Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
This report published by the World Green Building Council urges companies to make green improvements by highlighting the tangible economic benefits of green building and showcasing improved occupant satisfaction when companies implement new health, wellbeing and productivity features in existing green structures. The World Green Building Council's report Doing Right …
Bricks are one of the important building materials. In India, fired clay bricks are produced in traditional, unorganized small scale industries. India is the second largest producer of bricks in the world, next only to China, and has more than 10,000 operating units, producing about 140 billion bricks annually. Brick …
Justice Jawad Rahim, acting chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), raised the issue of the pollution due to electromagnetic radiations emanating from mobile towers. He was speaking at the Regional Conference on Environment at Panjab University (PU) on Sunday, where he described electromagnetic fields as a form of new …
The city council has for five months been dawdling with the task of declaring silence zones in the city, even after getting the state urban development department's nod for notifying 110 such zones across Mumbai. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had last year submitted its list of 110 fresh silence …
Assembly panel visits Erumely, Nilackal, Pampa The Travancore Devaswom Board and various other stakeholders at Sabarimala should explore every possibility to reduce the environment pollution, air pollution, water pollution, and noise pollution at Sabarimala situated in the Periyar Tiger Reserve, Mullakkara Ratnakaran, MLA, has said. The MLA was chairing a …
More than 95% of the world’s population breathe unsafe air and the burden is falling hardest on the poorest communities, with the gap between the most polluted and least polluted countries rising rapidly finds this comprehensive study on global air pollution by the Health Effects Institute Cities are home to …
Along with ensuring the convenience and safety of pilgrims undertaking the Char Dham Yatra, the authorities this time will also be focusing on prohibition on polythene and ensuring proper solid waste management to prevent environmental damage. The portals of Gangotri and Yamunotri shrines are slated to be reopened for devotees …
SHILLONG: The government will find out whether there are any polluting industries in Umiam, an industrial estate that is also a popular tourist destination. During the question hour in the Assembly on Wednesday, Congress MLA Charles Pyngrope said the presence of industries in the area has led to high pollution …
HYDERABAD:Did you know that an estimated 4 tonnes of plastic is collected every day in Hyderabad? Dumping of this could be a huge environment hazard. However, Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages (HCCB) in collaboration with Waste Ventures India Ltd, a social enterprise in waste management, launched a project in Hyderabad for …
A plea challenging an office order issued by the Bihar government modifying the use of fly ash in construction-related activities near thermal plants prompted the National Green Tribunal today to seek responses from the Centre and the state government. A bench headed by Justice Raghuvendra S Rathore issued notice to …
KOCHI: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday inaugurated the foundation stone laying ceremony for the Brahmapuram Waste-to-Energy(WtE) treatment plant at a function held at the Town Hall here. Addressing the gathering, the CM said the menace posed by mounting plastic refuse and garbage in the state can be tackled to …
HYDERABAD: Sponge iron manufacturing industries in the city surroundings are causing massive pollution by dumping black and reddish dusty layers of coal ash and iron dust on nearby localities and farms. Telangana’s Pollution Control Board (PCB) has found that the units are shutting down the air pollution control equipment during …
DEHRADUN: Ministry of road, transport and highway (MORTH) in their affidavit submitted before the National Green Tribunal(NGT) in matter of Char Dham widening road in Uttarakhand stated that in all the total 53 projects/stretches of Char Dham, none is above 100 km which is why no environmental clearance was obtained. …
Interaction Forum Jammu Province (IFJP) today demanded the Government to frame a comprehensive environment policy for Jammu region. The issue was raised and deliberated in detail during a seminar organized by IFJP in collaboration with Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action (ICELA), here today. The topic of the seminar was “State …
CHENNAI: A PIL petition has been filed in the Madras High Court to take steps on a war-footing to control air and water pollution in all slum areas in the City.The first bench of Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice A Selvam, before which the PIL from Global Warming Environment …
The matter was taken up in the civic body budget meeting City residents are happy that the issue of rising noise pollution was raised during the budget meeting. However, they are cautious and expect concrete action will be taken to contain the menace. Col (Retd) RS Patial, Principal, Government Residential …
GURUGRAM: The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) finalised and submitted the much-awaited report on the Bandhwari waste-to-energy plant to the office of the additional deputy commissioner on Wednesday. The report was prepared after a public hearing took place at Bandhwari village on March 21. The report will soon be …
In a massive movement similar to the 2017 'Jallikattu Protest', thousands of people in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi are unanimously protesting on the streets, demanding the closure of the Sterlite Copper Smelter Plant for allegedly causing long-term pollution to residents. Several shops had remained shut on Sunday in response to a …
The paddy fields in Keezhattur, where a bypass is planned, is situated just seven metres above the sea level. There is no farmland so close to sea level. Kuttanad and the Netherlands are the only places where farming activities are carried out below the sea level. The paddy land acts …
On Sunday, shops in Tuticorin remained shut following a call given by activists against the Sterlite Industries copper plant. Chennai: Around 15,000 people gathered for a protest meeting on Saturday night demanding the closure of a copper smelting plant in the Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu. Alleging pollution of air, …
