India committed to equitable climate deal: Javadekar
Indian environment minister says the country supports transparency of action but is against assessment of contributions
Freedom from single-use plastics: A dream or an achievable target?
After Modi in his August 15 address appealed to make India free from single-use plastics, the country now needs a robust roadmap to weed it out
Report card: Environmental governance under NDA government
The government has stepped up action on environmental concerns such as pollution, but retains a myopic view of natural resource management and …
Javadekar hints at key decisions on central Asian migratory bird flyway
Conservation decisions on vultures, Great Indian Bustards to be also taken at the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals 13th …
Environment ministry approves proposals for 176 eco-sensitive zones
According to the government, only 15 notifications were issued between 2006 and the middle of 2014
With 274 tiger deaths in four years, India records highest toll between two censuses
Almost half of tiger deaths in the last three years were reported outside tiger reserves
Environment ministry renamed, online system for green clearances launched
New minister, Prakash Javadekar, says India will present its case on climate change forcefully at international forums
Gas-based two wheelers launched to curb air pollution
As per the idle emission test, the hydrocarbon emissions from CNG retrofitted two-wheelers are 75 per cent lesser as compared to their petrol-…
Commercial harvest of degraded forests on cards?
Environment minister Prakash Javadekar's statement that government is considering plan to harvest open forests goes against the policy of …
Legalise sand mining in Mysore, MP tells government
The demand was made at a meeting of the environment ministry to discuss issues related to the protection of the Western Ghats
Nearly 125 million people in Europe affected by noise pollution
While Iceland, Malta, Luxembourg and Germany were the quietest of all the other places, Belgium and Bulgaria were most exposed to noise
India to finally get a national air quality index
Proposed air quality index is an important step forward to achieve clean air standards and reduce public health risk, says CSE
NDA government further eases environment clearances for projects
Environment impact assessment notification amended to allow state authorities to clear more projects
Microplastics, microbeads: What you did not know about self-care products
Bureau of Indian Standards in 2017 proposed a ban on raw materials not recognised safe for use in cosmetics from 2020. The status of the ban is&…
Nagoya Protocol comes into force
The biodiversity protection pact will ensure that benefits of natural resources and their commercial derivatives are shared with local communities
India’s environment dealt a double blow by NDA government
Small coal mining projects have been exempted from public hearings; moratorium on expansion of industries in critically polluted areas has been lifted
Is an environmental apocalypse approaching India?
The Union government scarcely conceals its contempt for the environment working assiduously to dismantle environment protection.
‘Save Yamuna’ activists call off protest
Say senior BJP leaders, including Home Minister Rajnath Singh and party president Amit Shah, have promised to take action within two months
Whose EIA draft is it anyway — people or project proponents?
The draft Environmental Impact Assessment reflects technocratic language, as it makes public consultation a tertiary issue and focuses on …
Inter-ministerial panel for FRA: A giant step backwards, say experts
Forest experts raise concern over the Union environment ministry assuming central role in matters originally meant for the tribal ministry
Defence projects, border roads will not require green nod from Centre: Javadekar
Activists say this will aggravate environmental problems, especially since borders in Himalayan states are ecologically fragile
Defence projects, roads on border will not require green nod from Centre: Javadekar
India might agree to discuss HFCs under Montreal Protocol
Logjam in India-US HFC talks may be resolved following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit
NDA government ambivalent about calling off GM trials
Scientists ask Narendra Modi to call off trials of genetically modified food crops, caution against biotech companies being allowed to take away …