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 …
NAINITAL: Activists protesting against the Pancheshwar dam project have alleged that environmental and forest clearances are being taken for two separate dams in the name of one Pancheshwar dam (Pancheshwar multipurpose development project). “There should have been separate public hearing of the 95-meter-high concrete Rupaligad dam of 240 MW which …
Kanyakumari: Environmentalists took out a rally, Save Western Ghats, from Kanyakumari to Suchindram on Wednesday. According to them, the 'padayatra' was a reminder to the one which was conducted on the same day 30 years ago. They added that the objectives of the yatra is to create environmental awareness, to …
Faridabad, with 20,000 industrial units, second most polluted in NCR The ban on use of pet coke and furnace oil and a fine on six units by the NGT recently seems to have come as an eye-opener for a section of the industry, which has expressed concern over the slow …
The Lohit valley where the Demwe project will come up Guwahati: The National Green Tribunal has suspended the forest clearance of the 1,750MW Demwe hydel project in Arunachal Pradesh. Two environmental activists from Assam, Bimal Gogoi and Rohit Choudhury, had challenged the forest clearance saying it was granted on wrong …
Jammu and Kashmir High Court (HC) Tuesday disposed of the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed on Tosa Maidan after it received the compliance report from State government. The bench comprising Justice M. K. Hanjura and Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar directed the Department of Environment and Ecology as well Forest Department to …
The pollution level in industrial towns across Haryana is set to rise with the Khattar Government doing away with mandatory greenbelts around industrial colonies. “The provision of a greenbelt around an industrial colony in the agricultural zone of the development plans for high, medium and low-potential zones is deleted. However, …
The Centre has proposed to fix emission standards for 21 industries, including sugar and leather, using cheap but highly polluting fuel petcoke. According to the draft gazette notification, put up the Union Environment Ministry's website, the 21 industries that use petroleum coke or its blends will have to adhere to …
“The environment department is reviewing the implementation of the NGT directions of August 10, 2017,” said a government statement. The Delhi government on Sunday said that approximately 30,000 kg of plastic carry bags of less than 50 microns have been seized so far by concerned agencies in the capital. This …
Even as efforts are on to speedily move towards construction of proposed Indo -Nepal joint venture — Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project— resentment against the project continues to grow on ground in Uttarakhand. While both the Centre and Uttarakhand governments are keenly pursuing the Pancheshwar project, those opposing the project in Uttarakhand …
The estimated cost of the project is Rs 2,000 crore and it would require the diversion of forest land of 21.5 ha, the area under the SGNP. IN a first step towards the construction of the Goregaon Mulund Link Road (GMLR), an expert panel of the Ministry of Environment and …
Green panel orders State to impose penalty of ₹5,000 on violators, carry out raids The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday directed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government to strictly impose a fine of ₹5,000 on those violating the plastic ban order and carry out raids on shops or vendors …
The Delhi government on Tuesday came under fire from the National Green Tribunal which rapped it over the rampant use and easy availability of plastic in the national capital, despite prohibition. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said that despite the ban being imposed, plastic was available …
KOLKATA: Even though showers eased Diwali pollution in the city, air and noise quality degraded two days later, thanks to immersion processions and celebrations after Brazil's victory in the Under-17 World Cup. On Sunday night, crackers were burst indiscriminately in absence of any surveillance either by pollution control board or …
In India, where population has seen enormous upsurge, environmental education has been made an integral component of the national education schedule With the world becoming more crowded and consuming, standards of living becoming more demanding, the environmental concerns have grown more pressing, more controversial and more in need of intelligent …
The GSIDC’s Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) has finally admitted that the construction of third Mandovi bridge will destroy mangroves “to certain extent” and also impact the marine ecology. Following a petition filed by Goa Foundation, the National Green Tribunal had directed GSIDC to conduct Environment Impact Assessment for the Third …
A study which analysed data on noise levels in seven big cities of the country came to the conclusion that finding a quiet place in these cities is next to impossible. Data from 70 monitoring stations in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Lucknow was analysed for 2015. While …
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, is organising an On-line Quiz (Prakriti Khoj - Environment Quiz). This on-line competition is being held for three categories of students ie Age 8 to 12 years, Age 13 to 15 years and Age 16 to 18 years. One …
Trichy: Not restricting themselves with mere awareness campaigns against the usage of plastic, a city-based voluntary organisation has mooted a campaign to abolish the usage of plastics bags at the Uzhavar Santhai (farmers' market). Equipped with cloth bags, members of Thaneer - a city based voluntary organisation - replaced plastic …
As part of the Centre’s initiative to ‘Make India Energy Efficient’, the Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) — a joint venture of Public Sector Undertakings and the Union Power Ministry — will implement the project, bearing the capital costs. Faced with a cash crunch, the Maharashtra government has decided to …
AMARAVATI: People of Andhra Pradesh seem to have become environment conscious. The purchase of Diwali fire crackers across the state has drastically come down in the current year compared to last. With the youth, particularly students, distancing themselves from the purchase of smoke-emanating, earbursting crackers, the sales are have nose-dived …
