Thermal power plants have been given an additional two years to install equipment such as Read More …
Category: Environment
Centre extends deadlines for thermal power plants to install pollution control technologies
What is a Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)?
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is a coalition established in 2015 which aims to Read More …
India-Nepal MoU in the field of biodiversity conservation
The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Read More …
What is Zombie ice?
The melting of the Greenland ice sheet will unavoidably raise the global sea levels by Read More …
England’s gardeners to be banned from using peat moss
All sales of peat to amateur gardeners in England will be banned by 2024, the Read More …
Ghatiana dvivarna-A new freshwater crab species
Ghatiana dvivarna sp nov is a distinctively coloured freshwater crab species. Key points It has Read More …
India submits updated NDC climate target to UNFCC
The Ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) on August 26 submitted its updated Read More …
UN members failed to agree on High Seas Treaty
The United Nations members in New York were deliberating on a one-of-its-kind agreement to conserve Read More …
Dr. Jitendra Singh launches Logo-Vasuki for Coastal Clean-Up campaign
Union Minister for Earth Sciences, Dr. Jitendra Singh on August 28 unveiled a dedicated Website Read More …
Getting India to Net Zero report
The ‘Getting India to Net Zero’ report was released by former Australian prime minister Kevin Read More …
Centre notifies Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change published the Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022 on Read More …
Dugong declared functionally extinct in China due to habitat degradation and hunting
Researchers have declared dugong-a mammal related to the manatee functionally extinct in China. Only three Read More …
India’s first truly indigenously developed Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus launched in Pune
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh on August 21 Read More …
Delhi tops list of world’s most polluted cities
Delhi and Kolkata have the highest and second-highest levels of pollution globally in terms of Read More …
India buys petcoke from Venezuela
According to a recent report, Indian companies are importing significant volumes of petroleum coke from Read More …
75 Ramsar Sites in 75th Year of Independence
India adds 11 more wetlands to the list of Ramsar sites to make total 75 Read More …
Coastal ecosystem norms being violated-CAG
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India tabled a report in Parliament on whether Read More …
Satellite data finds landfills are methane super emitters
A new study has found that landfills make substantial contributions to greenhouse gas emissions in Read More …
Agasthiyamalai-A new elephant reserve in India
World Elephant day – 2022 was celebrated today at Periyar, Kerala in the presence of Read More …
Chhattisgarh: 10 villages get community forest resource rights
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has distributed titles for community forest resource rights to 10 Read More …
PM dedicates 2G Ethanol Plant in Panipat
On the occasion of World Biofuel Day, the Prime Minister dedicated the 2nd generation (2G) Read More …
International Seabed Authority and Mining Code
The 27th session of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in Kingston, Jamaica Read More …
Chellanam tetrapod-based seawall project
The conventional seawall of Chellanam village in Kerala failed to check sea ingress which resulted Read More …
Sebi proposes blue bonds concept for sustainable financing
Sebi has proposed the concept of blue bonds as a mode of sustainable finance. It Read More …
Indian Oil signs MoU with NTCA for Project Cheetah
Indian Oil signed an MoU with National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) for transcontinental relocation of Read More …