India Environment Portal Knowledge for change

Environment

• The state of the world’s human rights 2024

  This report documents human rights concerns during 2023 in 155 countries, connecting issues at global and regional levels and looking forward to the implications for the future. States and armed groups

  • 24/04/2024

  • Amnesty International
  • • Human Rights
    • India
    • Global
    • Africa
    • Economy
    • Environment
    • Climate Change

• Impasse over environmental issues likely at WTO meet

  looming controversy on proposals for introducing environmental rules in trade has the potential of having the same deal-wrecking impact on the Doha Ministerial meeting of the World Trade

  • 03/12/2000

  • Hindu (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• The twentieth century disease

  Most people spend 90 per cent of their time inside their homes, offices, schools, hospitals, factories and cars or holed up in public transportation. However, every organised attempt to create a

  • 09/12/2000

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• South ZP members approve removal of beach fencing

  Encroachments on the beaches by starred hotels and the blatant violation of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) figured prominently at the South Goa Zilla Panchayat meeting on Tuesday with members

  • 01/12/2000

  • Herald (Panjim)
  • • Environment

• Comprehensive plan for solid waste management

  The Cochin Corporation has chalked out a comprehensive plan for solid waste management that envisages reduction by almost 50 per cent the waste handled by the corporation everyday by processing it at

  • 01/12/2000

  • • Environment

• Maximum number of well collapses in Malppuram, Kozhikode dists

  Investigations of scientists from different organisations into 67 of the nearly 150 reported well collapses in Kerala so far have revealed that the occurrences are maximum in Malappuram and Kozhikode

  • 01/12/2000

  • • Environment

• Pollution hiding Milky Way

  A flood of artificial light has left one in five humans unable to see the bright band of the Milky Way at night, according to a new study of the global effects of light pollution. Chris Elvidge, a

  • 09/12/2000

  • • Environment

• US lets fight against smog disappear into thin air

  President Bush plans to relax the enforcement of smog regulations by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) after intensive lobbying from the power generating industry, it was reported yesterday.

  • 09/12/2000

  • • Environment

• AP declares 22 districts drought hit

  The Andhra Pradesh government has declared 22 districts drought hit and will seek an assistance of Rs 849.98 crore from the centre to combat the consequences.

  • 04/12/2000

  • Economic Times (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• EPA seen easing coal plant emission standards

  The Bush administration, under pressure from utilities, is expected to soon roll back Clinton-era rules requiring utilities and refiners to install costly pollution curbs on coal-fired power plants,

  • 09/12/2000

  • • Environment

• Pollution litigants settle 12-year row

  Plaintiffs in a Nagoya air pollution suit against the Japan government and 10 industrial companies gathered Wednesday to formally settle the dispute. They received apologies from the defendant

  • 09/12/2000

  • • Environment