Environment

Draft EIA report on Brahmapuram plant has several lapses

Kochi: The proposed waste-to-energy (WtE) plant at Brahmapuram would consume two million litres of water per day (2MLD) during the operational phase and generate 2,88,000 litres of blowdown waste w

Publication Date: 
20/05/2019
Times Of India (Kochi)
Tags:
Kerala, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Environment Management, Air Pollution, Environment
Mining

Indefinite stir launched against Chengottumala quarry project

Stormy scenes at protest venue; agitators threaten self-immolation

Publication Date: 
10/05/2019
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Mining, Gram Panchayat, Environmentalists
Environment

State govt ignores KCZMA recommendations

Thiruvananthapuram: While state government processes the Supreme Court order to demolish five apartments for violating coastal regulation zone (CRZ) rules, it will also have to answer why it sat ov

Publication Date: 
09/05/2019
Times Of India (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Coastal Regulations, Supreme Court, Environment Clearance (EC), Environment Act 1986, Environment
Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding fake PUC certificates being issued in Kerala, 03/05/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of K.J. Peter Vs State of Kerala dated 03/05/2019 regarding fake Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificates being issued in the State of Kerala resulting in pollution remaining unchecked.

Judgement Date: 
03/05/2019
Tags:
Vehicular Pollution, Kerala, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Air Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Environment

Vizhinjam port: Breakwater construction hits green hurdle

Thiruvananthapuram: The ongoing attempt of Adani Vizhinjam port private limited (AVPPL) to ensure sourcing of rocks and its transportation for construction of breakwater at Vizhinjam has stumbled u

Publication Date: 
29/04/2019
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Kerala, Environment Clearance (EC), Coastal Regulations, High Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environment
Health

More H1N1 cases in Kozhikode

13 people diagnosed with infection in the past one week

Publication Date: 
26/04/2019
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Swine Flu, Influenza, Infectious Diseases, Health Effects, Health
Health

State set to eliminate malaria

Malaria cases and deaths steadily decreasing since 2013

Publication Date: 
26/04/2019
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Malaria, Vector Borne Diseases, Health Effects, Health
Environment

HC declines to interfere in order on plastic carry bags

Govt. mandates all plastic carry bags must have labelling

Publication Date: 
19/04/2019
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Kerala, Plastics, High Court, Non-Biodegradable Waste, Environment
Health

Alert issued against H1N1 in district

12 cases reported this month

Publication Date: 
18/04/2019
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Kozhikode (D), Swine Flu, Influenza, Infectious Diseases, WHO, Health
Climate Change

Environment experts deliberate on climate related loss at Env Ministry workshop

A senior official in the PMO Tuesday described the 2018 Kerala floods as "rarest of the rare" events and said India has been experiencing weather and climate related loss and damage.

Publication Date: 
17/04/2019
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, Floods, Kerala, Green House Gases

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