Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
The US govt has urged the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court order on the Tata Mundra Power Plant in Gujarat funded by a financial wing of the World Bank The Trump administration has urged the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court order on the Tata Mundra Power …
Several greenhouse gases are emitted as common plastics degrade in the environment, according to a study. Greenhouse gases directly influence climate change - affecting sea level, global temperatures, ecosystem health on land and in the ocean, and storms, which increase flooding and drought, said researchers at the University of Hawaii …
The people should begin using paper and jute bags to replace plastic. Hyderabad: The state government has been grappling with the issue of reducing the use of disposable plastic in the city. Earlier, it had taken many initiatives and in yet another effort, the Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MAUD) …
Last year, the High Court of Bangladesh directed the Government not to approve any industrial development within the 10-kilometre buffer zone of the reserved forest, but according to UNESCO, approvals continue to be given. The Sundarbans forest, which is the largest contiguous mangrove forest in the world and home to …
Although a complete ban on the use of polythene will be effective in the state from Tuesday, little has been done by the authorities to spread awareness on the issue. Sources said unaware of the ban, people continued to ask for polythene bags from shopkeepers. Chief Minister TS Rawat had …
Doctors and NGOs urge the Centre and the State to ban lime or chuna in plastic sachets used in betel chewing and also acids used as cleaning agents in home. CHENNAI:Doctors and NGOs urge the Centre and the State to ban lime or chuna in plastic sachets used in betel …
Advisor to the Governor, Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, Sunday, urged the youth to come forward and lead the crusade against environmental degradation, which has far-reaching ramifications not only at the national but global level as well. The Advisor was speaking after inaugurating the 3rd International Research Conference on Ecotourism and Environment …
MANGALURU: Residents of Jokatte and neighbouring villages, around 12km from here, have been reeling from intense headaches and breathing air laced with chemical fumes for the past one month. They have also been complaining of boils on their lips and pain in their eyes. They attribute the reasons for their …
The city generates 2,100 tonnes of solid waste every day, of which 1,078 tonnes is processed, and there are plans to set up seven plants to process the remaining amount. The Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC’s) efforts to reduce the emission of carbon may not have yielded much result, as a …
NTECL Vallur, which is a joint venture of NTPC Ltd and Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB), is located on Chennai’s outskirts in neighbouring Tiruvallur district. CHENNAI: In what could be a serious violation of environmental laws, the 1,500 MW NTPC Tamil Nadu Energy Company Limited (NTECL) Vallur thermal power plant …
The Tamil Nadu government had on May 28 ordered the state pollution control board to seal and "permanently" close the mining group's copper plant following violent protests over pollution concerns Mining major Vedanta, which has challenged the Tamil Nadu government's order to permanently shut down its Sterlite copper plant in …
HYDERABAD: Hundreds of people living in villages around the uranium plant at Tummalapalle in Kadapa district are suffering from a plethora of diseases caused allegedly by leachate of uranium radionuclei and alkali material used in the processing of uranium ore. Scientists for People (SFP), an environment protection body of scientists …
PANJIM: Goans against CRZ 2018 (GACRZ), a federation of unions, political parties and activists on Tuesday submitted a memorandum to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) objecting to the draft CRZ Notification 2018. The memorandum was signed by the core …
SHIMLA: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) is not happy with the status report filed by the Himachal Pradesh government on pollution at Rohtang Pass. Rejecting the report, the Tribunal gave the state government one week’s time to either supplement the report filed so far or file a fresh one. “We …
CHENNAI: After announcing ban on “use and throwaway plastics” with effect from January 1, 2019, the Tamil Nadu government recently issued orders exempting a number of items such as plastic bags that constitute or form an integral part of packaging in which goods are sealed prior to use at manufacturing/processing …
Erode: Residents of Senathipathipalayam, Rangampalayam and Kasipalayam on Wednesday alleged that illegal dyeing units in their area had been polluting Pitchaikkaranpallam canal by discharging untreated effluents into it. It is to be noted that the canal merges with the Cauvery near Pallipalayam, thereby polluting it also. Pointing out that there …
In 2015, rapper Sofia Ashraf, social activist Nityanand Jayaraman and filmmaker Rathindran R Prasad came together to make a video, titled Kodaikanal Won’t, that hit out at Unilever for not cleaning up mercury contamination and not compensating the workers in its thermometer factory in Kodaikanal. The video went viral forcing …
The effects of climate change is starting to be experienced in Tanzania following the decrease of monthly total rainfall between 2012-2016 when compared with monthly long term mean rainfall during 1981-2010. According to the Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA), mean monthly rainfall between 2012 and 2016 was 78.8mm, lower than 83.3mm …
This report published by the World Green Building Council urges companies to make green improvements by highlighting the tangible economic benefits of green building and showcasing improved occupant satisfaction when companies implement new health, wellbeing and productivity features in existing green structures. The World Green Building Council's report Doing Right …
Maharashtra environment minister Ramdas Kadam on Saturday lauded the decision of the state government of imposing a ban on the use of plastic in the state. Speaking to ANI, the minister said that the decision was taken for the betterment of the state."It is good that plastic is getting banned …
