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 …
Imphal: The Manipur government is determined to go ahead with the proposed 1,500-MW Tipaimukh hydel power project that has been opposed by environmental groups and opposition parties in neighbouring Bangladesh. "No decision has been taken to abandon the project," Manipur Power Minister Phungzathang Tonsing told IANS. "The project is vital …
The government is understood to be considering a proposal to do away with the mandatory public hearing for environment clearances to certain coal expansion projects. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is believed to have assured Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal that necessary changes in the existing regulations regarding public hearing for grant …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests today imposed an eight-month moratorium on new projects in 43 industrial hubs identified recently by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) as
BHUBANESWAR: She had no formal education beyond Class V and was married off at age 12, but for her sheer leadership qualities and dedication for saving water as a natural resource and other green initiatives, she has become a role model for the youths in Bihar. Aptly called the green …
V NarayanaMurthi | ENS THE National Board of Wildlife has deferred clearance to the Andhra Pradesh government's proposed dam on Palar river, as the matter is pending before the Supreme Court. The decision was taken at the Standing Committee meeting of the board held on December 22. The deferral is …
The fisherfolk from Sompeta expressed their protest against the proposed thermal power plant (2,640 MW) to be set up by the NCC group in the district at a meeting presided over by the Joint Collector, Mr E. Sridhar. The meeting was held in the aftermath of an agitation lagainst the …
MADURAI: A public interest litigation (PIL) petition has been filed in the Madras High Court Bench here against the establishment of a 1200 MW coal fired thermal power plant at Mela Arasaradi panchayat in Ottapidaram taluk of Tuticorin district. A Division Bench comprising Justice Prabha Sridevan and Justice B. Rajendran …
Nagercoil: The Consumer Research Education Action Training and Empowerment Trust here urged the Government not to commercialise Bt. Brinjal. In a memorandum sent to the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, Chairperson on United Progressive Alliance and Union Minister of Commerce, Anand Sharma, the Managing Trustee, Ponnambalam, said that owing to the …
Latha Jishnu / New Delhi December 25, 2009, 0:51 IST Why would the government want to rush through a badly drafted law, full of ambiguities? This is the question worrying R. Sreedhar, director of the Academy of Mountain Environics, a well-known trust promoting sustainable development solutions, about the National Green …
SOMETIMES THE future stands before us in ways we do not fully discern. It could be a metaphor, a shadow, an outline of a form of problem-solving; it could be a kaleidoscope of variations. The danger is that we might over-concretise it and think of it as something specific, local …
DEEPAL TRIVEDI : A cement project is Dec. 14: A cement project is facing stiff opposition with villagers coming out in the streets to protest to the Rs 2500-crore cement project of Nirma. Ironically the villagers are protesting Gujarat government's decision to set up the cement plant near Mahuva in …
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has asked the Centre to review the Ken-Betwa river-linking project in Madhya Pradesh in view of the ecological implications. In a letter to Union Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, Mr. Ramesh suggested that it
Amid the ongoing global debate on climate change, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), has said it will launch paperless procedures in matters relating to domain name disputes from tomorrow. The development is expected to substantially improve the efficiency of the mechanism by reducing the time and cost involved in …
Kirtika Suneja / New Delhi December 10, 2009, 0:17 IST The National Green Tribunal Bill, 2009 (NGT), will be tabled tomorrow in the Lok Sabha for discussion and on December 21 in the Rajya Sabha. The bill will establish an autonomous tribunal, independent of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, …
SHILLONG, Dec 7: Meghalaya Governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary today underscored the importance of preserving the environment by shifting from outdated method to a scientific mode of coal mining in Jaintia Hills. Speaking at the inaugural function of the Discovery Jaintia, Mooshahary was apt to mention that the haphazard rat-hole coal …
KOCHI: The Green Bench of the Kerala High Court, which deals with petitions pertaining to environmental issues, started functioning on Friday. The Bench, comprising Chief Justice S R Bannurmath and Justice Thottathil Radhakrishan, will be holding sittings every Friday. The Bench will consider petitions regarding forest conservation, illegal felling of …
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: India has sought help from the United States for setting up the National Environmental Protection Authority (NEPA) on the lines of a similar agency in the U.S. The issue also came up during discussions between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and U.S. President Barack Obama earlier this …
Stepping up its drive against use of hazardous plastic bags in the capital, Delhi government has asked the enforcing agencies to crack down on the owners of the shops selling the items within the market areas, including those in the walled city. The officials have been asked to carry out …
Kamal Narang Green trends: Mr Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for Environment and Forests, flanked by Dr Vijay Kelkar, Chairman, 13th Finance Commission, and Dr R.K. Pachauri, TERI Director-General, during the release of the
