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 …
With global warming leading to climatic changes, the future of our environment now depends upon environmental conservation. And to instill this knowledge among the current generation of students, an environment film festival has been organised by Enviro Vigil in Thane in December. In the past few years we have witnessed …
A green panel EAC has rejected Tata Sponge Iron's plea to exempt it from public hearing for setting up of a 12.5 MW thermal power plant in Odisha, and suggested that the Union Environment Ministry may take a call on the issue based on the government policy. Public hearings are …
This global cross-sector report assesses the environmental dimension of sustainability reporting and provides recommendations to make environmental reporting important to all stakeholders. It analyses what the key and most common environmental disclosure items are and provides practical recommendations for companies and other reporting organizations on how these items should be …
Nagpur: The city that once stood as role model for environment is now seeing its environmental resources deteriorate, be it greenery or lakes. Its three rivers-- Nag, Pili and Pora-- have already turned into sewage carrying nullahs. Experts say the absence of a department of environment in Nagpur Municipal Corporation …
EC also subject to disposal of SC petition of Goa Foundation against giving post-facto environment clearances PANJIM: The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change granted Environmental Clearance (EC) to the controversial Mopa airport project, with a clear provision for an appeal with the National Green Tribunal (NGT).The EC …
The government has extended the validity of environment clearance (EC) from five years to seven years, a senior environment ministry official said. "We have notified the extension of the validity of EC from five years to seven years. The EC can be renewed for a maximum period of three years," …
Environ, a group for the environmental management for sustainable development, is working hard to manage solid waste disposal and is campaigning for a plastic-free puja this year. Amarjyoti Kashyap, president of Environ, has appealed to all sections of people, particularly puja committees, to ensure an environment friendly Puja and achieve …
GUWAHATI: The Kamrup (Metro) district administration will take strict action this time against those who violate pollution norms during the Durga Puja celebrations. To encourage puja committees to adopt environment-friendly measures, the administration has also decided to award them. "Cleanliness and zero pollution have been our prime targets besides security …
KATHUA, Oct 5: District Magistrate, Kathua Ramesh Kumar today convened a public hearing in connection with Environmental clearance for establishment of Ravi river bed mining project of minor mineral (sand & gravel) at Jagatpur, Kathua. The public hearing was organized in pursuance of EIA notification, 2006 that mandates conduct of …
Government of India (GoI) has recently launched Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin (SBM-G) campaign and program to accelerate efforts to achieve universal sanitation coverage, improve cleanliness and eliminate open defecation in rural India by 2019. The proposed World Bank support to the program will enable GoI, in collaboration with State governments, to …
The Angul-Talcher cluster, ranked as one of the critically polluted industrial regions of the country, has showed signs of improvement. Over the last five years, the area has posted a dip in the comprehensive industrial pollution index (CEPI) score. From 82.09 in 2009, the CEPI score has dropped to 72.86 …
The much-anticipated changes to the ISO 14001 international standard for environmental management systems are officially published today (15 September). The standard, which has already helped more than 300,000 organisations across the world improve their environmental performance, is available now from the British Standards Institute (BSI), following the revision work of …
The bauxite mine of Navratna PSU National Aluminium Company Ltd, situated at Panchpatmali Hill in Odisha's Koraput district, has bagged the prestigious Pollution Control Excellence Award -2015. The award, instituted by State Pollution Control Board, Odisha (OSPCB) was conferred on NALCO in recognition of its "effective pollution control measures and …
The much-anticipated changes to the ISO 14001 international standard for environmental management systems will be published on 15 September, the standards body has confirmed. The standard, which has already helped more than 300,000 organisations across the world improve their environmental performance, is now available to pre-order from the British Standards …
This guideline provides criteria for sustainable sand mining both in-stream and off-channel extraction of sand, the theory of sediment transport in rivers, an important factors determining sand replenishment rate together with a discussion of the impacts of river sand mining. Recommendations for management of sustainable sand extraction are the key …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Nityanand Mishra Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors dated 31/08/2015 regarding preserving the hill as well as the ecology and environment there on and on which the Maa Sharda temple stands in District Satna, Madhya …
Pellet plants, which are operating without green nod, have been given one more year's time by the Centre to obtain environment clearances. In September last year, the government, following a court order, had allowed standalone pellet plants, that did not have environment clearances (ECs), to operate on a condition that …
The 900-MW Baglihar hydroelectric project continues to increase the worries of experts and inhabitants in the erstwhile Doda district comprising Kishtwar, Doda and Ramban districts as the region faces a major threat of severe climate change, courtesy successive regimes which have ignored all environmental concerns attached to the project. Torrential …
Why strengthening regulatory capacity should be the first step in solving environmental problems It is time we recognised that the current ways of fixing the environment are not working. Rivers are more contaminated; air is more polluted and cities are filling up with garbage we cannot handle. The question is: …
Maputo — The Mozambican Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development has fined the China Roads and Bridges Corporation (CRBC) four million meticais (about 105,000 US dollars) for extracting sand from a sandpit that has no environmental management plan. CRBC is the contractor building the Maputo Ring Road and the …
