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 …
Pvt Vehicles Rise As Public Transport Remains Poor Pune: Smaller cities, experiencing a more rapid shift to personal vehicles in the absence of adequate investment in a strong public transport system, are struggling with severe air pollution, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) research has observed. Such is the …
Nearly three-fourths of Indian cities have particulate pollution (PM) levels exceeding permissible standards affecting the health of lakhs of people across the country, according to an analysis released Thursday. The analysis is part of a book 'Good News Bad News: Clearing the air in Indian cities' by the Centre for …
Companies such as HUL, Nestle, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and Dabur argue there can't be any such category Fast food-burgers Even as the Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) attempts to put in place a final set of guidelines on healthy food in educational institutions, top packaged food & beverage …
Bus ridership in Delhi has dropped from 60% in 2000 to 41% now. Every year, Delhi needs an area the size of 310 football fields for parking its vehicles. And Delhi has one of the highest particulate matter (PM10) levels in South Asia. These are some of the findings of …
At a time when most Indian cities and towns show pollutants in the air due to emissions from different sources, two towns in Kerala - Malappuram and Pathanamthitta - have met the clean air benchmark of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The finding is part of a book -- …
Conference discusses impediments that prevent solar energy from taking off in a big way in the country. Gujarat has taken the lead in solar energy. Now, it is planning to generate 5MW energy each from rooftop solar panels in five other cities — Mehsana, Surat, Rajkot, Bhavnagar and Vadodara, said …
As per a leaked UN report, CO2 emissions have gone up to 95% from 90% in '07. The United Nations will be releasing its fifth assessment report (AR5) on climate change releasing this Friday, and it paints a grimmer picture of global warming that we had imagined. Despite questions from …
Minutes of the Meeting of the Expert Group on guidelines for making available quality and safe food in schools. It was decided to constitute the Working Group from the members of the Expert Group to review the draft guidelines under the chairpersonship of Dr. Sunita Narain.
The US and other developed nations may want India to toe their line in phasing out hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) - climate damaging refrigerant gas - but they won't find it easy to push New Delhi to junk its refusal to do so without viable alternatives. India is banking on the support …
MYSTERY MOVES Experts say environmental laws don’t give the ministry the powers to levy a fine; No explanation was given how the penalty of . 200 crore was arrived at By slapping a . 200-crore penalty on the Adani Group for environmental violations, the ministry of environment and forests may …
United States and other industrialized nations may want India to toe their line in phasing out hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) - climate damaging refrigerant gas - but it won't be easy for them to push New Delhi to divert from its stated position. India has got support of three other powerful nations …
Industrialised countries should phase out HFC says Sunita Narain, Director-General, CSE in this presentation at CSE Annual South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change, 2013 held from September 18-19, 2013. HFC: A lesson on how companies make money to save the world - Presentation by Sunita Narain, Director-General, CSE …
Climate change is an inconvenient truth and the world needs to cut emissions drastically and urgently. South Asia is most vulnerable and the poorest – not responsible for climate change – are the worst impacted. These are some of the key points made by Sunita Narain, Director-General, CSE in her …
The rupee has crashed, growth is down and there is panic that the India story may be over or, at least, seriously dented. For most commentators, the underlying reason for the decline is green regulations. They think environmentalists are squarely to blame. This argument is only partially true. It misunderstands …
The environment ministry has slapped a . 200-crore fine on the Adani Group’s Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone for damaging mangroves, creeks and the local environment at the project site. The company’s shares fell 6.4%. The penalty was recommended by a committee headed by Sunita Narain, director general of …
Company allegedly damaged mangroves, creeks while setting up port project at Kutch under APSEZ The ministry of environment and forests has slammed a Rs 200-crore penalty on the Gautam Adani-led Adani Group for violating environment laws at the group’s Mundra port project in Kutch district. The company had allegedly damaged …
Clean drinking water is out of reach for 4.64 crore people in rural areas in the country, says a report tabled by the Union water resources ministry in Parliament last week. In Rajasthan, 25,500 habitations or 1.09 crore people get water with chemical or bacterial contamination. Assam comes next with …
The Environment and Forests Ministry has slapped a Rs. 200 crore penalty on Gautam Adani’s Mundra multi-purpose projects for violating green laws. The money will go to an Environment Restoration Fund to mitigate the damage done to the area around the project sites. The order was issued after the Ministry …
All that is required in many a case is final letter from ministry which is not being given, govt sources say. While on the one hand efforts are being made by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram to push investment in the face of an economic crisis, …
For most Puneites, traffic and transport pose the worst kind of problems. The clamour for a metro and a more effective Bus Rapid Transit System is growing, but urban planners and experts have warned that investments in both modes would be wasted if access to these public transport systems is …
