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 …
The National Green Tribunal has refused to review its order of penalising Gammon India Limited (GIL) and the Hindustan Construction Co (HCC) Ltd of Rs 1 crore each for damaging the environment during construction of a stretch of the Udhampur-Banihal National Highway in Jammu and Kashmir. A bench headed by …
GENEVA: Over 180 countries have opened a UN-backed conference on waste and hazardous chemicals amid hopes it could produce a sweeping agreement toward minimizing generation of plastic waste, which has formed a gigantic mass of litter floating in the ocean. Rolph Payet of the United Nations Environment Program says he …
Biodegradable and compostable plastic bags are capable of carrying full loads of shopping even after being exposed to the natural environment for three years, a new study shows. The research published in Environmental Science & Technology examined the degradation of five plastic bag materials widely available from high street retailers …
Every year more than 2.78 million people die as a result of occupational accidents or work-related diseases, a recent ILO report said. In addition, there are around 374 million non-fatal work-related injuries and illnesses each year, many of these resulting in extended absences from work. The human cost of this …
GUWAHATI: Mining permissions granted without required approvals, unscientific mining and lack of a mechanism to ensure compliance with environmental safety standards. These were some of the rampant violations that made the Supreme Court ban all mining activities in the southern fringes of the Kaziranga National Park and all catchment areas …
Jodhpur: Vishek Bishnoi leaves every morning from his home in village Ekalkhori in Osian, Jodhpur with an earthen pot, his electoral symbol, stopping by and spreading the message of environment conservation among the people, an issue that has hardly found space in any party’s manifesto. An independent candidate from Jodhpur …
Pune: Unlike the grand roadshows and rallies organised by most political parties to seek votes, 43-year-old Anand Vanjape, in the fray for the Pune Lok Sabha seat election as an independent, cycles 60 km everyday to reach out to the voters with an agenda to make the city pollution-free. Vanjape, …
Gaming and virtual reality (VR) could bridge the gap between urban societies and nature, claimed a recent study. The researchers strive to bridge the gap by a new VR game they developed called, Butterfly World 1.0, an adventure game designed to engage its users in learning about insect and plant …
The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) will soon file a case in the special environment court, Kurukshetra, against those involved in illegal mining in Tajewala village of Yamunanagar district. Sources said a local team of the HSPCB had collected all relevant evidence related to the damage to the environment, …
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada district is staring at a harsh summer and in the city, the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) has started rationing water to ensure that the water needs are met in the next two critical months. None of the prominent political parties or candidates in the fray has even …
RAJKOT: Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) officials and snacks makers’ meeting over disposal of multilayer plastic that the manufacturers use as wrappers for their snack item concluded inconclusively on Monday. The civic body had suggested making Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) from the waste generated from these packets to the manufacturers. But, …
Climate change is the need of the hour, but most parties’ manifestos haven’t gone beyond lip service Extreme weather events, triggered by long-term climate change, have the potential to hit India where it really hurts: Agriculture and farm incomes. According to the finance ministry's economic survey 2017-18, annual farm incomes …
NEW DELHI: The near-irreversible damage done to the Aravalis by human greed in the name of development is well chronicled. However, there is still some hope of saving the hills, as is evident from a visit to the Aravalli Biodiversity Park on the outskirts of the city. What started as …
The Bench said any licensed manufacturer might apply for requisite approval in accordance with the relevant rules and orders. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday gave its nod for the manufacture of ‘green crackers’ on submission of a permissible formula by the Petroleum and Explosive Safety organization (PESO) to …
Pune: The India Greens Party (IGP) has pledged support to the candidates who publicly agree to implement at least 50% of the points in the party’s recently released manifesto. The national-level party was formed on November 18, 2018, in New Delhi. The party’s Pune chapter started in March this year. …
Recently, the Tirupati railway station in Andhra Pradesh has been awarded IGBC (Indian Green Building Council) Gold rating. Tirupati railway station goes green! Another achievement by Indian Railways for adopting green concepts and reducing the adverse environmental impacts! Recently, the Tirupati railway station in Andhra Pradesh has been awarded IGBC …
PATNA: Political parties have set their agendas and are busy with electioneering with not even a week left for the first phase of Lok Sabha election on April 11. But none of them has made environment protection as a key issue in their political agendas. The issue was raised at …
KOLKATA: In the last five years, 43 MPs from West Bengal, cutting across political parties, have asked barely 197 environment-related questions in the parliament. Seventeen MPs have not asked a single question in five years despite many of them representing areas of high environmental or climate impacts. Representatives of major …
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said government and civic authorities should strike a balance between development of infrastructure and environment. A division bench of Chief Justice N H Patil and Justice N M Jamdar said the authorities have to keep in mind that while infrastructure projects like the …
Women power is on display in the coastal belt of southern Tamil Nadu. Doctor-turnedpolitician Tamilisai Soundararajan is pitted against DMK’s Kanimozhi in Tuticorin. Excerpts from her interview to Julie Mariappan Poll surveys are not in favour of the NDA alliance in Tamil Nadu. The survey results are incorrect. We have …
