The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Premature Deaths due to Air Pollution, 22/11/2019. Various organisations do publish studies from time to time, collating the model based estimates of mortality/ morbidity attributable to environmental pollution. But there are no conclusive data available in the country to establish direct correlation of death/ …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Him Jagriti Uttaranchal Welfare Society Vs Union of India & Others dated 14/10/2019 regarding restriction on use of plastic bottles and multi layered plastic packages used for packaging of carbonated soft drink and liquor as well as other items, in …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution by Industries, 26/07/2019. The Central Government has taken a number of regulatory measures for prevention, control and abatement of industrial pollution. One such measure for regulating industries discharging effluent into a water course is the determination of Grossly Polluting Industries (GPI) based on …
Illegal melting units too a menace A few minutes past midnight, a fire starts on a plot, fenced off with bamboo sticks, in the middle of a field in Kanonda village in Haryana. A mound of wrappers, spread over at least 150 sq m, is set on fire by five …
Firms say organised players will bear the brunt; face activists' flak for delay in implementation The draft labelling regulations for packaged food and beverages (F&B;), released by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) last month, have come in for sharp criticism from companies, which could delay implementation. …
It is in the interest of the consumers, the food industry and the nation that the dangers of junk food are disclosed and widely disseminated Junk food, warning label, FSSAI, Food Safety and Standards, All India Food Processors’ Association, RDA, obese The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s (FSSAI) …
Noida: Residents and parents’ groups have objected to the setting up of waste composting stations in residential sectors and around schools in the city, saying that the machines would release toxic gases and create bad odour. Despite campaigns and notices, most residential areas have not started waste segregation and composting …
It was in 1991 when the then chief economist of the World Bank, Larry Summers, had advocated that toxic waste, polluting factories should be moved to least developed countries I am inside a dark and dingy “factory”, looking at plastic waste being recycled. This was after I went to see …
Spot checks across Delhi reveal CPCB norms being flouted by govt. agencies; dust control measures not being enforced On the morning of June 11, the city’s pollution levels touched ‘severe’ category for a while and at 3 p.m., a message by a government pollution monitoring agency read: “Delhi is experiencing …
NOIDA: Come Monday, Noida and its residents will take a big step towards segregating waste at source. Over the past few days, the Noida Authority and NGOs have held awareness drives and meetings with RWAs to inculcate a habit in people that they separate dry and wet waste before it …
NOIDA: Waste segregation won’t just reduce the total amount of waste that goes to landfills, it can also cut down on how much your household ultimately generates. For starters, kitchen waste like potato peels, cucumber skin, carrot crumbs, etc need not go into the waste basket at all — they …
A water crisis is brewing in many parts of the world's second-most populated nation as unsustainable use and few measures to harness rain lead to shortages Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu that’s reeling under a severe water shortage, will get the resource transported from other parts of the state …
Congratulations to all... we have achieved 50 degree temperature this year. Let’s cut more trees to achieve 60 degrees the next year,’ a sarcastic tweet the other day came as a jolt. It was, however, hard to tell whether the quiet sarcasm was lost on a majority of the readers …
Stubble burning, which can lead to heart attacks and respiratory diseases, is practised in many areas of Delhi. Farmers said they were forced to burn the leftover stalk of harvested crops as there was no help from the government to get rid of the same. The Hindu found at least …
The State of India's Environment 2019 in Figures is an exclusive data-driven analysis of major developmental and environmental sectors. Each and every dataset from this periodic publication can be used by the media to investigate compelling stories, ask better questions to policymakers to drive them to come up with better …
Experts in the field of public transport expressed mixed reactions on the Kejriwal government's proposal to make commute for women in public transport buses and Metro trains free, saying there was no direct link between safety and free rides. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced the proposal on Monday, saying that …
Experts raise questions ranging from affordability to sustainability The Delhi government’s decision to provide free access of State-run public transportation to women is an excellent idea – on paper; its success, however, was a different ball game which could only be assessed after, and incumbent upon its implementation, experts said …
The State of India's Environment 2019 in Figures is an exclusive data-driven analysis of major developmental and environmental sectors. The datasets can be used by the media to investigate compelling stories, ask better questions to policymakers to drive them to come up with better policies for sustainable development agenda. SoE …
There is the desperate need for change in policies for forestry. In the past five years, government policies on this matter have been as good as nothing The results of election 2019 are in and the old government is the new one. What should be its environment and development agenda? …
New Delhi: A localised study conducted on a car-free stretch of Ajmal Khan Road in the bustling Karol Bagh market has shown a considerable improvement in air quality. Executive director of research and advocacy at Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Anumita Roychowdhury, who conducted the study, said she compared …
