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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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