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 …
Scientists and activists have welcomed the decision of Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh to defer commercialisation of Bt brinjal. Even Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Company (Mahyco), which created the genetically modified vegetable, said it respects the verdict.
A roomful of reporters, whirring TV cameras and popping camera flashes. Dr Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, the world's climate czar, is used to such attention. As chairman of a UN body appointed to study the impact of climate change, which shared the 2007 Nobel Prize with Al Gore, he earned plaudits. …
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: The Kirit Parikh Committee proposal for imposing a flat tax of Rs. 81,000 on diesel cars, including sedans and gas guzzlers SUVs and MUVs, may be worrying the big names in the industry, but environmentalists who have campaigned against
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has been a strong critic of the Copenhagen Accord on climate change. Sunita Narain, director of CSE, spoke to Civil Society on what she finds wrong with the new Indian position in negotiations on climate change and why a place at the high …
Veteran actress Zohra Segal and actress-turned-social worker Nafisa Ali have been honoured with the Kalpana Chawla Excellence awards on Sunday. (From left) Kiren Sehgal, daughter of Zohra Sehgal; Bhuvneshwari Kumari; Sunita Narain; Nafisa Ali; Kiran Bedi; kathak dancer Uma Sharma; Sushila from MKSS (Rajsthan), Ajeet Cour and Shanti Hiranand pose …
Sunita Narain, director, Centre of Science and Environment, says that her past battles with IPCC chief R.K. Pachauri do not detract from the truth of climate change and that climate skeptics should not take advantage of the `date mistake' in the IPCC report on Himalayan glaciers. Excerpts from an interview: …
A new decade. For me¤ three decades of work in environment. I wonder: have matters improved since the early 1980s¤ when I began? Or¤ are things worse off? Where do we go from here? Two things are evident. First there is no doubt that environment holds centrestage in the country. …
We know what the conference was supposed to agree upon: drastic emission reduction targets by industrialized countries and actions supported by finance and technology by emerging countries such as India. After two years of intense negotiations and heightened concerns related to the growing impacts of climate change, the world was …
NEW DELHI: With the Finance Ministry throwing up its hands for supporting such a big programme in the renewable energy sector, the Union Government is contemplating reducing the target of the recently launched Jawaharlal Solar Mission from the original 20,000 MW to a more reasonable limit when the Prime Minister, …
RASHME SEHGAL The Centre for Science & environment stressed India should neither endorse or sign Copenhagen Accord Union minister for environment Jairam Ramesh believes Copenhagen saw the emergence of a new world order which will substantively impact multilateral talks that are likely to culminate in Mexico in 2010. This world …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a leading environmental body, today said India should not endorse the Copenhagen Accord on climate change, as it allowed industrialised countries to set inadequate emission reduction targets and did not come under any internationally binding commitments. CSE director Sunita Narain said "industrialised nations …
An interview with leading environmentalist and political activist from India, Sunita Narain on the future of the Kyoto Protocol which industrialized nations led by the United States are seeking to dismantle.
Two days to the D-Day. Tension is palpable at the Bella Center. There is mayhem outside. People have been waiting for hours in the freezing cold to get in. But there is even greater chaos. Yesterday, the African nations walked out, protesting against the industrialized world
Copenhagen, Dec. 14: India, China and 128 other countries briefly walked out of the climate change talks here today in protest against the failure of industrialised countries to make firm commitments on greenhouse gas emission cuts in the years beyond 2012. The walkout by the developing countries followed an exchange …
Seldom do they ask me to praise anyone. Often, it is the other way round. Give it to them, say commissioning editors, in search of a vicarious glimmer of hope for their unedited thoughts. So then, here is a list of women who make me want to put on my …
New Delhi: The leaked Danish draft at the crucial climate change summit has not only left developing nations fuming but Indian experts suggest that the document is a clinical way to differentiate between India, China and most many of the poor countries. The controversial draft undermines the Kyoto protocol that …
Copenhagen Must Set The World On Track To Prevent Catastrophic Changes Today the climate conference begins in the Danish city of Copenhagen. Let us be clear that this conference
