Wildlife experts are trying to enure in Hastinapur that the endangered Ghariyals return to its original home - the Ganga. ...
10:38 AM, Jan 30, 2012
Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan has ordered a probe and a site inspection of the wetlands in Greater Noida which have been sold to a private builder. ...
04:30 PM, Jan 20, 2012
New Delhi: Union Minister of Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan has ordered an investigate into the sale of wetlands in Greater Noida's Dadri by the Uttar Pradesh. The Uttar Pradesh government sold 2400 acre of wetlands, home to over 5,000 migratory birds to a private builder. "We are extremely concerned about the project on wetland in Greater Noida. A fact-finding team has been sent to Greater Noida this morning. If...
11:39 AM, Jan 20, 2012
Greater Noida: In a fresh controversy surrounding the Mayawati government ahead of the Uttar Pradesh polls, it has allowed the sale of wetlands near Noida to a private builder. Hundreds of acres of wetlands visited by migratory birds from as far as Siberia and Spain were sold to Ansals for a mega housing project in Greater Noida. Angered by the move, the Union Environment Ministry has asked the state government...
06:48 PM, Jan 19, 2012
Durban: After two weeks of chaos, infighting and mistrust, it's finally happened. All 196 countries cleared the text for a landmark deal at the Climate Summit in Durban. The breakthrough capped 13 days of hectic negotiations that saw high tension and drama between the developed and the developing nations. The existing regime Kyoto Protocol puts the onus only on the developed nations to curb emissions. Management of a climate fund...
09:52 PM, Dec 11, 2011
Durban: India's argument that it has the right to develop as much as other developed nations has been included in the new draft at the Climate Change summit in Durban. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said that she was happy that India has managed to convince the other nations. "I am very happy that we have managed to convince our colleagues. Equity is something that's central to climate...
08:57 AM, Dec 08, 2011
Political analyst and activist Praful Bidwai talks about how the rich nations like US haven't met their pledges. ...
12:08 AM, Dec 08, 2011
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It's that time of the year again. Yes, the end of the year, but the start of a another summit on climate change. This is ...
04:30 PM, Dec 07, 2011
Even as European Union has singled out India for being a deal-breaker, Kirit Parikh, a former negotiator and the current Chairman of the expert group of India's Low carbon strategy says that India is being painted as the devil due to lack of a good media outreach. ...
06:25 PM, Dec 06, 2011
Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan says the concerns over equity have been also been voiced by the European Union. ...
02:04 PM, Dec 06, 2011
Durban: The UN climate summit in Durban seems to have reached a deadlock. Sources told CNN-IBN that EU has blamed India for not being a deal maker as India continues to support the old treaty i.e. Kyoto Protocol that excludes developing countries like India and China from take up any binding commitments. 'If you want mangoes, you need to like a mango tree,' that's the message Africa gave to the...
11:14 PM, Dec 05, 2011
At the start of the next round of talks here at Durban, even as the head of the Indian delegation Jayanthi Natarajan has arrived, the European Union has floated the draft of a new climate treaty called the Durban Draft. The EU has blamed India for not being 'flexible' and being stuck to the old treaty i.e. the Kyoto Protocol. ...
12:52 PM, Dec 05, 2011
Durban: More than 6000 people gathered in Durban to ask for climate justice ahead of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change. Meanwhile, India has insisted on continuing with the Kyoto Protocol instead of creating a new climate treaty. The appeal of the protestors are aimed at diplomats huddled in negotiations at the UN Framework Convention for Climate Change, who are looking at a new treaty to curb greenhouse gas...
08:44 AM, Dec 05, 2011
Durban: Hundreds of protestors gathered, pushing for a strong treaty outside the Convention Hall, urging world leaders to push for a strong treaty at the UN Convention on climate change in Durban. Their appeal aimed at diplomats huddled in negotiations at the UN Framework Convention for Climate Change, who were looking at a new treaty to curb greenhouse gas emissions before the lapse of the Kyoto protocol. The crowd, estimated...
09:30 PM, Dec 04, 2011
New Delhi: Gas guzzling jeeps, noisy tourists hungry for that one glimpse of the tiger. There is an unprecedented pressure on tiger reserves across the country. And that's the reason why a PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court of India, asking for the core zone of tiger reserves to be freed of all human activity, and moved to the buffer zone. But the wildlife tourism lobby is crying...
07:56 AM, Nov 09, 2011
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