Green cover on highways: NGT slaps fines on Karnataka, Manipur
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 each on Karnataka and Manipur for not filing statements on maintenance of green …
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“Say No to Plastic” Tata Power Club Enerji launches New Online Module
‘Club Enerji’, Tata Power’s nationwide resource and energy conservation movement has been relentlessly spreading awareness about environment and resource conservation across the country. Continuing with …
Raise irrigated area to protect country from climate change risks: Arvind Subramanian
There is a need to increase the percentage of irrigated land to protect the country from vulnerabilities of climate change, Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian …
Climate change will lead to dangerous effects even after meeting global temperature target: Study
Sensitive regions of the world would remain at risk of the dangerous and potentially irreversible effects of climate change, even if we meet the target …
DG sets increases pollution by over 30%, solar rooftops are a clean and cheaper alternative : CSE
CSE released a report titled “GOING SOLAR: Action Plan to Tap Gurugram’s Solar Rooftop Potential 2018” on June 22, 2018. The report revealed that solar rooftops (SRTs) are …
Environment Ministry discusses application of advanced technologies to deal with air pollution incidents
A meeting with expert institutions was held in the Environment Ministry on Monday to discuss application of advanced technologies to deal with air pollution incidents …
World gathers in Vietnam to tackle climate change challenges
World leaders and officials from over 100 nations, including India, top heads of UN agencies and multilateral financial institutions, scientists and activists gathered in this …
Tokyo exhibition focuses on CO2 reduction, saving energy
Tokyo has launched an exhibition to showcase a wide range of environmental technologies and services to overcome various challenges. Energy conservation, renewable energy, heat island …
Indian Railways to become ‘net zero carbon emitter’ by 2030: Piyush Goyal
Indian Railways will become a “net zero” carbon emitter by 2030, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said. Speaking at an event organised by the Confederation of …
Higher RPOs to help India meet 175 GW renewable target: Greenpeace
Greenpeace India said renewable purchase obligation (RPO) target of 21 per cent by 2022 will help India meet 175 GW renewable energy goal by 2022, …