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 …
In the wake of what is being called a “historic” pact — the Paris Agreement reached in December 2015 — World Environment Day 2016 hopefully heralds an age of environmental optimism. In the ensuing months since the Paris pact, the country has seen massive forest fires, a flood, a drought, …
CHENNAI: Within a year after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) quashed two office memoranda on projects flouting environmental norms while hearing a case involving seven reputed builders from Tamil Nadu, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has opened a new backdoor and issued a fresh draft …
We're sure everyone is aware by now, about how the Arctic region and its creatures are suffering the dire consequences of climate change and global warming. In a nutshell, the region is warming up twice as fast as the rest of the world. However, there is a massive stretch of …
Questions are being raised over the state government and the forest department sanctioning the felling of over 15,000 trees - like jacaranda, fir and gulmohur -- ostensibly for the widening of the Rishikesh-Uttarkashi road (leading up to Gangotri) which locals say is wide enough and does not really require any …
Greens fear every wetland will become extinct in future. Rajahmundry: Environmentalists are taking up a nation-wide campaign against Draft Wetland Rules 2016 issued by the Centre recently, on the grounds that the rules will jeopardise the very existence of noted wetlands like Kolleru sanctuary, Pulikat lake and others in the …
Australia on Wednesday said the decks have been cleared for investments by ports-to-power conglomerate Adani Group’s Carmichael coal mining project in Queensland. Australian High Commissioner to India Harinder Sidhu said all environmental approvals have been granted to the company a couple of months ago. “...and so, effectively, it has everything …
The National Green Tribunal has chided the Environment Ministry and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for cutting trees for widening of Rampur—Rudrapur—Kathgodam section of NH—87, which connects Uttar Pradesh with Uttarakhand, and restrained them from chopping any tree further. “There shall be no tree felling on the stretch …
Willing to be pushed only thus far, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) not only threw out the Art of Living's plea to substitute the almost Rs 5 crore penalty it owes with a bank guarantee, it also slapped a Rs 5,000 fine on the Sri Sri Ravi Shankar-run outfit for …
Agra: In contrast to the Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) report which stated that 126 slaughterhouses are running in Uttar Pradesh, UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB), in its report to the National Green Tribunal (NGT), said there are just 58 such units in the entire state. In a startling revelation …
Environmentalists continue protest; say development shouldn’t come at the cost of nature Environmentalists and the Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) have decided to file a public interest petition with the National Green Tribunal in Chennai against the State government’s proposed development projects on Chamundi Hills, including the plan to lay a …
The explanation given for frothing of Bellandur and Varthur lakes was inlet of raw domestic sewage with high concentration of phosphates used in detergents. The reason for Kasavanahalli lake frothing seems to be no different. Environmentalist A.N. Yellappa Reddy, now a member of the expert committee on Bellandur lake, said …
Experts blame BWSSB for flaws in sewerage network This is evident in the fact that Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) is unable to stop inflow of untreated sewage to the water bodies even in core areas, where sanitary network is in place. Mostly encroached and sewage-fed, Bengaluru’s still …
BHUBANESWAR: A wildlife official in Chattisgarh on Wednesday rejected claims that tribes living in a tiger sanctuary inspired by Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book were being forced from their ancestral land to protect the endangered animals. Indigenous rights group Survival International says the Baiga tribes in the Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary …
Nashik: A large number of constructions across the city continue to use traditional red clay bricks instead of their eco-friendly counterparts - fly ash bricks. This, despite the notification by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) issued in 2009, which makes it mandatory to use fly ash in construction …
With Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T;) submitting an application to the western zone bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT), seeking permission to put up 75 cameras in 24 locations of Aarey Colony, environmentalists have expressed a desire to know about the nature of construction that will be undertaken for the …
Various citizen groups and NGOs, who have come together under the banner of Apna Mumbai Abhiyan (AMA), on Thursday not only reiterated their demand to scrap the Rs13,000 crore proposed coastal road, but also threatened the state government that they would not mind taking to the streets or moving court …
Environmental experts say India can still make up for lost time on its environmental policies. By Sharang Bhaskaran For far too long, many people have considered combatting air pollution and promoting development to be dissonant or opposing ideas, but promoting development and combatting air pollution are like different sides of …
With wetland ecosystems across the country facing increasing threat of extinction, the National Green Tribunal today directed all state governments and Union Territories to identify and notify wetlands in atleast five to ten districts under their jurisdiction. A bench headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar said while smaller states may go …
DEHRADUN: A number of natural water bodies across Uttarakhand have dried up leading to a virtual crisis in villages especially in the summer. According to estimates, almost 60% of all water sources have dried up in the hills. Water scarcity in some districts like Rudraprayag has been so acute that …
Opposition from residents and environmentalists for Coastal Road seems to be the reason behind the move Opposition from environmentalists as well as residents and various problems during execution of Coastal Road between Bandra and Versova is making the state government revive its Versova-Bandra Sea Link project despite having scrapped the …
