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Delhi Ridge gets new statutory board to oversee protection, permissions

New Delhi, Dec. 11 -- The Union environment ministry has reconstituted the Delhi Ridge Management Board (DRMB) with statutory powers, as directed by the Supreme Court in November, in a move that will ... Read More


Local residents tie 'raksha sutras', pray for old-growth Deodar trees near Uttarakhand's Harsil

New Delhi, Dec. 8 -- Villagers, environmental activists, political leaders tied raksha sutras - a thread that symbolises protection - to old-growth Deodar trees near Harsil in the upper reaches of Bha... Read More


Uttarakhand govt approves Char Dham project road widening

New Delhi, Dec. 6 -- The Uttarakhand government has given its nod to the widening of a 20.6-km stretch under the Char Dham project in the upper reaches of Bhagirathi Eco-Sensitive zone, people aware o... Read More


At 22K ha, road projects led to largest forest diversion since 2020: Centre

New Delhi, Dec. 5 -- Road projects led to the largest forest area diversion in the last five years, the Union environment ministry's response in Rajya Sabha on Thursday revealed. Road projects led to... Read More


Great Nicobar Project: NGT to refer to only parties' pleadings and not parts of Centre's high powered committee

New Delhi, Nov. 28 -- In a new turn to an application on the Great Nicobar Holistic Development project being heard by the National Green Tribunal, the bench has decided that it will only refer to ple... Read More


India, China leading energy transition, says COP30 president

New Delhi, Nov. 11 -- China and India will be major markets that will lower the price of energy transition globally because both countries have embraced this transition in a very clear way, COP30 Pres... Read More


Adaptation important issue for India at COP30: Bhupender Yadav

New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- Finalising adaptation indicators will be an important issue for India at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) scheduled from November 10 to 21in Belem, union environment minis... Read More


Centre reduces green cover mandate for industrial estate

New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- The Union environment ministry has changed the mandatory common green cover requirement for industrial estates from 33% to 10%, while introducing differentiated norms for individ... Read More


UN assessment finds nations delaying crucial climate action

New Delhi, Oct. 29 -- Most of the world's countries have missed a critical deadline to update their climate promises, leaving international efforts to curb global warming dangerously short of what sci... Read More


India moves up to 9th position globally in forest area, says Yadav

New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- India's total forest area ranking has improved to ninth from 10th even as it has maintained its third position worldwide in terms of annual forest gain, according to the Global F... Read More