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| Global warming: Clouds not as helpful as we believed |
| ANI |
| Deccan Herald , Monday, April 11, 2016 |
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Washington: The issue of global warming seems to have become even "cloudier" after a new study pointed out that we may have overestimated the power of certain types of cloud to reduce the effects of c ...More
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| Animal Welfare Board sticks to its stand on Jallikattu |
| Mayank Aggarwal |
| Live Mint , Friday, April 08, 2016 |
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New Delhi: The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has told the environment ministry that it was forced to approach the Supreme Court for a stay on the controversial Jallikattu “bull-taming” sport as ...More
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| ‘Odd-even plan phase-II temporary step’ |
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| Business Standard , Friday, April 08, 2016 |
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NEW DELHI, APRIL 7:
The second phase of the odd-even scheme for cars in Delhi was described as a temporary measure for reducing air pollution in the city by Prakash Javadekar, Minister of State (In ...More
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| Study says warming may be worse than experts think |
| AP |
| Deccan Herald , Friday, April 08, 2016 |
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Washington: Most computer simulations of climate change are underestimating by at least one degree how warm the world will get this century, a new study suggests.
It all comes down to clouds and how ...More
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| Climate change buffer and keeper of ecology balance |
| Sharad Kohli |
| The Times of India , Thursday, April 07, 2016 |
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Gurgaon: As long as the 21st-century man will continue to tamper with natural buffers like the Aravali hills, hotter summers (and warmer winters) will become a way of life.
The Aravali bionetwork h ...More
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| Changing rainfall pattern damaging agriculture in MP |
| NeerajSantoshi |
| The Hindustan Times , Thursday, April 07, 2016 |
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Climate change is altering rainfall pattern in Madhya Pradesh, adversely affecting agriculture.
Deficit rainfall almost every year since 2002
Data from the agriculture department show that the state ...More
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| Making a hollow in the Forest Rights Act |
| CHITRANGADA CHOUDHURY |
| The Hindu , Thursday, April 07, 2016 |
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Forging gram sabha resolutions clears the path to lucrative mining... Such fictions manufacture on file the legal requirement of villagers’ participation and consent.
Over 12,000 villages across Odis ...More
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| Government notifies new hazardous waste management rules |
| Mayank Aggarwal |
| Live Mint , Monday, April 04, 2016 |
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New Delhi: India has banned the import of solid plastic waste, including PET bottles, as part of new hazardous waste management rules that aims to prevent the country from becoming a dumping yard for ...More
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| Government notifies new hazardous waste management rules |
| Mayank Aggarwal |
| Live Mint , Monday, April 04, 2016 |
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New Delhi: India has banned the import of solid plastic waste, including PET bottles, as part of new hazardous waste management rules that aims to prevent the country from becoming a dumping yard for ...More
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| Refuge pockets may help wild animals, humans co-exist |
| IGNATIUS PEREIRA |
| The Hindu , Sunday, April 03, 2016 |
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“Wild animals can save themselves from extinction and they can survive in human-dominated landscapes by changing the way they use the available habitat.” This has been the finding of a team of scienti ...More
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