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Last Updated On: 29/07/2022
Forest area inspection for 4-laning Jalandhar-Barnala highway on Friday
Age limit for vehicles won’t curb pollution: Centre to SC
Just two hours of exposure to diesel fumes can harm genes
Punjab govt offers incentives to curb stubble burning
Village shunning stubble burning to get Rs 1 lakh reward
Govt cautions agri officials against yellow rust attack
Sensitise people on use of rooftop solar plants: UT administrator
Panel to find ways to gauge pollution level
Forest officers to brain-storm on changes in green laws
Climate change hampering world food production: scientists
CSE releases counter-pollution strategy for Delhi government
Green India Mission converged with MGNREGA to reclaim forest
Rajasthan minister invites industrialists to summit
Stubble burning: Doctors to sensitise farmers
Govt begins giving out daily air quality bulletin for 11 cities
Rising pollution triggering asthma in healthy people
Government may make waste management a part of school curriculum
World Environment Day: ITBP to plant 10 lakh trees this year
Centre moots “one child, one tree” plan for green awareness
Top predator humans causing catastrophic ecosystem shifts: Study
ICAL adopts 150 cotton growers in district
Over 2 lakh saplings to be planted in kandi area
Fish farming subsidy extended to all dists
Industry a threat to wildlife in Sunderbans: experts
Isro to align with 170 govt projects to benefit aam aadmi
Today is World Ozone Day
Punjab to promote rain harvesting to check depleting water table
Getting eco stewards ready to care and conserve
Centre plans to make solar incentives WTO compliant
Now, Gross Environmental Product to calculate eco-systems’ health
For first time, WHO calls for urgent action to check climate change
Environment Ministry Launches New Website on National Clean Development Mechanism Authority
Farmers told to get soil tested
In Chandigarh, from tomorrow, avoid plastic or pay Rs 5000 fine
Government to Soon Launch Series of Stamps on Nations Environmental Profile Reach Out to Students to Create More Interest in Basic Sciences: Javadekar
National Institute of Wind Energy launches wind, solar online maps
Polythene ban: List of officials authorised to issue challans released
Ban on plastic: Prices of alternatives to polythene shoot up
Vehicles sans PUCC to be penalized
Over 2,000 students walk to rein in climate change
Soon, ordinance to ban polybags
Swachh Mission: 75 Cities to be Ranked on Cleanliness
Switch to CNG bus, cut per capita PM emission
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan kick start at plaza sector 17 Chandigarh
Green technologies can save airlines dollar 250 billions: NASA
Government has Taken Series of Steps to Address Pollution-Related Issues: Environment Minister
Human impact on environment may be slowing down, study shows
Your perfumes may pollute environment
Goa to host meet of BRICS environment ministers on September 16
Loss of elephants, megaherbivores could lead to rapid environmental changes: Study
With one eye on the environment
Study finds environmental cost of plastics nearly four times less than alternative materials
India second only to US in green building footprint
‘Wildlife, environment protection in India dates back to Kautilya, Ashoka’s time’
Environment enthusiasts discuss ways to increase survival rate of saplings
Adopt eco-friendly dyeing technologies for clean and green environment”
MAD launches green vote bank for environment protection
Health ministry to study deaths due to pollution soon: Environment Minister Anil Dave
Hydroelectric Projects: Environment ministry rejects PowerMin’s request to relax rules
India’s forest cover increasing, better than world average: Union environment secy
Earth Day: Students, environmentalists, MNCs join chorus to save planet
Material that changes properties according to environment developed
Environment protection: World is looking towards India, says PM
When faith helps protect environment
Grow food at home to save environment: Expert
G7 Environment Ministers to meet over Paris pact
ndia generates 1.70 million tonnes e-waste a year: Environment minister
India can do more on climate change with support: Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan
Arctic climate report card reveals ‘rapid and dramatic changes’ to the polar environment
Environment minister urges all states to shun plastic
Micro-beads in cosmetics a threat to environment
Big skill development programme by Modi government: Environment ministry launches plan to train 5.5 lakh workers
Environment ministry launches programme to train 5.5L skilled workers by 2021
National Clean Air Programme Wont Work Without Time Bound Goals: Experts
Environment Ministry bans single-use plastic items in its office
Google teams up with UN to track environmental changes
Environment, skill ministries ink pact to train technicians
Activists seek environment impact assessment of dams on Satluj
