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 …
LUCKNOW: The Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) is undertaking environment campaign at its project sites from June 1 to 5, 2015. Under this campaign, special housekeeping and environmental awareness activities will be undertaken to train site personnel on the ways of keeping the environment clean and green. The Managing Director …
State environment awards will be conferred on C. Lakshman, Harish Joshi, and Parimala at a function to be held in Bengaluru on June 5 to mark World Environment Day. The award carries a purse of Rs. 1 lakh and citation. Besides this, the Solid Waste Management Round Table, Bengaluru; Bantanuru …
Parishad seminar in Kozhikode today Greens are apprehensive about the T.S.R. Subramanian Committee Report, which was submitted to Union Minister for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar and under consideration of the Ministry. The report, which is learned to have several controversial suggestions regarding proposed amendments to the existing mining regulations …
NEW DELHI: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today called for concerted efforts across the world to address the issue of climate change. "The umbrella issue of climate change is far more important because it encompasses all aspects of environment and the world as a whole must take steps to address it," …
MUMBAI: As the toxic air in Delhi draws global alarm and earns it the tag of the most polluted city in the world, eco-warriors in Mumbai are questioning the Maharashtra government's dismantling of environmental safeguards to push for its 'Make in Maharashtra' campaign. "Today expats don't want to live in …
GSPCB directs Transport Dept to dismantle all multi-toned and pressure horns PANJIM Vehicles with multi-toned horns and buses – government and private – with pressure horns are set to face the rap for violating noise pollution standards, with the state pollution authority directing the Transport Department to dismantle all such …
NAGPUR: Ever thought football can bring about a change in environment protection? Well, here is a second to none chance for kids to learn all about environment conservation and sustainable development by just kicking a ball. To raise awareness about importance of protecting nature and planet Earth on World Environment …
Currently environmental concerns are not an issue in India for two reasons. First, India has a lot of things on its plate and this is just one of them. In the West, the problems are of having developed and seen the cost of it. And guilt since multinationals are exporting …
PUNE: The National Green Tribunal bench in Pune has restrained two developers from constructing a resort-cum-hotel on a hill top at Lonavla for causing environmental degradation and also endangering property of a welfare home for ageing blind located adjacent to the construction site. In a judgment pronounced on May 26, …
Tourism projects are again clashing with the environment. The proposed golf course and resort atsnd the proposed marinas at Zuari Bay have drawn opposition from the affected locals. Joining them, in the case of the marinas are the local MLAs, both of who are from the ruling BJP, but getting …
DUGGIRALA (Guntur): As many as eight villages in Duggirala and Tenali mandals in Guntur district are bearing the brunt of toxic release from CCL Products (India) Ltd, a coffee exporting company operating in Duggirala. Hundreds of families and thousands of acres in Kolakaluru, Penumuli, Rama Nagar Colony, Gandhi Nagar, Kopalla, …
KANPUR: Tannery associations and owners have hailed National Green Tribunal (NGT) decision to allow closed tanneries, situated on the banks of the Ganga here, to operate on a trial basis for 19 days in June. During this period their effluent levels will be checked by a team of experts. The …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today refrained from providing any immediate relief on a plea to relax its directives limiting the playing of diesel and petrol vehicles in Rohtang Pass, saying it would examine Himachal Pradesh government's stand on how it would address the grievances of tourist vehicle operators. The …
In a bid to curb illegal hill cutting, the National Green Tribunal has directed revenue officers to restrain any construction activity on top of the hills from being undertaken under the guise of obtaining extraction permission for minor minerals. The tribunal has asked the officers to seek an immediate report …
Despite widespread perception, the NDA government's record of giving green clearances has "not" been different from the previous UPA regime and it has brought "selective" changes to regulations in the name of streamlining the system without strengthening grass-root institutions, a green body today said. In an assessment of NDA government's …
Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar clarified on Tuesday that the Narendra Modi government had never favoured the controversial private airport project at Aranmula in Pathanamthitta district and no sanction had been given since the government assumed office last year. Addressing a public meeting organised by the BJP to mark the …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a Delhi-based think-tank on green issues, on Tuesday said the NDA government's record was not as bad as feared but there had been no major reforms so far to improve the green clearance processes for safeguarding the environment. It also noted that the …
Accuses Alina of playing the lead role in the ‘opposition dramas’ and demands her resignation VASCO: The State Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) unit has warned to hit the streets and threatened to launch a mass agitation if the BJP government makes any further moves to introduce marinas in the State. …
The Environment Ministry is mulling stringent penalties, including financial and criminal action, for violators by bringing amendments to the Environment Protection Act and creating a "reign of enforcement". Rating itself six on a scale of 10 for its first year's performance, it said it wants to increase people's participation in …
PUNE: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench in Pune has imposed penalties collectively worth Rs 76.20 lakh on two builders and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for environmental damage caused by illegal excavation and cutting of hills at Shindewadi near Katraj tunnel. This includes Rs 15 lakh compensation …
