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 …
Environmentalists and officials hailed the Union environment ministry's maiden rules to manage construction and demolition waste, terming it a significant step forward to stop degradation of land. The ministry came out with the Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016, at the end of the last month. "The Centre for …
Chandigarh: Over 100 people across all ages chose to kickstart their Sunday morning at the wildlife sanctuary behind Sukhna Lake with thrill, adventure, and to connect with nature. Cycle enthusiasts, home-makers, school students, college groups, working professionals, and even retired personnel participated in the 'Bicycle-cum-Nature Trail' -- a cycle ride …
Imposition of ‘odd-even’ car-rationing scheme in Delhi is a “consequence” of unsustainable urban development practices followed over the years. This was stated by Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today while asking all stakeholders to draw lessons from it. He said haphazard urban expansion over the years led to distortions like …
Behind the glitz of new and tall buildings in the city is a trail of chunky construction debris with no accountability for its management or disposal -until now. The Centre has come out with new rules to handle construction and demolition waste. The norms include segregating construction debris into steel, …
Ghaziabad: Parts of the giant pile of trash at the Ghazipur landfill site have been on fire for the last couple of weeks, sending spirals of toxic smoke continuously into the air near the Delhi-UP border. On Thursday morning, fresh smoke enveloped the landfill site, which was visible from a …
The Delhi government doesn’t plan on studying the ultrafine and ultra dangerous PM1 particles as part of its air quality monitoring programme for round two of odd-even. The government had announced that it would be collecting samples of particulate matter that are below 1 microns in diameter during the first …
On World Health Day, that is observed on April 7 by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has called for government policies to control consumption of unhealthy junk foods. This year’s theme, Beat Diabetes, is immensely relevant to India, which is home to over …
Municipal bodies will be allowed to charge user fees and levy spot fines for littering and non-segregation The Environment Ministry has notified rules making it incumbent on a wide range of groups — hotels, residential colonies, bulk producers of consumer goods, ports, railway stations, airports and pilgrimage spots — to …
PUNE: Even as cities plan for water supply sourced from locations that are far, they forget about managing the waste - the excreta and sludge that is generated. Most cities have no clue how they will convey the waste or treat it. In fact, a humungous 78 per cent of …
LUCKNOW: Issuing a statement criticising the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India's decision to close down sub-regional offices in Lucknow and Chandigarh, the Centre for Science and Environment said on Monday the "CSE believes the move will give a wrong signal and impact food safety regulation in the country." …
The move of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to close down its regional offices in Lucknow and Chandigarh has been criticised by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). The FSSAI has cited a regime of self-regulation and declaration, avoiding nuisance to businesses, limited manpower, and …
In February, apart from particulate matter, gaseous pollutant ozone emerged dominant. Experts say ozone levels go up with the rise in temperature. As Delhi prepares for Phase II of the odd-even scheme this month, along with particulates, the government plans to monitor ozone levels to assess the impact of the …
Disasters challenge system capacities and human intelligence and in most cases bring out the best of human capabilities in dealing with sudden shock with creative and constructive thinking. This is particularly true of South Asia, an area which has experienced a disproportionate share of global disasters. The South Asian journey …
New Delhi: There has been a drastic fall in the number of trucks entering the city after the imposition of the green tax, the Supreme Court was informed on Thursday. According to documents submitted by the Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) to the apex court, around 9,000 vehicles enter Delhi …
Over four lakh trucks go around Delhi to avoid environment compensation charge Lakhs of commercial vehicles have given Delhi a miss since an environment compensation charge (ECC) was imposed by the Supreme Court in October last year, cutting the daily traffic by half. The commercial vehicles that pay toll tax …
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the first-ever notification on construction and demolition waste management rules, 2016, by the Union ministry of environment, forests and climate change. The Centre said that the initiative was "urgently" needed as cities are choking on such waste which has serious environmental and …
Welcoming the Centre's decision to notify construction and demolition management rules, a green body today said it was "urgently" needed as cities are choking on such waste which has serious environmental and public health consequences. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said the next step should be to create …
A day before the Supreme Court takes up the matter, the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) met Transport department officials of NCR states and representatives of app-based cab services like Ola who have been asked to switch to CNG by March 31. EPCA Chairman Bhure Lal said officials …
Odd-Even Remains Central To Govt Plan But No Extra Funds For Yamuna The government announced a slew of measures during the budget speech on Monday that promise to lessen pollution in the city. If the announcements made by deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia while presenting the 2016 budget are implemented …
The attention that the Aam Aadmi Party government has been giving to the environment for the last six months seemed to be missing in the State budget presented on Monday. The budget for 2016-2017 did make the case for controlling vehicular pollution by improving public transport, reducing congestion, and curbing …
