Environment

UN environment chief joins Tapi clean-up

Mumbai/Surat: “Plastic waste is a great impediment to tourism,” said former United Nations environment chief Eric Solheim on Tuesday morning in Surat. His statement sounded a gong for action.

Publication Date: 
26/06/2019
Times Of India (Surat)
Tags:
Gujarat, Plastics, Tapi, Environmental Security, Pollution, Environment
Agriculture

Solarisation of agriculture

Greenpeace India’s Solarisation of Agriculture report, examines five models of solar irrigation pumps in the states of Bihar, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Odisha, looking at state policies and cost/revenue and benefit sharing associated with each case study.

Publication Date: 
21/06/2019
Greenpeace India
Tags:
Solar Pumps, Irrigation, Agriculture, Bihar, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Orissa (Odisha)
Wildlife

Activists pan Assam elephants’ proposed trip to Gujarat

Publication Date: 
20/06/2019
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Assam, Gujarat, Supreme Court, Elephant, NGO, PETA, Animal Cruelty
Natural Disasters

Cyclone in Gujarat triggers a heatwave in Andhra Pradesh

People in at least 18 stations across Andhra Pradesh reported heatwave and severe heatwave conditions on Wednesday, according to the India Meteorological Department.

Publication Date: 
13/06/2019
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Cyclone, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh
Natural Disasters

Gujarat braces for Cyclone Vayu, 2.15 lakh people evacuated

Around three lakh people were being shifted to safer places from Kutch, Morbi, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Devbhoomi-Dwarka, Porbandar, Rajkot, Amreli, Bhavnagar and Gir-Somnath districts, which are expect

Publication Date: 
13/06/2019
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Gujarat, Cyclone
Mining

Cement firm filling up limestone mines to destroy evidence, say Talaja farmers

“The mining operations are normal and no filling up is being done.

Publication Date: 
03/06/2019
Times Of India (Rajkot)
Tags:
Gujarat, Rajkot (D), Limestone, Mining, Cement Industry
Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding purchase of 4000 BS-IV buses for non-essential purposes by Gujarat, 24/05/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mustak Kadri Vs State of Gujarat dated 24/05/2019 regarding purchase of 4000 BS-IV buses for non-essential purposes by Gujarat. Purchase of diesel buses is alleged to be in violation of Supreme Court and NGT orders.

Judgement Date: 
24/05/2019
Tags:
Diesel Buses, Gujarat, Vehicular Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Supreme Court
Pesticides And Toxins

CropLife India reaches out to 100 plus pesticide dealers in Bharuch

CropLife India, an association of 18 R & D driven member companies, today, organized a one of its kind, a workshop for pesticide dealers at Bharuch.

Publication Date: 
23/05/2019
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Gujarat, Bharuch, Pesticides, Agriculture, Environment, Pesticides And Toxins
Environment

Sachin GIDC’s CETP was being used by other industries to dump hazardous waste

Surat: Sachin Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation industrial estate, the largest in Surat, has come under the radar of Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) for the alleged nexus between th

Publication Date: 
21/05/2019
Times Of India (Surat)
Tags:
Gujarat, Surat (D), Chemical Industry, Industrial Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Environment
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding clearance for extension of breakwater at Chhara Port, village Chhara Sarkhadi, district Gir Somnath, Gujarat, 15/05/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sayyed Mohammed Sabir Usman Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/05/2019 regarding grant of Environmental and Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Clearance for extension of Breakwater at Chhara Port, village Chhara Sarkhadi, Taluka Kodinar, district Gir Somnath, Gujarat by M/s Simar Port Private Limited.

Judgement Date: 
15/05/2019
Tags:
Ports, Gujarat, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Public Hearing, Marine Ecosystems, Wildlife, Coastal Regulations, Lion, Environment Clearance (EC)

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