Scrap 34 dams on Ganga: Green panel
Prepared by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), the report flashes a red light with regard to the hydroelectric projects that add up to 2,600 MW and make for about a tenth of all small and big dams
Prepared by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), the report flashes a red light with regard to the hydroelectric projects that add up to 2,600 MW and make for about a tenth of all small and big dams
The environment ministry will not accept any proposal for new and expansion projects in four major coal fields — Korba, Asansol, Chandrapur and Dhanbad — as no measures have been taken to reduce environmental
The National Green Tribunal has ruled no fresh environmental clearance would be granted to new industrial units or for expansion of any operating industry in Noida without its consent. The tribunal passed the interim orders taking note of a “lackadaisical attitude exhibited” by the Central Pollution Control Board and Noida Authority in responding to the notices issued by it earlier.
Existing Ones Can’t Expand. The National Green Tribunal ordered a ban on environmental clearances for any new industry or expansion of the existing ones in areas falling under New Okhla Industrial Development
A quick glance at the city’s pollution data of the last few months would leave any green activist happy. The real story is, however, starkly different — the figures are misleading since 17 of the 20 pollution
If BRT corridor was meant to be a panacea for the never ending traffic woes and ever increasing automobile pollution of the national Capital, it failed in its objective. The idling time at the Chirag Dilli
The ministry of forest and environment has refused to lift the moratorium on environmental clearance to set up new projects in the Visakhapatnam industrial cluster. In January 2010, the Centre ruled that projects meant for critically polluted areas and industrial clusters, as identified by the Central Pollution Control Board, would not be considered for environmental clearance. The Pollution Control Board prepares time-bound action plans during the period of moratorium to improve the quality of environment in these industrial clusters.
Supreme Court order on the disposal of toxic waste lying in the factory of Union Carbide India Ltd dated 04/04/2012.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Union Ministry for Environment & Forests, the Central Pollution Control Board and the Delhi Jal Boad on a petition by a social activist alleging that the release of effluents from the Capital's sewage treatment plants into water bodies was polluting them as well the ground water making it hazardous for use.
The Centre was asked by the Delhi high court on Wednesday to respond to a PIL seeking a ban on treated effluents entering water bodies. The PIL urges HC to issue directions to environment ministry to take
Awareness education & effects low in face of sustained marketing, regret activists In recent months, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have had frequent run-ins with regulators and activists over issues pertaining to the presence of harmful chemicals such as lead and cadmium and the adverse impact of caramel.
NEW DELHI: Environmentalist GD Agarwal, 80, who is on a fast-unto-death since Jan 15 to save the Ganga river on Friday agreed to end his fast after the government agreed to his demands, his supporters
Following strong protests by the Maharashtra government, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has directed that hazardous waste at Bhopal's Union Carbide chemical plant, now owned by Dow Chemicals, will be incinerated at a facility at Pithampur in Madhya Pradesh. Replying to a calling attention motion in the Assembly on Monday, Maharashtra Environment Minister Sanjay Devtale said the State government had opposed the burning of waste at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) facility near Nagpur.
NEW DELHI, March 13 – Assam Government’s Rs 297 crore proposal to clean up Bharalu and Kalong rivers has been returned by National River Conservation Directorate (NRCD). The State Government had submitted
The Bhopal activist who was “snooped on” by Dow talks first-hand. This spying and snooping has a long history. When a big corporate like Dow Chemicals resorts to snooping on private citizens, in this case
Take a good look at your shelves and the hidden corners of your cupboards. You are bound to find at least one gadget that you had hoarded simply because it had lived up to its worth or because you had
BHUBANESWAR: Inviting flak for the highly priced bio-degradable polythene bags that Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation intends to introduce in place of polythene, the authorities have decided to reduce
SHILLONG, Feb 26 – The mineral-rich Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya faces an acute drinking water crisis as major rivers there have been declared “unfit” for human use due to high level of acidity
State Pollution Control Board submits report to Govt SHILLONG: The mineral-rich Jaintia Hills district faces an acute drinking water crisis as water from its major rivers has been declared ‘unfit’ for human consumption due to high level of acidity caused by unscientific mining. The rivers downstream of coal mining areas and cement plants have turned blue five years back, a phenomenon baffling even environmental scientists of the State.
The mineral-rich Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya faces an acute drinking water crisis as major rivers there have been declared “unfit” for human use due to high level of acidity caused by unscientific