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India rejects Environment Performance Index 2022 that ranked it lowest

The Union environment ministry rebutte Environmental Performance Index 2022, which ranked India a bottom of a list of 180 countries, saying some of the indicators it used are based on surmises

How to fortify trees in our concrete jungles to save environment

The force of nature is enough to sort out forests, including felling trees away from the wary gaze of city dwellers and human mismanagement

PM Modi calls for 'one earth, many efforts' to make environment better

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the 'Lifestyle for the Environment Movement', a global initiative, and asserted that its vision is to live a lifestyle that is in tune with our planet

India's efforts to protect environment multi-dimensional: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Sunday that India has achieved the target of 10 per cent ethanol blending in petrol five months before the deadline. Making the announcement at a programme on the 'Save Soil Movement', which coincided with the World Environment Day, Modi cited a number of measures taken by his government to protect the environment, saying its efforts have been multi-dimensional despite the country having a negligible role in climate change. The rise in ethanol blending in petrol from 1.5 per cent in 2014 to 10 per cent now has reduced carbon emission by 27 lakh tonnes and saved Rs 41,000 crore of forex reserve. This has also brought Rs 40,000 crore of income to farmers, he said, adding the feat was achieved on Sunday. In his address, the prime minister said India has also achieved its goal of having 40 per cent of its installed power generation from non-fossil fuel-based sources nine years before the deadline. Modi said India's forest cover had grown by ove

World Environment Day 2022: How fashion is destroying our environment

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Thermal coal demand to increase to around 1,500 MT by 2040: Joshi

The minister added that there was a need to be conscious about the environment and keep in mind the sustainable mining goals.

WEF 2022: From Lagos to DC, these activists are fighting air pollution

99% of people worldwide breathe air above the safe limits suggested by the World Health Organization

Success Pact: Creating new benchmarks with an invigorating workplace environment

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NGT slaps Rs 25 cr fine on Vedanta's Odisha plant for green violations

The green court held the company accountable for the violation of a partly undertaken expansion without prior environmental clearance from Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Amendments in EIA notification: Can the govt really avoid public notice?

The Centre will now exercise the power to assess and grant environmental clearance to the projects under national defence or security importance, instead of the state

Climate change triggering global collapse in insect numbers, says study

The new study, published in Nature, finds that climate-stressed farmland possesses only half the number of insects, on average, and 25 per cent fewer insect species than areas of natural habitat

Earth Day 2022: Reduce reliance on fossil fuels, says Dalai Lama

We need a more holistic education, an education that incorporates inner values, such as a compassionate concern for others' well-being: Dalai Lama

Earth Day about expressing gratitude to Mother Earth: PM Narendra Modi

Earth Day is observed on April 22 every year to raise awareness about the need to protect the environment

Twenty-nine nations pledge record support to Global Environment Facility

Twenty-nine countries have jointly pledged more than $5 billion for the Global Environment Facility, providing a major boost to international efforts to protect biodiversity

Central govt exempts genome-edited crops from stringent GM regulations

Genome editing was discovered back in 2012, but Indian regulators took a decade to realise its potential for developing nutritionally superior crops resistant to biotic and abiotic stresses

K'taka CM bats for sustainable mining through integrated planning

The Karnataka government allocated Rs 100 crore under the head 'Green Budget' in the state's general budget for 2022-23

Centre proposes 10% tree cover at housing, commercial construction sites

Environment Ministry has proposed that at least one tree be planted in every 80 sq m of land to ensure residential, commercial construction sites have at least 10% of plot area under tree cover.

Contamination levels in North Sea declined significantly since 1980s

Contamination of the North Sea with inorganic and organic pollutants has declined significantly since the 1980s, according to a study published by Germany's Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency

Rich nations called to provide $60 bn a year to address biodiversity loss

Leading environment groups agreed that the US, EU nations, the UK, Japan, Canada and other wealthy countries should support a target of at least $60 billion annually

Polymer notes: What's that?

In the din over the wildfire spread of cryptocurrency and in its eagerness to introduce the central bank digital currency, a question mark hangs over India's plan for polymer notes