CNN-IBN had earlier reported that AK Rana was clearing mining projects in dense forests in Central India, in violation of environment rules. ...
02:15 PM, Sep 15, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court suspended mining activity in Bellary district of Karnataka on Friday with immediate effect till further orders. The Central Empowerment Committee told the court that there has been environment damage due to mining in Bellary. Observing that it was the greed of some people that has led the court to suspend all mining activities in the district, the court directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests...
03:48 PM, Jul 29, 2011
Surat: Every year, about 25,000 idols of lord Ganesha and other deities are immersed in Surat's Tapi river. Most of them made of Plaster of Paris and painted with hazardous chemicals leave the river polluted and dirty. But that's set to change. Following a Gujarat High Court order, the Surat police is cracking down on idol makers. As many as 6000 idols have been seized and six people arrested. From...
08:34 AM, Jul 29, 2011
New Delhi: New Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan is "passionately concerned" about green issues, Jairam Ramesh said about his successor on Tuesday. "I have known Natarajan for many years. She is also passionately concerned (about environment)," Ramesh, who is hailed for upgrading profile of the Environment Ministry, told reporters. In the cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, Ramesh was promoted as Cabinet Minister and moved to the Rural Development Ministry while Jayanthi Natarajan...
11:02 PM, Jul 12, 2011
Mumbai: Get set to pay for that plastic bag the next time you step out to shop. Over 700 big and small retailers in Mumbai are now charging for plastic bags. As per a union ministry of environment notification. CEO of Retailers Association of India Kumar Rajagopalan said, "for customers it is not big money but the minute you're asked to pay for it you start thinking its got a...
09:03 AM, Jul 08, 2011
New Delhi: A year after nearly 20 blackbucks died in the Delhi zoo because of contaminated water, little has been done. A study by the central pollution control board reveals that the water in the zoo remains contaminated. The report found high levels of dissolved solids - upto 16 times over the permissible limit of 500 milligrams per litre. This can lead to kidney stones and intestinal infections in mammals. ...
09:34 AM, Jun 01, 2011
New Delhi: Earth Hour is become a phenomenon in the cyber space as more people are coming forward to pledge for the cause of the Earth by switching off their lights for an hour on March 26 every year, World Wild Life (WWF) Director General Jim Leape said Thursday. "Around 2.25 percent tweets on social networking website Twitter and 880 searches per second on Google were about Earth Hour last...
10:57 AM, Mar 25, 2011
New Delhi: Streamlining environment clearance for infrastructure projects, early introduction of Good and Service Tax and second Green Revolution are among the over a dozen reforms outlined by Economic Survey 2010-11 for accelerating economic growth. Projecting a nine per cent GDP growth for 2011-12, the Economic Survey, tabled by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in Parliament, has suggested a Reform Agenda for the government to achieve the targets. The survey has...
02:20 PM, Feb 25, 2011
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03:14 PM, Feb 13, 2011
New Delhi: The Environment Ministry's recent report on sources of pollution levels in cities across India is a victim of bad science and politics. That's the allegation by the Centre for Science and Environment. The Ministry report blames LPG combustion and road dust as the biggest contributor to air pollution when in fact it is vehicles which are the biggest source. Associate Director of CSE Anumita Roychowdhary said, "Half of...
10:52 AM, Feb 09, 2011
New Delhi: Bombay High Court on January 27 postponed Lavasa hearing till March 10. Lavasa on Thursday sought six weeks to submit documents that were asked by Ministry of Environment and Forests. MOEF counsel mentioned that there were no talks of out of court settlement going on. Construction was stopped there in November after the Environment Ministry passed an order against the developers for failing to obtain necessary environmental clearances....
09:05 AM, Jan 27, 2011
New Delhi: Jairam Ramesh is a minister who has been in the news for his tough stand on development projects. However, this right to information response filed by an NGO, shows, that popular perception maybe wrong. Since Jairam Ramesh took over, as many as 535 odd big industrial projects have been approved by the expert committees in his ministry and a minuscule six have been rejected. One look at the...
06:50 AM, Jan 23, 2011
Kathmandu: India, China and Nepal have agreed on a landmark plan for the conservation and sustainable development of the landscape of sacred mountain Kailash, which spreads across the three countries. Representatives from China, India, and Nepal have endorsed a draft Regional Cooperation Framework for conservation and sustainable development of the Kailash landscape at a workshop on the outskirts of the capital. The Kailash-Mansarovar Landscape covers the area linked culturally and...
11:30 PM, Dec 19, 2010
New Delhi: Even as Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh feels that "India's interests had been fully protected" at the just-concluded climate summit in Cancun, environmentalists were left unimpressed. The UN climate summit reached the Cancun Agreement early on Saturday - but there was no mention of the extent to which industrialised countries would commit to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions after 2012, when the Kyoto Protocol's commitment period ends. The agreement...
10:05 PM, Dec 12, 2010
Cancun: Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has been praised for his role as a bridge-builder on contentious issues at the UN climate conference here which ended with a deal to curb global warming, including a $ 100 billion fund to help developing countries. The two-week long conference closed on Friday with Cancun Agreement, which marked some progress for finance, technology, adaptation and transparency, but isn't viewed as a decisive boost for...
07:11 PM, Dec 12, 2010
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