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 …
Pune: Urban planners, architects and other experts have urged the Pune Municipal Corporation to not just provide incentives for green buildings, but to also monitor the performance of these structures. The PMC recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) and finalized a green rating …
Some fortnights ago, I had discussed the issue of poverty and environment. I had then said that the question today is not whether the poor are responsible for environmental degradation but whether environmental management works if it does not address inequality and poverty. Why? Take air pollution in our cities. …
Raipur: Listed among one of the most polluted cities in country, Chhattisgarh capital has witnessed significant fall in pollution level in 2015 as measured on scale of sulfur-dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxide (NO2) and particulate matter (PM10). In a reply to question raised in Lok Sabha recently, minister of environment, forest …
Sunita Narain, one of the country's leading writers and activists on environment and sustainability, plans to engage with the state government post the election to thrash out an action plan on improving the city's foul air. "Political leaders and administrators in Kolkata must wake up and smell the air. It …
Experts say Ozone levels go up with the rise in temperatures, as the gas is formed from a photochemical reaction which needs high sunlight. “Ozone does not have any source of its own. As the Delhi government prepares for the next phase of the odd-even scheme in April, analysis by …
CSE said there is a shortfall of at least 18.6 million dwelling units in the country There is a shortfall of at least 18.6 million dwelling units in urban areas and 95% of this is in economically weaker section (EWS) and low income groups (LIG) segments, Centre for Science and …
According to the CPCB, ozone was the dominant pollutant along with PM 2.5 on February 15, 16, 22, 23, 26, 27 and 28. With 15 “very poor” and 13 “poor” days, air pollution levels continued to be high in February despite the spike in temperature, according to a monthly analysis …
To understand the impact of the odd-even policy in Delhi researchers will need to take into account prevailing weather conditions of not just Delhi, but also its outskirts and neighbouring states.
The Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) has ordered the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), the nodal agency for toll tax collection, to instruct its contractor DEP Toll LLP to continue levying environment compensation charge (ECC) until further notice. The Supreme Court, in October 2015, imposed the ECC on an experimental …
Delhi Government has directed schools in the national capital to consider banning sale of food items which are high in fat, sugar and salt content from their canteens and sensitize students about their ill effects. "All the heads of government and private schools are directed to sensitize the students and …
Once bountiful, Bengaluru's lakes have shrunk drastically. Statistics back this. Over the years, the city has lost 79% of its water bodies. Chhattisgarh capital Raipur fares the worst in the country (80%) and Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh occupies the third spot (75%), a study by the Centre for Science and …
PUNE: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the move by union finance minister Arun Jaitley to integrate pollution concerns with the Union budget and send fiscal signals to discourage polluting technologies. It has not only made polluting technologies and fuels such as diesel cars and coal pay …
As we finish using an aesthetically designed tube of toothpaste, face wash or face wash, thousands of microbeads and microplastics would have mixed with the water systems, thereby causing serious environmental damage. More than 455 billion plastic microbe ads and 749 billion microplastics have been released into the Indian ocean …
Urge government and people to take appropriate measures to address the problem Signalling danger of depleting water levels and disappearing water bodies in Puducherry, Aravindan Govindassamy of Sembadugai Nanneeragam organisation, said that increase of population by 10 fold in Puducherry since 1970 has led to excessive dependence on ground water. …
Seeking to fund its green initiatives, the government on Monday proposed to substantially increase the existing 'clean energy cess' on coal, lignite and peat from Rs 200 per tonne to Rs 400 per tonne and levy a new infrastructure cess on carbon emitting cars. Bringing clarity on the scope of …
Green body CSE on Monday welcomed the Centre's move to integrate pollution concerns with the Union budget and send signals to discourage polluting technologies but said several concerns, including the proposed tax sops for developers to provide housing, remained unaddressed. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said pollution cess …
Finance minister Arun Jaitley imposes levy of up to 4% on new passenger vehicles as part of his annual union budget India has introduced a new tax on car sales aimed at helping fight high levels of air pollution and congestion. The surprise move, announced by the finance minister, Arun …
Industry and farmer bodies have welcomed the budget's focus on expansion of irrigation across the country, which is likely to irrigate an additional lakh hectares. Currently, over 60 % of the total 142 million hectares of farm land in the country is not covered under irrigation. "This will be a …
Noida: Father Agnel School in Greater Noida's Sector Beta 2 pipped 500 schools from across the country to emerge as the 'greenest school'. The award given away by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on February 23 came as part of a green school programme promoted by the CSE. …
While particulate matter, perhaps the most hazardous, has risen, other pollutants have fallen in the last five years Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on Wednesday released air quality trends over five years for three locations in the capital. The report titled, Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring (2011-15), suggests that levels …
