Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Payments for environmental services (PES) are an innovative approach to conservation that has been applied increasingly often in both developed and developing countries. To date, however, few efforts have been made to systematically compare PES experiences. Drawing on the wealth of case studies in this Special Issue, we synthesize the …
Payments for environmental services (PES) have been distinguished from the more common integrated conservation and development projects on the grounds that PES are direct, more cost-effective, less complex institutionally, and therefore more likely to produce the desired results. Both kinds of schemes aim to achieve similar conservation outcomes, however, and …
Veerachipalayam Limestone Mine located in Salem district of Tamilnadu, spread over an extent of 61.88.5 Ha, belongs to M/s. India Cements Ltd (ICL) and produces limestone for captive consumption of the company
Visitors to Vrindavan and the fabled land of Lord Krishna, called Braj Bhoomi, are often taken aback by its ramshackle, dirty condition. It has dried up ancient water bodies or kunds, denuded forests and lots of garbage. It also has a dreaded mining mafia running around with dynamite, digging holes …
» The Washington Nationals' gleaming new baseball park that opened on February 30 is the first green professional stadium in the United States. The stadium received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, certification for its energy-conserving and environmental design. It has energy-saving light fixtures, water-conserving plumbing, drought-resistant plants, and …
Soccer - Austria Aims For Green Soccer Championship AUSTRIA: April 15, 2008 VIENNA - Austria has said energy efficient stadiums, tap water and ethical sponsorship will help it host an environmentally-friendly Euro 2008 despite criticism that organisers' plans are not green enough. Corporate sponsors will fund schemes to compensate for …
Czechs Invites Tenders For $7 Bln Environment Clean-Up CZECH REPUBLIC: April 11, 2008 PRAGUE - The Czech government will invite firms to tender for a contract to repair environmental damage worth 114 billion crowns (US$7.18 billion), the finance ministry said on Thursday. The government has pledged to fix damage, such …
"Eco-Towns" May Run Into Objections UK: April 4, 2008 LONDON - Fifteen potential sites for new "eco-towns" across England have been published in a drive to tackle a national housing shortage while minimising damage to the environment. Each site would provide between 5,000 and 15,000 low carbon emission homes in …
Want to have a go at building you own ecocity of the future? London's Science Museum is offering visitors the chance to do just that in an exhibition opening later this week. "The Science of Survival' show offers visitors an interactive trip through the problems climate change poses to daily …
At the heart of the original vision for extended producer responsibility (EPR) was the desire for a policy strategy that could provide ongoing incentives for the incorporation of environmental concerns into the design of products. If producers were made responsible for end-of-life management (i.e., reuse, recycling, energy recovery, treatment, and/or …
To address the wastewater management issue of medium to small-scale industries and other commercial establishments and institutions the WASPA Project has developed a series of booklets for selected sectors. This booklet is written as a guideline on wastewater management for vehicle service stations. It is intended to serve the reader …
San Francisco may soon boast the greenest buildings in the US. Last week, the local government took a decisive step towards agreeing what are probably the toughest environmental construction standards in the country. Families and companies planning to build offices and homes will be required to earn green points by …
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is organising a three-day seminar on Issues in Public Policy and Sustainable Development from March 26 in the Capital. The conference focuses on options in public policy for sustainable development in the presence of millennium development goals. The conference also seeks to work with …
The Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government has decided to slap a spot fine of Rs 50 on users of banned plastic bags. Shopkeepers handing out the bags will have to shell out Rs 500, according to a notification issued earlier this month. Officials feel the pollution cost, to be collected by the …
Madhya Pradesh has become the first state in the country to constitute committees up to Panchayat level in the sphere of bio-diversity. Under Bio-diversity Act, 23741 bio-management committees have been established. At their own level these committees would also collect information about bio resources including plants and trees, crops and …
The objective of these guidelines is to provide guidance for identification of various sources of waste electrical and electronic equipments (e-waste) and prescribed procedures for handling e-waste in an environmentally sound manner. These Guidelines are reference document for the management, handling and disposal of e-wastes. These are intended to provide …
Without question, public interest is frightfully undermined in a state where law enforcers themselves largely subvert the rule of law. On the face of it, India has an ironclad legal structure to combat any threat to the environment: as many as 420 Acts, rules, notifications and provisos have been legislated …
