The National Green Tribunal has sought the reply of Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on a plea against grant of any clearance to any new project in ecologically sensitive Western Ghats.

The Tribunal also issued notices to the state governments of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Kerala, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu seeking their replies on the plea for implementation of the report by Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) on the protection and preservation of Western Ghats.

The proposed eastern circuit bench of the national green tribunal may be shifted from the city as the state government has failed to provide as little as 5,000sq ft of space despite the Centre’s re

Representatives of the anti-Koodankulam nuclear power project protesters presented a ‘questionnaire’, seeking answers to 50 questions, during the first meeting of the committees set up by the Centr

The committees set up by the Centre and Tamil Nadu government to resolve the standoff over the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant met here on Tuesday for the first time when representatives of the pro

India has argued that access to energy for all and equity must be the bedrock of any

Several measures to reduce poverty create a positive impact on environment management, said many of the climate experts and economists at a major brain storming session organised by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) along with 14 development partners.

Experts debated the linkage of poverty with climate issues to come up with recommendations for the governments, especially of South Asia.

In a significant move to replicate Gujarat's model of space applications and geo-informatics in state's planning and development process, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has sought help of his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi in setting up Aryabhatta Geo-Informatics and Space Applications Centre (AGiSAC) in Himachal Pradesh.

The development comes close to the heels of official level meetings