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 …
North India switched to Euro IV fuels from Wednesday. The move is expected to lead to a steep reduction in particulate emissions from diesel vehicles but will not improve Delhi's air quality in the near future because several vehicle makers have expressed their inability to manufacture Euro IV compliant buses …
Climate change, we can emphatically say, is a wicked problem This is a real-life story of three wicked problems, one opportunity - and a new way to confront global challenges. Climate change, we can emphatically say, is a wicked problem. It was in 1992 that the world started its formal …
Health experts have expressed shock and dismay over the Delhi high court's refusal to ban sale of junk food in schools. They claim that putting `restrictions', the suggested option, cannot help curb the menace which is associated with three of the four major non communicable diseases--cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers and …
High Court Orders Strict Implementation Of New Guidelines By Govt Body. Availability of food items high in fat, sugar and salt such as noodles, pizzas, burgers and carbonated drinks is set to be restricted within 50 metres of schools across the country. Refusing to ban such foods in schools, Delhi …
The Delhi High Court today asked an environmentalist it appointed as amicus curiae to look into felling of 800 trees to widen a road in South Delhi's Vasant Kunj area to submit her report by April 9. Justice Rajiv Shakdher also asked the city government and the petitioner in the …
The Bombay High Court has admitted a defamation suit against "Down to Earth" magazine, edited by noted environmentalist Sunita Narain, asking it to remove an allegedly defamatory sentence in its report against Mumbai-based agrochemical company UPL, the company said on Monday. "My client has been requesting Sunita Narain to delete …
The Delhi High Court, on Monday, appointed environmentalist Sunita Narain as amicus curiae to look into the matter of chopping of 800 trees to widen a road connecting Andheria More to Fortis hospital in Vasant Kunj. The court of Justice Rajiv Shakdher asked Narain to file a report by April …
The bad news is that diesel usage in vehicles will continue to grow across the world — including India. The good news is that the technology to leapfrog to better fuels is available, and governments and refineries are keen to act on the same. However, only the automobile industry seems …
Environmentalists in India have expressed alarm over the new federal budget of the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which they say heralds substantial cuts in environmental programmes and fails to address the country's worsening pollution and vulnerability to climate change. The budget for the Ministry of Environment, Forests and …
India needs to cut down on its black carbon emissions for "co-benefit" agenda of making a positive impact on global warming on one hand and improving health of people on the other, environment experts today said. Participants and researchers at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015 organised by Centre for Science …
नई दिल्ली | पृथ्वी के वायुमंडल में मौजूद सूक्ष्म ठोस एवं तरल अपशिष्ठ कणों से होने वाले वायु प्रदूषण से हर साल 6,27,000 लोगों की समय से पहले अकाल मौत हो जाती है। पर्यावरण विशेषज्ञों के मुताबिक यह स्थिति गंभीर चिंता का विषय है, क्योंकि वायुमंडल में मौजूद सूक्ष्म अपशिष्ट …
Presentation by Sunita Narain Director General of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.
The winners of the TOI Social Impact Awards make India a kinder, better place. A doctor couple who have revolutionized the delivery of healthcare to tribals in Naxal-hit Gadchiroli district, a civil hospital in Ahmedabad which defies stereotypes about state-run institutions, a government programme to take science to children who …
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 …
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 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 …
Padmabhooshan Shri. Anil Agarwal, the founder of Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi and Editor of Down to Earth, who died on January 2, 2002, was a visionary leader who fought till his death for protecting India's environment. Science India offers tribute to Anilji, a tireless crusader for the …
NEW DELHI: Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today termed the land bill as a "win-win formula" for farmers. "... It will ensure a win-win formula for farmers...," he said on the sidelines of a book launch function at the Maharashtra Sadan here. Referring to the opposition faced by the government including …
