Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Laxmi Narain Vs Municipal Corporation, Ghaziabad & Others dated 11/11/2024. The complaint of the applicant is that illegal secondary collection point has been setup near Apsara border of Ghaziabad adjoining Delhi on GT road at District Ghaziabad. The allegation in …
The Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) has canvassed for government to support complete ban on passenger diesel vehicles in Delhi. EPCA member Sunita Narain met road transport ministry officials to convince them, barely two days before the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Delhi's air pollution case - on Thursday. …
Many years ago, when Delhi's air pollution was as high as it is today, my colleague Anil Agarwal and I had gone to meet a high-ranking, responsible government official. This was in the mid-1990s, when air was black because we did not even have the most rudimentary fuel quality and …
The question is how insurance will work for the poor, who have little collateral but face the highest risk In Jammu, litchi was flowering-much earlier and out of season. This is because winter had not come and it was warmer than usual. But now as the chill has set in, …
Judgement of the Delhi High Court in the matter of Shweta Kapoor & Others Vs The Govt of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 11/01/2016. The Notification dated 28.12.2015 issued by the Transport Department, Government of NCT of Delhi prohibiting plying of non-transport four wheeled vehicles in the area of …
The Paris climate conference has been feted as historic and ambitious. US President Barack Obama has personally called Prime Minister Narendra Modi to thank him for India's cooperation to make the deal successful. But read the fine print, and it becomes clear that poorer countries have lost big time. This …
KOLKATA: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the landmark judgment from the Chief Justice bench of the Supreme Court of India banning registration of luxury diesel cars and SUVs with engine size of 2,000 cc in the entire national capital region of Delhi till March, next year. …
Air pollution is responsible for 10,000 to 30,000 deaths annually in Delhi as it is the fifth leading cause of death in India, a report by India's Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said. Press Trust of India (PTI) reported that the publication 'Body Burden 2015: State of India's Health' …
A number of public health catastrophes - arising largely out of environmental reasons — are staring the people of India in the face. While the debate over polluted air and how to control it rages on in the national capital, people have also had to contend with a host of …
India has seen an increase in vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria due to climate change Sample this: Air pollution is the fifth leading cause of death in India, 37.7 million Indians are affected by water-borne diseases annually and approximately 1.5 million children die due to diarrhoea alone. Worse because …
Air pollution is responsible for 10,000 to 30,000 deaths annually in Delhi as it is the fifth leading cause of death in India, a report by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) today said. The publication 'Body Burden 2015: State of India's Health' released today also said that climate change …
AMRITSAR: Quoting a report, 'Body Burden 2015: State of India's Health', in the latest publication of NGO Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), which was released here on Tuesday, its director general Sunita Narain said World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that 13.1 million people in India would annually die of …
The Supreme Court on Tuesday disappointed the Arvind Kejriwal government which sought the apex court's stamp of approval on its odd-even car use formula for Delhi but said if it went ahead with its implementation, even judges and the CJI would abide by it and resort to car pooling. Appearing …
PARIS: Civil society groups and green think-tanks from South Asia did not appear too enthused with the Paris agreement which, they said, was not ambitious enough to save the world from disastrous consequences of climate change. After going through the fine print of the global climate agreement, New Delhi-based think-tank …
PARIS/NEW DELHI: World leaders on Sunday welcomed the climate deal to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius with Prime Minister Narendra Modi describing it as a victory of "climate justice" while the pact evoked mixed reactions from environmentalists. "This agreement represents the best chance we've had to …
The much-awaited Paris Agreement on climate change was adopted by all members of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on Saturday. The Agreement will now be open for ratification by each member nation from April 2016 onwards Paris agreement has come after an intense two weeks of …
The much-awaited Paris Agreement on climate change was adopted by all members of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on Saturday. The Agreement will now be open for ratification by each member nation from April 2016 onwards
The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the Centre and the Delhi Government for failing to devise any short-term or long-term solutions to rid Delhi of its “most polluted city in the world” tag. “It is a very serious issue that Delhi is getting a bad name internationally as one …
Delhi govt. continues to keep the implementation cards close to its chest A fast approaching deadline and little consultation ahead of the announcement has divided experts on the ‘bumpy’ road ahead for Delhi government’s decision to allow vehicles with odd and even number plates on alternate days. Even as the …
An Indian green body today said that the floods in Chennai are an impact of climate change and the "unprecedented deluge" that the city has witnessed is a reminder of increasing frequency of such freak weather events across the Indian subcontinent. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said that …
We have forgotten the art of drainage. We only see land for buildings, not for water’. Chennai is perhaps experiencing the worst impact of freak weather, but the city could have fared better had it protected and preserved its natural water bodies and drainage channels, experts at the Centre for …
