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 provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
NEW DELHI: China’s dirty air often grabs global headlines with photos of its cities swathed in smog. But it is India where air quality has been plummeting for years and is now the worst in the world. The cost of India’s economic growth is partly recorded in the fact that …
It's probably the best time to be outdoors in the city. After inhaling highly-polluted air for months, Delhiites seem to be breathing easy with PM 2.5 (fine, respirable particles) levels remaining within the safe limits. The sudden spell of showers on Sunday and Monday washed out the suspended particles from …
The Budget proposals for 2015-16 has no strategy in place to address green concerns, the Centre of Science and Environment (CSE) said, adding that the only “green initiative” of the Narendra Modi government is the increase in cess on coal - from Rs. 100 to Rs200/tonne - which is inadequate …
The Union Budget (2015-16) proposals have no strategy in place to address green concerns, according to the Centre of Science and Environment, adding that the only “green initiative” of the Narendra Modi government is the increase in cess on coal — from Rs 100 to Rs 200/tonne — which is …
The worsening quality of air in Nairobi due to traffic congestion may interfere with the reproductive health of the residents living in highly polluted areas in the city. According to Prof Shem Wandiga, a leading researcher at the University of Nairobi, chemicals inhaled by the residents in areas such as …
An intriguing inverted glass pot housing plants that grow as the temperature within changes, in a 12-minute long video, seems to cry out loud in an attempt to draw attention to the rapidly degrading environment. Amidst Delhi topping the charts as the city with the most polluted air, Khoj residency …
The Union Budget on Saturday failed to make any allocations or fiscal measures to control air pollution. After the World Health Organization's (WHO) urban air quality database last year showed Delhi and 12 other Indian cities to be among 20 most polluted in the world, a number of other publications …
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Budget 2015 delivered a first. India has accepted that it has a de facto carbon tax — on petroleum products and on dirty coal. In fact, arguably the only big green initiative of this Budget is the increase of the cess on coal — from …
99.5% of Indians breathe air with pollutants way above safety levels TMounting evidence that India's poor air quality is cutting short lives is increasing pressure on the government to speed up corrective measures. The latest pointer to the magnitude of the problem is a study by environmental economists from University …
Environmentalists are hopeful that the new government in Delhi will take necessary measures to check air pollution. According to advocacy groups, AAP's agenda of providing reliable and comfortable commute to all economic groups will help address the issues of congestion and toxic diesel emissions in the city. "AAP's has clearly …
PUNE: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India's (FSSAI) recent draft order which proposes to put curbs on the rampant use of antibiotics as a growth promoter in food-producing animals in India, such as chicken. Indians are developing resistance to antibiotics …
We must also realise that even as environmental problems have grown, the institutions for the oversight and management of natural resources have shrunk The new year has brought India's environmental movement at a crossroads. On the one hand, there is a greater acceptance of our concerns, but on the other …
A Kashmir based developmental organization, South Asian Voluntary Association of Environmentalists (SAVAE), has urged the government and the people of the state to protection of wetlands and environment one of the top priorities of governance. In a statement issued on the occasion of the World Wetlands Day, SAVAE has said …
Dense fog continued to ruin travel plans in North India on Sunday with over 100 flights and 60 North-bound trains getting delayed in Delhi alone. The intensity of fog is set to increase across North India in the coming few days. The India Meteorological Department has issued a warning for …
I write this with considerable impatience and one question. Do we really have the time to waste on controversies like what ancient India did or did not achieve by way of scientific discoveries? This is when there is the huge unfinished agenda to use the best of science to tackle …
A research and advocacy group has accused the Indian government of protecting the interests of the automobile lobby at the cost of public health. In reply to a notice from the apex court on pollution levels, the Indian environment ministry has claimed pollution in the air is mostly due to …
With diesel vehicles being biggest source of air pollution in Delhi, noted environmentalist Sunita Narain today said there was a need to heavily tax such vehicles in the national capital. With crude oil prices fallen below USD 50 per barrel, now is the right time for the government to implement …
With diesel vehicles being biggest source of air pollution in Delhi, noted environmentalist Sunita Narain Wednesday said there was a need to heavily tax such vehicles in the national capital. With crude oil prices fallen below USD 50 per barrel, now is the right time for the government to implement …
Environment minister Prakash Javadekar has made it clear that changes to environment and forest-related laws will not be introduced in the form of ordinances. The minister said that he hoped to have the draft amendments ready for introduction in the forthcoming Budget session of Parliament. "We are now studying the …
The government's submission before the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the major source of pollution in the capital was dust particles, and not vehicular emissions was dismissed on Thursday by environmental activists as ridiculous, with some even questioning the intent behind the environment ministry's stand. The ministry of environment and …