Air you breathe in rarely ‘satisfactory’
India bears 32 per cent global burden of respiratory diseases: Global Burden of Disease study
Shifting to healthy diet can improve your health and save water: Study
No polythene bags for saplings in nurseries
66 Lakh saplings planted in 6986 villages to mark 400th Parkash Purab of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji: Dharmsot
Philadelphia to dim lights to make it safer for migrating birds
Cut benzene emission at fuel outlets, says committee
Advanced nations failed world on climate change: Nirmala Sitharaman
Rare migratory birds from Siberia spotted at Harike
Drastic decline in avian guests at Harike wetland
Punjab’s Harike Pattan wetland on alert after bird deaths at Pong Dam in Himachal
4 years on, project to treat effluents in Dera Bassi yet to take off
Supreme Court tells Punjab, Haryana to list steps taken to curb stubble burning
In Faridkot, 198 ponds cleaned for storing rainwater
Water in key dams lower than normal, monsoon too slips into negative
Ensure strict vigil to stop stubble-burning, depts told
Malwa records fewer stubble-burning cases than Majha
Punjab sees six-fold rise in incidents of stubble burning in first 20 days of harvesting
Stubble-burning cases rise 5 times in Punjab
Delhi environment minister calls crucial meeting ahead of stubble burning season
Punjab prepares to check stubble-burning
Cold-weather conditions abate in Punjab, Haryana
Treatment plants being set up to curb pollution, NGT committee told
Over 30 percent deaths in ’18 caused by fossil fuels: Study
Environment ministry constitutes commission for air quality management
Pusa capsules, developed by Indian Agriculture Research Institute, can accelerate decomposition process in plants and clear stubble without needing to burn it.
Decline in Punjab’s stubble burning area this year, says official
Spike in farm fires in Punjab to worsen air quality in border districts
Bathinda cleanest in Punjab, but slips to 79th ranking
Glacier blood? Watermelon snow? Whatever it’s called, snow shouldn’t be so red.
Water from Shahnehar barrage creates flood-like situation in lower Kangras mand area
Plastic bottle recycling machine installed in Mohali
Hundreds of fish die in Kali Bein
High-velocity winds damage 150 feeder lines in Punjab
PUSA-44 paddy variety an environmental hazard, need to discontinue its sowing: Punjab to Centre
UK strain to blame for surge in Punjab: Survey
NGT directs Punjab Forest Department to look into alleged cutting of over 2,000 trees in Faridkot
Chandigarh Municipal Corporation yet to finalise technology for processing waste
May records 2nd highest rainfall since 1901: IMD
Storms damage Rs25-cr power infra
High-speed solar storm approaching Earth; can interrupt cell phone, GPS signals
Doctors warn that current weather conditions and carelessness could aggravate COVID-19 symptoms
Northwest heat wave impossible without climate change
This woman-run startup uses crop residue to create bio-batteries
Third of Antarctic ice shelf area at collapse risk due to global warming
India pushes deadline for coal-fired utilities to adopt new emission norms
At 26°C, Ludhiana records coldest April day in five decades
Wild Buzz: Parched dam
World’s feral pigs produce as much CO2 as 1.1m cars each year, study finds
Monsoon revives over North India on a strong note, but rain deficient in Punjab, Haryana
Monsoon 16 percent deficient in Punjab, surplus in Haryana, Himachal
How and Why India’s Climate will Change in the Coming Decades
Paddy nursery, seeds for rain-hit farmers of Sangrur
Amita Deshpande’s reCharkha is giving a new spin to discarded plastic
What happens if all mangroves are destroyed? A plant scientist explains
‘Nowhere to run’, says UN on global warming
Earth to cross key temp limit, extreme events to become frequent: IPCC report
5 years on, Punjab’s first solid waste management plant yet to run to capacity
Change tack on paddy stubble issue, Central panel tells Punjab
Oxygen for India: Building a more resilient health system
Analysis: Asia’s vulnerable communities brace for worse impacts after UN climate report
Ludhianas Veterinary University discusses use of paddy straw as animal feed
Centre notifies ban on single-use plastic items from July 1, 2022, increases thickness of polythene bags to 120 microns
Govt bans manufacture, sale and use of identified single-use plastic items from July 1, 2022
Centre’s nod to equipment for straw management
IIT Ropar develops plant-based air purifier machine
Empower, incentivise farmers to curb farm fires
Punjab package to spur industrial use of paddy stubble
Scattered rainfall, dense fog expected in Northwest India
World Water Day calls for checking groundwater depletion
Earth Day: Edu institutes inspire students to make a difference
World Environment Day: Plantation drive held, vertical garden established in Patiala
Annual green schools awards: Nine Punjab schools bag green tag
