A record 212 people who defend our land and environment were killed last year, reports Global Witness - an international NGO dedicated to preventing extractive industries from infringing on human rights. This is an average of more than four people a week. Shockingly, over half of all reported killings last …
AURANGABAD: In order to nourish and nurture creativity, Deepshikha Foundation - NGO working for green cause organised a workshop to make solar cookers, for students of Onkar School, at Varah Mihir Science Centre in Wajarwadi village in Aurangabad taluka, on Sunday. "The workshop was designed to create awareness in the …
Kolkata: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench, has sought a report from the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) on the status of two sweet water aquifers on the Puri beach. In an earlier report, CGWB had stated that anything between two and six per cent of the sweet …
THANE: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has given the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) another two weeks time to submit its report on the survey of the 20 hectare wetland area in Kopri. The NGT has also asked them to rethink whether it is essential and permissible to reclassify …
Twenty-nine environmentalists were honoured with awards at the end of a two-day Africa Clean Up Conference with the theme: “Engaging Local Communities on Best Sustainable Practice in Sanitation and Waste Management.” It was organised by Executive Director, Passion House, Alex Akhigbe in Lagos. The awardees included Chairman, Lagos State Urban …
Thousands of people followed Lesbia Yaneth Urquia's coffin at her funeral on Friday. The UN, EU and other international organisations have condemned the murder on Wednesday of a prominent environmental activist in Honduras. Lesbia Yaneth Urquia was killed four months after the shooting of award-winning environmentalist Berta Caceres. Both women …
The Centre had laid down 33 conditions while granting the approval and documents show that the Maharashtra government is yet to fulfill some of the crucial ones, even as a proposal for the final recommendations is due. Three years after the Maharashtra government was granted a principal approval to utilise …
Prakash Javadekar in the two years as Environment Minister was in the limelight for his pro-industry policies and climate diplomacy, but he also faced flak from environmentalists who dubbed dilution of green norms as "an obsession for short term economic growth". Javadekar, who now heads HRD, the only Minister of …
Delhi is surely not a model city as far as municipal solid waste is concerned. And a survey carried out by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) amply corroborates this. While the survey found that Alleppey in Kerala, Bobilli in Andhra Pradesh, Panaji in Goa and Mysuru in Karnataka …
(The following is an excerpt from Not in my Backyard: Solid Waste Management in Indian Cities written by Sunita Narain and Swati Singh Sambyal of the Centre for Science and Environment. The book will be released on July 11, 2016) Urban India faces an enormous challenge: managing its gigantic load …
Two applications challenging the implementation of the Yettinahole water diversion project have been transferred from the National Green Tribunal’s Southern Bench at Chennai to the Principal Bench in New Delhi, on Monday, according to environmental activist K.N. Somashekar. Mr. Somashekar told The Hindu that Yathiraju had filed the original application …
Agra: Unable to prepare a response to the report filed by environmentalist MC Mehta in connection to the alleged felling of more than 10,000 trees near Taj Mahal, the Uttar Pradesh advocate general on Monday sought an extension of five weeks from the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for this. The …
Colva: United Goans Foundation (UGF), on Thursday, condemned the attempt of the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEF) to decrease the ambit of the no-development zone (NDZ) from 200m to 50m away from the high tide line (HTL). Addressing a press conference, UGF's Judith Almeida said the …
The State government will go ahead with the development project planned for Chamundi Hills by keeping environmental concerns in mind, said Minister for Public Works H.C. Mahadevappa. Addressing a press conference here, the first after taking over as Minister in charge of the district, he said he too was in …
The sudden climate change is wreaking havoc all over the world and Antarctica is no exception. A recent report depicts that the southern polar region could loose the habitat more than half of its penguin colonies by 2099. In a research done by oceanographer Megan Cimino, it was found that …
The desperate call of a starving chick or the screechy mating call of a red-wattled lapwing in Pallikaranai get drowned in the din of vehicles that whiz past the marshland. All through the day, these birds are exposed to urban cacophony, and experts say it is having an adverse impact …
Addition of four satellite core areas, 8000 hectares of extra buffer area adjacent to the Panna Tiger Reserve, a possible reduction in the height of the Daudhan dam and an environment management plan of Rs.5073 crore are the chief mitigation plans the union environment ministry has put forth in the …
The Uttarakhand government has decided to set up a solar power plant on 1,048 hectares of land to meet the growing demand of electricity in the hill state. The plant will be set up by Uttarakhand Renewable Energy Development Authority (UREDA). The decision to allocate the land for the solar …
Shailesh Nayak committee report may unlock real-estate boom, but at the cost of environment The Shailesh Nayak committee, that was asked to review Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification - 2011, has recommended a host of dilutions and relaxations in the coastal protection legislation in its report submitted last year. The …
Gurgaon: Union minister of environment and forest Prakash Javadekar, on Monday, conducted an aerial inspection of the Aravalis to get a first-hand view of one of India's oldest hill ranges and the effect of urbanisation on its fragile eco-system. Stressing on the importance of Aravalis, Javadekar said, "The Aravalis have …
GURGAON: Before finalising the definition of 'forest', which is likely to end the ambiguity whether large tracts of Aravalis are forest or not, union minister of environment and forest (MoEF) Prakash Javadekar will conduct an aerial survey of Aravali in Gurgaon, Faridabad and Mewat districts of Haryana on Monday. The …
