Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
GREEN lingo has by now infiltrated In dia’s economic policy circles. In his pre-budget speech, Prime Minister Manmo han Singh hinted it was time India’s industrialization took the low-carbon path. The policyspeak may not have go ne down well with the greenhouse gas-happy industry. But there was little else in …
China and South Korea have invested heavily in environmental stimulus projects. Other G20 countries need to deliver on their sustainability promises to save both the planet and the economy, says Edward Barbier.
Over the past two years two major issues have become a critical focus for the international community, climate change and the global economic crisis. The Brookings Blum Roundtable tries to address these issues by working to restore sustainable and balanced global economic growth and reduce the risks of climate change. …
This paper examines the possibility of using economic instruments, especially pollution taxes and bargaining approaches, as a means to encourage or improve people
In a nod to rising public expectations, China's government work plan for 2010, rolled out last week at the country's two major annual political powwows, puts the environment front and center. At the National People's Congress, officials announced that science priorities include new energy sources, energy conservation, environmental protection, and …
KOLKATA, 4 MARCH: The state urban development department will prepare an environmental resource management plan to preserve natural resources in the civic bodies. Mr Asok Bhattacharya, state minister for urban development said the plan will be mooted in every ward within the municipal area. He laid the foundation stone of …
Using cross-country data, the major thrust of this study is to establish the existence of a nonlinear relationship between environmental performance and ethnic diversity, while controlling for factors known to affect a country
The Government of Bihar will adopt a radical shift from predominantly engineering-based solutions to local community-based water and sanitation management solutions. That is, a shift towards community-level empowerment and responsibility for their own water and sanitation management .This involves a combination of
The existing Environmental Impact Assessment manual of MoEF is common for all the sectors requiring prior environmental clearance. Considering the diversity in all the sectors related to infrastructure and industrial development, MoEF launched a programme for development of sector specific EIA guidance manual. The EIA guidance manual will help the …
If you care about the environment, you may want to show that in the way you spend your money. These decisions could help steer us towards a truly green economy - but only if consumers and investors have a good idea of which companies have genuinely minimised their impact on …
A little information is a dangerous thing. A lot of information, if it's inaccurate or confusing, even more so. This is a problem for anyone trying to spend or invest in an environmentally sustainable way. Investors are barraged with indexes purporting to describe companies' eco-credentials, some of dubious quality. Green …
This new water policy for Rajasthan presents the framework for sustainable development and management of water resources in the state. It focuses towards community-level empowerment and responsibility for water management. The objectives of the state water policy are: to adopt a integrated and multi sectoral approach to the water resources …
The proposed project by GMR Bajoli Holi Power Pvt. Ltd. is located in Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh and is one of the projects that are being developed in Ravi River basin. Ravi River is one of the four major river systems of Western Himalaya in Himachal Pradesh, the other …
The existing manual on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of MoEF, is common for all the sectors requiring prior environmental clearance. Considering the diversity in all sectors related to infrastructure and industrial development projects, MoEF launched a program for development of sector specific technical EIA guidance manuals. The EIA guidance manual …
The existing manual on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of MoEF, is common for all the sectors requiring prior environmental clearance. Considering the diversity in all sectors related to infrastructure and industrial development projects, MoEF launched a program for development of sector specific technical EIA guidance manuals. The EIA guidance manual …
This EIA report on 10,000 mw Jaitapur nuclear power plant being set up by NPCIL in Ratnagiri says that, this project will have no impact on ecology of the region. However it has not been shared with affected villages and the project has met with strong protests. In order to …
A new decade. For me¤ three decades of work in environment. I wonder: have matters improved since the early 1980s¤ when I began? Or¤ are things worse off? Where do we go from here? Two things are evident. First there is no doubt that environment holds centrestage in the country. …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government today approved a special plan for the seven pollution zones in Orissa identified by the Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB). A decision to this effect was taken at a high-level meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Secretariat today. The seven zones …
