First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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Minister: CNG hike bad for environment
New Delhi: The new environment minister, Saurabh Bhardwaj, has slammed the latest price hike in CNG, saying competitive pricing of diesel and CNG will be detrimental to the environment. He also suggested
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Green NGO slams statements on environmental nod to projects
A green NGO today attacked the recent statements on the issue of environmental clearances to big ticket projects in the country and termed it as an "orchestrated campaign" to dismantle green regulatory controls. In its statement, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) also said present system of granting clearances was not working while calling for better regulations and more effective monitoring of the projects.
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Consolidate all green clearances for quick decision-making: CSE
The Centre for Science and Environment on Friday said all clearances - environment, forests, wildlife and coastal - should be consolidated to avoid delays in decision-making. Sunita Narain, CSE’s Director-General, said, “We are very worried about the tone and tenor of the debate on green clearances. It is clear that this is an orchestrated campaign to dismantle green regulatory controls in the name of growth. We need to reform and strengthen green clearances to safeguard people’s concerns, not destroy regulatory oversight.”
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Consolidate all green clearances for quick decision-making: CSE
The Centre for Science and Environment on Friday said all clearances - environment, forests, wildlife and coastal - should be consolidated to avoid delays in decision-making. Sunita Narain, CSE’s Director-General,
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Concrete waste clogs Yamuna bank
No Rules For Disposal Of Debris Or Standard For Reuse In Construction New Delhi: Where do the debris (m a l b a) left after the renovation of your house go? Either it remains near your plot, or is dumped along roads, vacant plots and water bodies. In Delhi, for instance, tons of debris are dumped on the Yamuna floodplains, choking it gradually. If planners decide, the debris from construction can be put to better use, like making new roads, buildings, pavements and even flooring tiles, with some effort.
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Delhi Master Plan should make waste disposal area mandatory in each zone
The Delhi Master Plan 2021 should make it mandatory for each zone to have a designated area for waste disposal, said Sunita Narain, Director-General of the Centre for Science and Environment on Monday Ms. Narain said: “The new Master Plan needs to have an environment service zone so that no zonal plan can be passed on disposal of liquid or solid waste without its approval.”
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Demolition waste 52 times more than MoEF estimate
India belched over 626 million tones of construction and demolition (C&D) waste in 2013, which is 52 times more than the ministry of environment and forests’ estimate of construction and demolition waste. The MoEF continues to quote the grossly underestimated figure of 10-12 million tones of waste being generated annually. This is a decade-old estimate given to the ministry in 2000 by the ministry of urban development.
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Construction waste needs to be reused, say experts
With a spurt in urbanisation, cities are facing serious environmental consequences due to construction and demolition waste which needs to be recycled and reused, experts said here Monday. At a seminar "Waste to Resource", experts pointed out ways and means to reuse construction material to build buildings which are sustainable.
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One world of climate and trade - II
Does the Indian government's loud voice in international negotiations lead to results? At the recent Word Trade Organisation (WTO) meet in Bali, the Indian government went, with all guns blazing, to defend
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Stakeholder Dialogue on Improving Environmentally Sustainable Transport in Sri Lanka
Centre for Science and Environment organised a Stakeholder Dialogue on Improving Environmentally Sustainable Transport in Sri Lanka on December 10 in Colombo in collaboration with Ministry of Environment and Renewable Energy, Sri Lanka.