Environment

Rising green offences due to poor implementation of rules'

CHENNAI: Who is responsible for ineffectiveness of environmental laws?

Publication Date: 
24/10/2016
Manish Raj
Times Of India (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Environment, Legislation, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Supreme Court, Environment Act 1986, Water Pollution, National Green Trbunal (NGT), UNEP
Water Resources

Govt draft bill for `equitable' river water sharing

Seeking to resolve several inter-state disputes over the sharing of river waters through model legislation, the Centre has come out with the draft National Water Framework Bill, 2016, to provide a

Publication Date: 
13/10/2016
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Water Conservation, Groundwater, Rivers, Water Disputes, Legislation, Water Management, Water Resources
Environment

NGT puts brakes on DDA's unified by-laws for Delhi

DDA’s by-laws sought to merge green clearances with building approvals

DDA's by-laws sought to merge green clearances with building approvals on the basis of MoEF notification

Publication Date: 
13/10/2016
Nikhil M Ghanekar
Daily News Analysis (Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Environment Clearance (EC), Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Legislation, Environmentalists, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), National Green Trbunal (NGT), State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC), Eco-Sensitive Zone, National Parks, Environment
Transport

Telangana can improve road safety: World Health Organisation

Telangana was the youngest state in the country it had the highest scope for better road safety law enforcement.

Publication Date: 
21/09/2016
Deccan Chronicle (Telangana)
Tags:
Telangana, Vehicular Safety, WHO, Legislation, Traffic Accidents, Transport
Climate Change

Groundwater vulnerability on small islands

The majority of naturally occurring freshwater on small islands is groundwater, which is primarily recharged by precipitation. Recharge rates are therefore likely to be impacted by climate change. Freshwater resources on small islands are particularly vulnerable to climate change because they are limited in size and easily compromised. Here we have compiled available aquifer system characteristics and water-use data for 43 small island developing states distributed worldwide, based on local expert knowledge, publications and regional data sets.

Publication Date: 
19/09/2016
S. Holding, D. M. Allen, S. Foster & et al
Nature Climate Change
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Tags:
Groundwater, Islands, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Groundwater Recharge, Indian Ocean, Legislation, South Pacific Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Water Management, Developing Countries, Statistics
Air Pollution

Dieselgate: Who? What? How?

This report, released on the first anniversary of the Dieselgate scandal, exposes the shocking number of dirty diesel cars on the EU’s roads and the feeble regulation of cars by national authorities that have focused on protecting their own commercial interests or those of domestic carmakers.

Publication Date: 
19/09/2016
Transport & Environment
Tags:
Diesel, Vehicular Pollution, Air Pollution, European Union (EU), Vehicular Standards, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom (UK), Cars, Health Effects, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Legislation
Water Pollution

Top sea authority tells provincial governments to stop polluting Bohai Sea

China's top oceanic authority urged provincial governments to better protect Northeast China's severely polluted Bohai Sea via new legislation, media reported Monday.

Publication Date: 
14/09/2016
Global Times (China)
Tags:
Water Pollution, Marine Pollution, China, Marine Ecosystems, Legislation
Mining

License to kill: Commonwealth environmental approval for Adani's Carmichael coal mine project

This report asks whether the conditions connected with the approval of Adani’s Carmichael mine would actually achieve their objective, or are they allowing destruction of our environment? Is the condition-setting process in fact granting Adani a licence to kill?

Publication Date: 
12/09/2016
Australian Conservation Foundation
Tags:
Mining, Australia, Wildlife, Biodiversity, Legislation, Protected Area Conservation, Coal, Green House Gases, Climate Change
Environment

Adani's Carmichael coalmine proves environment laws 'too weak' – report

Australia’s environmental laws are too weak, a new report argues, citing the Carmichael coalmine as an example.

Publication Date: 
12/09/2016
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Environment, Mining, Australia, Coal, Adani, Legislation, Ecology, Water Pollution, Fossil Fuels
Environment

Pune Green tribunal has a role in striking balance between development and environment

Justice Rahim was addressing a workshop on `Role of NGT in environment protection' organised by Bharati Vidyapeeth's New Law College in Pune recently.

Publication Date: 
12/09/2016
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Environment, Development, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Environmental Security, Legislation, Sustainable Development

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