The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Scrapping will promote replacement of old vehicles with modern ones with better emission standards NGT seeks details of groundwater use by Delhi Metro The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT’s) order on Monday to de-register diesel vehicles older than 10 years plying in Delhi has again brought to the fore the difficulties …
No city can be termed truly 'smart' without an effective sewage management system, a green body today said as it underlined the need for framing a proper sanitation plan for towns intended to become "smart" under the government's smart cities mission. "Ensuring a clean India goes way beyond just wielding …
CHENNAI: More than 35% of the vehicles - 41.5% of cars and 35% of two-wheelers - in the city may go off the roads if the Centre implements a plan to scrap vehicles that are not Bharat Stage (BS) IV compliant or were registered before 2005. Of the 7.2 lakh …
Follows weak enforcement of order passed last year; cars over 15 years already barred The war on pollution has come to a head with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) once again ordering diesel vehicles older than 10 years off the road, this time with immediate effect. A bench headed by …
The Environment Ministry had earlier this month termed as "incorrect" claims that Adani Port and SEZ Ltd (APSEZ) was spared a hefty fine of Rs 200 crore for environmental damage during construction of Mundra port. The government did not impose any penalty for violation of environment and forest clearances in …
The authorities of Munroe Thuruth Gram Panchayat, under which these islands fall, and political activists have sought assistance from global conservation organisations to deal with the "alarming" situation. Some tiny islands formed by backwaters of scenic Ashtamudi Lake and Kallada River in Kollam Disrict in southern Kerala, among the major …
Pune: Torrential rain over some areas in the last few days has helped soothe the parched state, but experts advise that this will not end the spate of droughts. Those in the know point out that lack of rainfall does not necessarily lead to a crippling shortage of water, but …
Around 13 years ago, Defence Colony's groundwater levels had gone down to 80 feet below the ground and water scarcity became a common problem in this affluent locality. That is when the Defence Colony Welfare Association decided to install a rainwater harvesting system costing around Rs 3 lakh. Ahead of …
Not long ago the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) banned use of potassium bromate as food additive in wake of a Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) study flagging their harmful effects on health, including causing cancer. Yet, the buck doesn't stop here, it is said that …
IMPHAL, The capital cities of three North Eastern States – Mizoram, Sikkim and Tripura are listed among the ten cleanest cities of the country in a survey conducted by New Delhi-based research and advocacy organisation – Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). The top three cleanest cities of the country …
Chandigarh: The municipal corporation (MC) has failed to operationalize a single bio-methane plant out of the three planned in different locations to process garbage and generate power around three years back, another reminder of its poor management of solid waste that landed it at the 13th position out of 14 …
The city generated around 350 tonnes of garbage of which 250 were being processed at the garbage plant. THE CIVIC body has failed in monitoring its transportation and disposal of garbage over the years. Despite several proposals of installation of GPS in the garbage collection vehicles and a mobile application …
Rated among top three cities that have set an example in solid waste management The country’s cleanest city, Mysuru, has once again hogged national attention by setting an example in management of municipal solid waste. Mysuru has been rated among the top three cities, with Alappuzha in Kerala and Panjim …
New Delhi: Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday conferred the Clean City awards on Alappuzha, Panaji and Mysuru at a function here. The Clean City awards, instituted by the environmental NGO Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), were given away to Alappuzha (Kerala), Panaji (Goa) and Mysuru …
Prakash Javadekar in the two years as Environment Minister was in the limelight for his pro-industry policies and climate diplomacy, but he also faced flak from environmentalists who dubbed dilution of green norms as "an obsession for short term economic growth". Javadekar, who now heads HRD, the only Minister of …
Delhi is surely not a model city as far as municipal solid waste is concerned. And a survey carried out by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) amply corroborates this. While the survey found that Alleppey in Kerala, Bobilli in Andhra Pradesh, Panaji in Goa and Mysuru in Karnataka …
(The following is an excerpt from Not in my Backyard: Solid Waste Management in Indian Cities written by Sunita Narain and Swati Singh Sambyal of the Centre for Science and Environment. The book will be released on July 11, 2016) Urban India faces an enormous challenge: managing its gigantic load …
The fromer UPA government had imposed a fine of Rs 200 crore on the company for environmental damage caused during construction of its port in Mundra in Gujarat. Amid reports that Adani Port and SEZ Ltd (APSEZ) was spared a hefty fine of Rs 200 crore for environmental damage during …
Amid reports that Adani Port and SEZ Ltd (APSEZ) was spared a hefty fine of Rs 200 crore for environmental damage during construction of Mundra port, the Environment Ministry today said the claims are “incorrect” and it had imposed “more serious” responsibility on the firm without any cost limit. According …
India’s air pollution problem needs to be tackled systematically, taking an all-of-government approach, to reduce the huge burden of associated ill-health. Original Source
