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Aravali pollution Activists take MCG to green court

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pEnvironmental activists have approached the National Green Tribunal NGT over severe damage to the Aravali forests particularly along the GurgaonFaridabad and GurgaonDelhi roads They have listed indiscriminate dumping of waste as well as destruction of the groundwater table...

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Subject Tags: Emission , Environment

India losing green cover more rapidly study

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pThe worldrsquos forests have shrunk by three per cent since 1990 mdash an area equivalent to the size of South Africa mdash with India among the countries losing green cover more rapidly a new study has warnedp

pThe globersquos forests have shrunk despite significant...

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Subject Tags: Environment

Groundwater turning toxic with sewage

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pThe recent spate of moderate to heavy rains in the city may have boosted the groundwater levels by at least half a metre but a new report reveals that the water thus recharged is highly contaminated with fluorides nitrates and large quantities of ironp

pA report on...

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Subject Tags: Environment , water

NGT asks MoEF to hold meeting

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pThe National Green Tribunal on Tuesday constituted a committee comprising officials from Ministry of Environment and Forests MoEF and Delhi government while directing it to hold a meeting within three weeks on the issue of landfill sites in the Capitalp

pA bench...

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Subject Tags: Environment , policy

JK CM calls for framing policy on forest conservation

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pDescribing forest as nature39s great gift Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today called for framing a policy and involving people to conserve forest wealth in the statep

pquotA policy paper should be framed on rejuvenating our forest wealth The...

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Subject Tags: Environment , policy

No green nod for CIL to expand output in existing units

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pStateowned Coal India which is targeting 908 million tonnes of output by 2020 has been denied environment clearance for expansion of onetime production capacity by 50 per cent in existing operations without public hearingp

pWith future coal mining projects stuck in...

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Subject Tags: Environment , policy

NGT seeks response from Centre on construction in sanctuary

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pA retired scientist39s concern over the upcoming construction within 10km radius of the Asola Wildlife Sanctuary has led the National Green Tribunal to seek a response from the Centre on the issuep

pA bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued...

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Subject Tags: Environment , policy

Sustainable development possible along with greenhouse gas cuts study

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pIndia can improve sustainable development metrics while at the same time reducing its greenhouse gas emissions said a study released on Thursday that places quality of life for all at the centre of Indiarsquos development strategyp

pThe study by the Center for Study...

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Subject Tags: Environment , Technology

Top 5 Sustainability Watch-Outs for 2015

By : Sustainability ..., Dec 30, 2014
2014 for India was defined with Narendra Modi emerging center-stage post a historic election victory in May, and since then, the new government has been actively promoting certain schemes (with synonymous buzz-words like ‘Make in India’, ‘Namami Gange’, ‘...
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Coal Rush in India Could Tip Balance on Climate Change

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 19, 2014

Decades of strip mining have left the town of Dhanbad in the heart of India’s coal fields a fiery moonscape, with mountains of black slag, sulfurous air and sickened residents. But rather than reclaim these hills or rethink their exploitation, the government is digging deeper...

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Subject Tags: coal , Environment , India , mining