blackouts and shortages that limit energy access. The country’s recent economic growth has depended largely
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The Kedarnath disaster: in search of scientific reasoning
The unprecedented Uttarakhand floods of June 2013 generated a large volume of scientific literature. They offered clear technical explaination to the media reported sequence of events ofen in a historical
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding industrial pollution in Singrauli area, 25/08/2014
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Ashwani Kumar Dubey Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 25/08/2014 regarding industrial pollution in Singrauli area.
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Environment (Protection) (Fifth Amendment) Rules, 2014
In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Environment
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India's shifting food bowls
Almost 50 years ago, Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri went on air to appeal to Indians to skip a meal a day. Foodgrain supplies had come under strain after the 1965 drought, and the patriotic ethos cautioned
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Recurrent outbreaks of hypoglycaemic encephalopathy in Muzaffarpur, Bihar
<p>Earlier we had reported that the recurring annual seasonal outbreaks in Muzaffarpur district, Bihar, of what used to be considered viral encephalitis and called 'acute encephalitis syndrome'
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Characterization of subglacial pathways draining two tributary meltwater streams through the lower ablation zone of Gangotri glacier system, Garhwal Himalaya, India
<p>An attempt has been made to characterize the subglacial pathways that transport the meltwaters from Chaturangi and Raktavarn glaciers through the lower ablation zone of the Gangotri glacier, Indian
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Human land-use-driven reduction of forest volatiles cools global climate
Human conversion of forest ecosystems to agriculture is a major driver of global change. Conventionally, the impacts of the historical cropland expansion on Earth’s radiation balance have been quantified
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A systems approach to evaluating the air quality co-benefits of US carbon policies
Because human activities emit greenhouse gases (GHGs) and conventional air pollutants from common sources, policy designed to reduce GHGs can have co-benefits for air quality that may offset some or all
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India Environment Portal Newsletter 17 - 23 August 2014
The weekly digest of important reports, research, policy documents, regulations, studies, court cases, protests, conflicts, initiatives, photos, data, statistics, infographics, presentations on the India
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A survey of dietary supplement knowledge, attitudes, and use in a rural population
Dietary supplements, including vitamins and herbal products, are often used to treat self-diagnosed conditions and/or to promote health. We conducted a community-based survey in a rural population to assess
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Preliminary Vizag-Kakinada PCPIR environment impact report submitted
VISAKHAPATNAM: The preliminary Marine Environment Impact Assessment (MEIA) report on the Visakhapatnam-Kakinada Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR) has been submitted to the
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Gujarat High Court: New panel to probe green 'breach' by Adani Group at Kandla
Gujarat High Court today directed the Centre to constitute a new committee to probe alleged violation of environmental norms by Adani Group for a project at Kandla Port Trust (KPT) in the state. A division