Plastic Overshoot Day marks the point when the amount of plastic waste generated exceeds the world’s capacity to manage it, resulting in environmental pollution. In 2024, the global Plastic Overshoot Day is projected to occur on September 5th. Each country has its own Plastic Overshoot Day, which is determined by …
To provide credible information to policy makers, organisations and the general public State of Environment Report (SoER) for Telangana, for the year 2015, was released by the Minister of State for Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) Mahesh Sharma, and the Minister for Forest and Environment Jogu Ramanna on Saturday. …
State of Environment Report (SoER) for Telangana, for the year 2015, was released by the Minister of State for Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC), and the Minister for Forest and Environment on 6th January, 2018. The report has been prepared by Environment, Protection, Training & Research Institute (EPTRI), an …
AGRA: Even as the Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) Authority on Thursday decided on a complete ban of use of coal within an area of 10,400 sq km covering six districts to control pollution, eminent environmentalist, MC Mehta, has said that this is not enough and making TTZ an independent body, …
VASCO: Despite Goa Chief Minister’s letter to the Central government opposing further expansion of existing coal handling facilities at Mormugao Port, the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC;) has recommended grant of environmental and CRZ clearance for the proposed terminal capacity …
But for Regina Fabile, 29, a native of Bonsaso within the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Area in the Western Region, 301 km from the national capital, Accra, it is not easy to find fresh drinking water despite in the vicinity of a river. Living close to River Bonsa, the stream from which …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Consultation with affected states to curb environmental pollution, 18/12/2017. The Environmental Pollution Control measures are implemented as an ongoing process under the provisions of Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and Environment (Protection) Act, …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Deaths due to pollution, 18/12/2017. Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), has not conducted any assessment of the premature deaths in the country that have occurred due to air pollution. However, they have published a book titled ‘Body Burden: Lifestyle …
MUMBAI: Alarmed by excessive unnatural lighting in the city, an activist group has written to the BMC and the state to consider the framing of a suitable policy to regulate light pollution. The Awaaz Foundation recently did the first-of-its-kind recording of lux levels, a unit of illuminance, in the city …
NAIROBI: In a major collaboration to make the oceans litter-free, four more countries -- Chile, Oman, Sri Lanka and South Africa -- on Wednesday joined UN Environment's Clean Seas campaign by committing measures that include plastic bag bans, new marine reserves and drives to increase recycling. Forty countries are now …
Antimicrobial resistance from environmental pollution is among the biggest emerging health threats, a UN Environment report said on Tuesday. Launched during the United Nations Environment Assembly at its headquarters here, The Frontiers Report finds the role of the environment in the emergence and spread of resistance to antimicrobials is particularly …
The message from the United Nations is clear: Reducing pollution will help with the efforts to slowing down the pace of global warming. Two of the United Nations’ key environment outfits have come together in a systematic manner in the effort to tackle climate change. The UN’s two top environment …
This year has been the deadliest for environmental women defenders, with 200 assignations reported across the globe, and most of them were killed over land and forest conflicts, rights activists said on Monday. Paying a tribute on the inaugural day of the three-day third UN Environment Assembly here, they highlighted …
Seven thousand delegates, including heads of state and ministers, are expected to attend the 3rd United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi from Monday until Wednesday. The meeting, according to Environment and Natural Resources Cabinet Secretary Judi Wakhungu, aims at finding solutions to combat the global pollution problem. POLLUTION "The theme …
Abuja/Lagos — The Federal Government has budgeted only N20, 226, 000 for Ogoni land clean up support in 2018 appropriation bill, while it earmarked N250 million for attendance of international bilateral/multilateral meetings. A total of N27, 369, 935, 852 is allocated to the Federal Ministry of Environment, and out of …
The women pleaded guilty to the charge of illegally manufacturing harmful product The Tuobodom Magistrate Court in the Techiman North District of Brong-Ahafo Region has fined three women GHC660.00 for illegally making local soaps (Tamale Banku) harmful to human health and environment. In default, Vida Kissiwaa 45, who was fined …
WALVIS BAY – A Norwegian scientist on Saturday reaffirmed the depletion of the pilchard fish species in Namibian waters after conducting a survey along the country's coastline. The pilchard industry was the biggest employer in the fishing sector with more than 3 000 workers at Walvis Bay, before it started …
In conjunction with the Science-Policy Business Forum and in advance of the third session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-3), the International Resource Panel (IRP) of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP or UN Environment) released a report titled, ‘Assessing Global Resource Use; A systems approach to resource efficiency and pollution …
Lagos and Abuja — Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has denied a report by the Amnesty International alleging that a cache of thousands of internal documents suggested that the Anglo-Dutch oil giant's complicity in crimes committed by the Nigerian military in the 1990s. The Amnesty International's report had accused Shell …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Devinder Sehrawat Vs. Hotel Jindal Palace & Others dated 29/11/2017 regarding hotels in Mahipalpur, Delhi operating without requisite permission. NGT directs NCT of Delhi and Delhi Pollution Control Committee to submit a report of the hotels that are operating in …
LONDON - Babies are much more likely to die in their first few weeks of life if their mothers live close to the site of an oil spill, according to new research. Scientists studied data on infant mortality and oil spills in Nigeria's Niger Delta region - and describe their …
