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 …
A number of steps have been taken in the past six months to speed up green clearances but the government is also examining 55 additional suggestions to achieve its twin goals of economic growth and environment protection. Many of the suggestions, extended by a high-level panel of the environment ministry, …
Proposes that a National Environment Management Authority be set up to approve projects & SPCBs be brought under it Belying the pessimism which surrounded its formation, a committee set up by the environment ministry has submitted a hard-hitting report. Among other things, the committee, headed by former cabinet secretary TSR …
The Congress has tried to make a virtue of the inevitable by packaging the Supreme Court’s orders for setting up a national environment regulator as a commitment in its Lok Sabha election manifesto released on Wednesday. The party promises to bring in “a Bill to set up a National Environmental …
The Vidarbha Environmental Action Group (VEAG) has hailed Supreme Court judgment directing the Union government to set up the national environment regulator and its offices in all the states by March 31. Sudhir Paliwal, convener of VEAG, said justice AK Patnaik, justice SS Nijjar and justice Ibrahim Kalifullah also directed …
Supreme Court has asked the environment ministry to set up national environment regulator with office in every state to “appraise and monitor” the process for granting green clearances and how the regulations are complied with. Read text of this order dated 6 Jan 2014. RELATED CONTENT In-court: Supreme Court judgement …
