• Industrial Pollution

65 per cent of coal-fired power plants in India may not meet environmental norms by the deadline year of 2022

2022 is going to be their deadline for meeting environmental norms, but a new and updated assessment by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) finds that a very large number of coal-fired power plants in India continue to be completely lax and laid back when it comes to getting ready to meet the deadline. “In fact, at the rate that they are going,” says Nivit Kumar Yadav, senior programme manager of CSE’s industrial pollution team, “65 per cent of them may not be able to comply even by this extended deadline.”

• Solid Waste Management and Circular Economy

Nigeria: CSE Report - India Manages to Recover, Recycle Only About 1 Percent of Construction Waste

A new analysis by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), released recently at a national online Round Table, quotes the Building Material Promotion Council (BMPTC) that India generates an estimated 150 million tonnes of construction and demolition (C&D) waste every year, but that the official recycling capacity is a meagre 6,500 tonnes per day (TPD), just about 1 per cent.

• Industrial Pollution

Why illegal mining in Aravallis should scare Delhi and its neighbours

Despite a ban, encroachment and sporadic mining activities continue unabated in Aravalli in Delhi’s neighbouring areas such as Gurugram and Faridabad. The Supreme Court of India has repeatedly issued strict orders against

• Industrial Pollution

Why Illegal Mining in the Aravalli Hills Should Scare Delhi and Its Neighbours

In August 2020, the Supreme Court of India ordered the Haryana authorities to stop road construction in the ecologically sensitive zone of Aravalli hills. Its order came after a media report exposed the illegal flattening of Aravalli hills to build a road to farmhouses in Bandhwari near Gurgaon-Faridabad road in Haryana.

• Solid Waste Management and Circular Economy

CSE Report: India Manages to Recover, Recycle Only About 1% of Construction Waste

A new analysis by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), released recently at a national online Round Table, quotes the Building Material Promotion Council (BMPTC) that India generates an estimated 150 million tonnes of construction and demolition (C&D) waste every year, but that the official recycling capacity is a meagre 6,500 tonnes per day (TPD), just about 1 per cent.

• Clean Air & Sustainable Mobility

Panel discussion over farm fires in the times of a pandemic

NDTV24x7 : CSE Spoke Person : Sunita Narain Program Name - News 22-Sep-2020 - 21:34:07 Dr Sunita Narain in panel discussion over farm fires in the times of a pandemic

• Industrial Pollution

65 pc coal-fired power plants may not meet green norms even by extended deadline of 2022: CSE

• Clean Air & Sustainable Mobility

After cleanest month since 2015, Capital’s air begins downward slide into long winter

New Delhi: After a month in which Delhi saw its cleanest air in five years, air pollution has seen an uptick in the national capital over the past few weeks. With monsoon drawing to a close and little possibility of more rainfall this month, the air quality may deteriorate further by the end of this month, scientists at the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

• Climate Change and Green Economy

Climate Change Threatens Health, Future of All Children, Adolescents

A new global index showed children in Norway, South Korea and the Netherlands had the best chance at survival and wellbeing thanks to good health care, education and nutrition September 20, 2020 0 Facebook Twitter Report: Climate Disruption Threatens Health, Future of All Children Students hold banners as they attend a climate school strike in London, Britain, Feb. 14, 2020.

• Solid Waste Management and Circular Economy

As Masks, PPE Kits Head To Landfills, You Can’t Shrug Off Share Of Blame

New Delhi: Before the pandemic, sanitation workers had been advised to carefully sift through municipal solid waste and avoid items like sanitary napkins, diapers and electronic waste that had been dumped alongside regular household garbage. These days, the focus has shifted to avoiding masks, gloves, face shields and PPE kits.

• Clean Air & Sustainable Mobility

NCR states prepare to avert severe air pollution ahead of winter

Mishra also called for plans for air pollution hotspots at a high-level task force meeting on Friday which was attended by chief secretaries of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh, secretaries of different departments including ministries of environment, agriculture, road, petroleum and the Central Pollution Control Board.

• Clean Air & Sustainable Mobility

Task force reviews plan to curb pollution in Delhi-NCR

At a high-level task force meeting on Friday, Mishra also called for plans for air pollution hot spots. The meeting was attended by chief secretaries of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, secretaries of different departments including ministries of environment, agriculture, road, petroleum and the Central Pollution Control Board.

• Director General Office

Forest dept shelves ridge board meet till panel revamped

New Delhi: The forest department has indefinitely postponed the meeting of Ridge Management Board (RMB) till it is reconstituted. This comes after two members had raised objection over the meeting scheduled to take place on Friday without RMB being officially reconstituted. TOI had earlier reported that both the members had opted out of the meeting. Officials said 14 important issues, including construction of Phase-IV Metro line and skill centre in Jaunapur, would be taken up in the meeting.

• Clean Air & Sustainable Mobility

Back on track with the Metro?

The resumption of Metro services brings back a sense of normalcy for students and office-goers The moment Rashmi S. saw him on Platform No.3 of Delhi’s Rajiv Chowk Metro station, she ran to hug him. The college sweethearts were meeting after six months of seeing each other only on WhatsApp video calls. “It was weird, like good weird…going beyond the colony after so long," laughs Rashmi, who doesn’t wish to share her surname since she had told the family she was stepping out at 8.30am on 13 September to meet her tutor.

• Clean Air & Sustainable Mobility

State pollution watchdog recommends preventive measures ahead of smog season

Ahead of October when the pollution levels see a steep rise in the city, the Uttar Pradesh Pollution control board (UPPCB) has recommended several preemptive pollution control measures to the Noida Authority.

• Industrial Pollution

65 pc coal-fired power plants may not meet green norms even by extended deadline of 2022: CSE

Sixty-five per cent of the coal-fired power plants in India may not be able to comply with emission norms, as notified by the Union Environment ministry, even by the extended deadline of 2022, an environment think tank said on Friday