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| Environment norms still being flouted with impunity |
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| The Pioneer , Monday, August 27, 2012 |
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During the last three years, no environmental assessment studies have been carried out by the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM). This has come to light in a written answer in Lok Sabha by the Minister of S ...More
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| US court overturns coal pollution ruling |
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| The Guardian , Thursday, August 23, 2012 |
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A US appeals court overturned a key Obama administration rule to reduce harmful emissions from coal-fired power plants on Tuesday.
The Columbia district circuit appeals court said in a 2-1 decision t ...More
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| Accountable to the environment |
| Hemant M. Joshi |
| Business Lines , Tuesday, August 21, 2012 |
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Environmental audit is an area filled with challenge and opportunities for chartered accountants.
The mention of “green accounting” brings to mind an article a few years ago in Harvard Business Revie ...More
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| AP high on environment index, finishes No 2 |
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| Time of India , Wednesday, August 08, 2012 |
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HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh could have lost an alarming 281 square kilometer of forest cover (State of Forests Report- 2011) in just a few years and its capital city could be consuming 'C' grade water ( ...More
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| Terminal damage |
| Ramachandra Guha |
| Hindustan times , Tuesday, July 24, 2012 |
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In June 1992, Manmohan Singh, then finance minister in the Government of India, delivered the Foundation Day Address of the Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development (SPWD). He spoke on the topi ...More
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| State to take action against violators of green laws |
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| The Hindu , Monday, June 25, 2012 |
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The State government has sought to take action against the lessees who will be found not complying with the provisions of the Mineral Concessions Rules, 1960, and Mineral Conservation and Development ...More
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| ‘Polluted airport area needs reafforestation’ |
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| The Hindu , Sunday, June 24, 2012 |
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The Lok Adalat on Saturday directed the departments of Infrastructure Development, Urban Development and Forests, and the Bangalore International Airport Area Planning Authority (BIAAPA) to come out w ...More
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| Climate change, courtesy coal |
| Santanu Sanyal |
| Business Line , Friday, June 22, 2012 |
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Global coal trade is on the rise, with Asia relying increasingly on coal. Environment concerns cannot be wished away.
In the June 8 Asia edition of Financial Times, an activist group comprising Green ...More
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| CNG distribution networks in India to be expanded |
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| the times of india , Tuesday, June 19, 2012 |
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NEW DELHI: The steep increase in petrol prices has led to greater demand for compressed natural gas (CNG), which is much cheaper than the former, and prompted customers to install kits to run their ve ...More
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| Haryana steps to check industrial pollution |
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| The Hindu , Monday, June 18, 2012 |
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All industrial units in Haryana have been directed by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) to apply for consent to operate by June 30 or face penal action, including prosecution and closu ...More
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| Haryana warns of penal action against polluting units |
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| the times of india , Sunday, June 17, 2012 |
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CHANDIGARH: Haryana Pollution Control Board on Saturday warned all the industrial units in the state of penal action including prosecution and closure if they are found flouting environment norms.
Th ...More
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| Environmental policy paralysis |
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| Live Mint , Friday, June 08, 2012 |
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A voluminous report by the United Nations Environment Programme, called the Global Environment Outlook (GEO), released on Wednesday paints a pessimistic view of environment internationally. In its ana ...More
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| Green Economy |
| Rukmini Barua Deka |
| the sentinel , Tuesday, June 05, 2012 |
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Green is not just a colour. It is a way of life. Green symbolizes self respect, well being and is the colour of balance. Green is the colour of nature fertility and life. We need to stay committed to ...More
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| Green economy, the way to go |
| Prakash Nelliyat |
| Business Line , Tuesday, June 05, 2012 |
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A delay in adopting low carbon strategies could cost us dearly.
Today (June 5) is World Environment Day (WED), one of the most widely celebrated global days for positive environmental action. The WE ...More
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| Air pollution suffocates Ooty |
| D. Radhakrishnan |
| The Hindu , Monday, May 14, 2012 |
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Well known far and wide for a number of unique features, this popular hill station's main attributes have for long been its salubrious weather and pollution-free atmosphere.
Lamentably both have over ...More
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| Making a clean start |
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| The Hindu , Monday, April 30, 2012 |
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C. Srinivasan's mission is to bring people out of their homes and have them involve themselves in cleanliness drives
“When you collect any discarded material from a household within 12 hours of its d ...More
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| State gears up to tackle threat to ecology |
| Prepares action plan to protect green wealth /Tribune News Service |
| The Tribune , Tuesday, April 24, 2012 |
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Jammu : With concerns rising over the increased environmental destruction due to development projects, the state has formulated its first draft of State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC) to inte ...More
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| Forests laid to waste |
| Rampant construction is destroying the Aravalis |
| The Pioneer , Friday, April 06, 2012 |
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Amid reports of Haryana Government planning to colonise 23 villages, including the verdant Mangar — an oasis in a wasteland — and continued mining in a notified stretch of the Aravalis in contraventi ...More
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