Page 19 - Nitin Sethi/undefined

Green law to subsume existing authorities mooted

Accord with China helps US cut 2025 emission-reduction target

US announced a 26-28% emission reduction below 2005 levels while China announced it would peak its emissions by 'around 2030'

Lima climate talks: Setting the ground for a Paris agreement in 2015

India to argue for a deal that has more than just mitigation at its heart

Refrigerant gases, climate change and India

India, China, the Gulf and other large developing economies form the fastest-growing market for the refrigeration industry

Subramanian panel suggests overhaul of green laws

The committee has suggested an umbrella law to help set up new national and state-level regulators that would also take the powers of the existing pollution control boards

Govt to cut red tape, start single-application model for green clearances

The environment ministry also plans to cut the two-stage mandatory clearances under the Environment Protection Act to a single stage, shaving six months from the process

India does not have to choose between countries at climate change negotiations

It must choose its fights and be sure about what it's fighting for instead of worrying about alliances

Like UPA, most ministries in Modi govt lying low on RTI disclosures

US-China climate deal lowers expectations of strong global climate deal in 2015

Eases pressure on India to take difficult emission reduction targets

Harsh Vardhan orders removal of MCI anti-graft officer who sought protection

CVC says provide protection to officer, investigate corruption; MCI president denies all allegations

Pachauri in, Sunita Narain & Ratan Tata out as Modi reconsitutes climate change council

If PM's schedule permits, apex body to meet before UN climate negotiation in December

Saranda cases could change how green nod is granted

CBI investigation into alleged irregularities in granting mining permits in Saranda could limit the space for political discretion in giving green clearances

Executive Decision: How NDA is tweaking social sector laws

The NDA is using the discretionary powers allocated by the UPA government to either chip away at or metastasize social sector programmes

'Greenhouse gas emissions need unprecedented cuts'

Taking away forests: Tribal consent regulations to be diluted

Against nodal ministry's protest, under PMO guidance, MoEF prepares to largely remove need for gram sabha agreement to use or give away forest land

Divisional forest officers can give land for temporary mining projects

The decision will now lie with the district-level forest administrator, the divisional forest officer (DFO), to give away forest land to miners in such cases

Green nod to be transferred to allottees in coal block auction

60% of the coal blocks had secured environment clearance and a similar number had also received their forest clearances

World has decided not to do more to fight climate change till 2020

And, that makes sure the post-2020 climate change pact the World signs in 2015 at Paris will fall short of the target too

Driving demand down for rural job scheme

Scheme faces pincer attack with a proposed higher proportion of expenditure on material, reducing the budget available to pay wages and focus on implementing it only in 2,500 blocks

Modi needs to do a Swacch Regulation programme in the energy sector

Integrating environmental concerns in to coal block distribution is a tough call by all measures