New Delhi: West Bengal has the highest number of red category industries causing high pollution, followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, while 43 industrial clusters have been identified as "critically polluted", the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday. Environment and Forest Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said during Question Hour that the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and IIT-Delhi had conducted a survey based on Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) for assessment...
03:58 PM, May 14, 2012
New Delhi: Yet another setback for South Korean multinational Posco's plans to build a steel plant in Odisha. The National Green Tribunal on Friday has suspended the environment clearance given to Posco a year ago by then Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh. Ramesh had appointed a special four-member committee and had given the environment clearance even though only one member Meena Gupta had voted in favour of the project. The bench...
06:57 PM, Mar 30, 2012
The National Green Tribunal on Friday suspended the environment clearance given to Posco Steel. ...
02:01 PM, Mar 30, 2012
Chennai: Ruling out a mid-term poll in the wake of Congress' setback in the recent assembly polls, Union Minister Jayanthi Natarajan on Thursday said the Manmohan Singh-led government will complete its term and asked opposition parties not to nurture hopes of destabilising it. "There is no question of a mid-term poll. The Union government will last its full term," she told reporters in Chennai. Asserting that Congress had "very good...
02:19 PM, Mar 08, 2012
Chennai: Ruling out a mid-term poll in the wake of Congress' setback in the recent assembly polls, Union Minister Jayanthi Natarajan on Thursday said the Manmohan Singh-led government will complete its term and asked opposition parties not to nurture hopes of destabilising it. "There is no question of a mid-term poll. The Union government will last its full term," she told reporters in Chennai. Asserting that Congress had "very good...
02:19 PM, Mar 08, 2012
A day after the International Olympic Council (IOC) turned down the Indian Olympics Association's (IOA) request to drop Dow as a sponsor for the Olympics, Enviroment Minister Jayathi Natarajan on Friday slammed the decision. Jayanthi said, "Someone who is responsible for such a tremendous environmental disaster should not sponsor Olympics." ...
12:10 PM, Feb 17, 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
New Delhi: India will not sign any legally binding global agreement for emissions reduction, as the country needs to eradicate poverty through economic growth, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said on Tuesday. "There is no question of signing a legally binding agreement at this point of our development. We need to make sure that our development does not suffer," Natarajan said in Rajya Sabha. She was responding to clarifications on her...
02:42 PM, Dec 27, 2011
New Delhi: Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan on Monday took a dig at JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav, saying he has no confidence on a woman minister apparently due to his reservations on the Women's Reservation Bill. Replying to a debate on the state of river Ganga in the Lok Sabha, Natarajan referred to certain comparisons made by Yadav between her predecessor Jairam Ramesh and herself while participating in the discussion. She...
03:04 AM, Dec 20, 2011
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: A major setback for developing countries like India at the UN Climate meet in Durban. India gave in on its tough position at the climate change conference in Durban, agreed with China to a treaty on emission cuts at a future date. The deal, which was sealed after a 36-hour delay puts all countries under a legal agreement to control greenhouse gases- something India and China had been opposing....
07:48 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
Durban: Amid pressure on India to agree to a legally binding commitment to cut green house gas emission, New Delhi on Wednesday defended its policy, saying it had "a very small carbon footprint" and was implementing ambitious energy efficiency programmes. Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan, who is leading the Indian delegation at the 12-day talks under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban, on Wednesday attempted to convince gathered...
11:22 PM, Dec 07, 2011
Durban: Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan will lead the Indian delegation in the second week of negotiation at the stalled climate talks that are yet to see a forward movement on crucial questions of carbon emission reduction and legally binding commitments. The first week of talks did not see breakthroughs on key issues like reduction of carbon emissions and setting up of the Green Climate Fund, which will provide $100 billion...
03:29 AM, Dec 05, 2011
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