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 …
Class XI students of Shri Natesan Vidyasala Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Mannivakam, presented nine technical papers on environmental issues at a seminar recently organised by the school. The papers analysed issues relating to corporate social responsibility, Bhopal tragedy, environmental corruption, need for preserving bio diversity, BP oil spill, El Nino …
The Arctic is thawing even faster than lawmakers can formulate new rules to prevent the environmental threat of heavy fuel oil pollution from ships plying an increasingly popular trade route. Average Arctic temperatures are rising twice as fast as elsewhere in the world and the polar ice cap's permanent cover …
Minister for Environment and Forests Bojjala Gopalakrishna Reddy inaugurates the office of Safe Medi Aides Minister for Environment and Forests Bojjala Gopalakrishna Reddy has said every individual must play a role in protecting the environment to create a pollution-free society. Speaking after inaugurating the office of Safe Medi Aides set …
Visakhapatnam: The final hearing of cases related to encroachment on the green belt areas along the national highway passing through the Port City would be held on February 26 by the National Green Tribunal. A case was filed by the Human Rights Council of Visakhapatnam alleging that the majority of …
Amidst concerns that growth of a country is accompanied by damage to its environment, President Pranab Mukherjee today said that both economic development and environmental protection can "co-exist". Noting that the government has played a "proactive" role in addressing the issue of climate change by launching the International Solar Alliance …
Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) violations go unabated in Kerala even after a quarter century of introduction of the law. The coastal areas of Vembanad Lake continued to be the hotbed of violations with the authorities pointing out over 5000 cases of “land modifications” a couple of years ago and most …
Centre for Science an Environment (CSE) has been given the Business Standard award for 2015 for being the "public institution" of the year. The Business Standard award, given annually to companies and individuals, had introduced a new category for "public institution" for its 2015 awards. CSE's deputy director general, Chandra …
The National Green Tribunal today took strong exception to violation of its order banning camping activities in the entire belt in the higher Himalayan reaches above Rishikesh on the banks of Ganga in Uttarakhand, saying carrying of weapons or playing loud music in the name of such activities cannot be …
MEERUT: Taking a stern view of brick kilns operating in the area in violation of the Supreme Court guidelines, sub-divisional magistrate of Sardhana has instructed the region officer of the UP Pollution Control Board to take action against such illegal units. SDM Isha Duhan also expressed unhappiness over the apathy …
Karwar: Decks have been cleared for the controversial Hubballi-Ankola railway line, cutting across the eco-sensitive Western Ghats, with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) giving its nod to Railways to approach the state government. The green signal has renewed the long cherished hope of development along the coastal belt. The order …
The 121st Maramon Convention, billed as Asia’s largest annual Christian religious retreat, began with a call to abate environmental pollution. Inaugurating the week-long religious meet at Maramon in Pathanamthitta district, Joseph Mar Thoma Metropolitan, head of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar, said the world today has been witnessing …
In a bid to sensitise city residents, the 29th Garden Tourism Festival scheduled to be held at The Garden of Five Senses here from February 19 to 21 will promote gardening as a tool for environment protection. This edition's theme is "Garden for Environment & Health" that encourages visitors to …
NGT calls for bar on constructions in coastal areas till Draft Coastal Zone Management Plan maps are revised. The National Green Tribunal has directed the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority to not grant permission to any developmental and construction activities in Coastal Zone Regulation Areas until the Draft Coastal Zone …
The Department of Political Science, St. Mary’s College, Sulthan Bathery, is organising a seminar on ‘Western Ghats environment and people: need for a paradigm shift’ at the college auditorium from February 24 to 26. Experts will handle sessions on green politics, Gadgil report and other reports, environment and governance, environment …
As per the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directions issued recently, a complete ban has been imposed on the use of plastic and polythene bags of any kind from Gaumukh to Haridwar along the Ganga river with effect from February 1. A penalty of Rs5,000 per day on erring hotels, dharmshalas …
JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals today said it will file a review petition before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) after the Supreme Court stayed the direction issued by the Tribunal for closure of its bulk drugs plant in Gujarat. The Supreme Court has also directed the drug firm to file a …
Nagpur: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis seems to have gone on an overdrive to keep power rates down in the state. He is ignoring the health hazard created by thermal power plants in his own hometown in the process. However, union environment minister Prakash Javadekar has so far not supported his …
The Delhi government is open to allowing “biodegradable” plastic carry bags in the national capital and may convey this to the Delhi high court that had stayed a complete ban on their use in 2012. The erstwhile Sheila Dikshit-led Congress government had issued a notification in October 2012 banning manufacture, …
“There has to be a right balance. Environmentally, though permissions have been granted for mega projects, at times the conditions applied are a bit too stringent,” Bhatia said. Striking a balance between environment and development, better marketing of infrastructure works, and more effective communication between multiple agencies are key if …
Gurgaon: A CNG crematorium built in DLF Phase III at a cost of Rs 85 lakh in May 2012 has been lying unused even as the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the Union environment ministry and Delhi government to initiate programmes to provide alternative modes of cremation of …
