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 …
The facts in the EIA report presented to villagers during the public hearing of Pala Maneri were different from the ones submitted to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF).
NEW DELHI Ozone layer is depleting and its effect can be felt on earth. Life on earth is bearing the effect of depleting ozone layer, caused by chemicals including chloroflurocarbons (CFCs). Every year, September 16 is observed as International Day for the preservation of the Ozone layer. Union ministry of …
Chasing deadlines with low gas Bottlenecks In CNG Availability Affect Complete Switchover To Clean Fuel Neha Shukla | TNN Lucknow: CNG is on its way to become the most widely used fuel in the city, courtesy air quality management plan of Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) which envisages use …
The site of the proposed Dhamra port project is located on the eastern Indian coast of Orissa, north of the River Dhamra and is about 13 km away from the Nasi group of islands, the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary and the Bhitarkanika National Park. How diligent are the
Emission standards for sponge iron industry lack teeth THE much awaited emissions standards for sponge iron plants have finally been notified. It took the environment ministry almost two and a half years. But it seems the period has taken a toll on the stringent guidelines of the draft, initially released …
Raghvendra Rao Indian Railways' plan to use state-of-the-art technology to operate Electrical Multiple Units (EMUs) in the Mumbai suburban area, primarily aimed at reducing greenhouse gases and earning them carbon credits, is now on track with the Railways Ministry finalising the project design and initiating the process of getting approval …
BHUBANESWAR: In a bid to keep human pressure off Similipal Biosphere Reserve, plans are afoot to strengthen both the resource and livelihood base of 1200- odd villages in and around the sanctuary area. A Rs 1.95-cr plan was placed before the State-Level Steering Committee that takes a call on development …
The water-starved Keoladeo National Park in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, whose Unesco status of world heritage site is under threat due to persistent water crisis, can finally soak some hope. The Supreme Court-constituted central empowered committee (CEC) has sanctioned Rs 65 crores to this sanctuary for water harvesting projects and maintaining its …
The Government of India has entrusted the work relating to ozone layer protection and implementation of the Montreal Protocol to the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MOEF). The MOEF has set up an Ozone Cell as a national unit to look after and to render necessary services to implement the …
Solid waste disposal sites are not often seen as opportunities for energy solutions. The waste that is disposed in open dumps and landfills generates methane and other gases as it decomposes, causing concerns about explosions, odours, and, increasingly, about the contribution of methane to global climate change. However, the liability …
Objections to CZM notificationFinalization of the Coastal Management Zone (cmz) Notification 2008 may be delayed, with states, ngos, activists and fish workers
BHUBANESWAR: The Ministry of Environment and Forests wants a protected area to be created in Orissa for conservation of horseshoe crabs which arrive in thousands to lay eggs along the coast only to be captured by smugglers as the species are known to possess medicinal properties. The Ministry, which held …
A. Srivathsan Government finds new notification greatly centralised Doubts about completing mapping of setback line CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government has requested the Ministry of Environment and Forest Government of India to draft a Tamil translation of the new Coastal Management Zone (CMZ) Notification 2008 in order to disseminate it …
The Assam Government is concerned about the possible adverse effects of setting up of hydropower projects in Arunachal Pradesh and requested the Centre to conduct a detailed study on the cumulative effects that such projects may have in Assam before granting permission to establish such projects. Replying to a question …
