Environment (Protection) Act 1986

solar geoengineering, geoengineering, Kyoto Protocol, greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, Mount Pinatubo, Indian Institute of Science, CEEW, Environment (Protection) Act 1986, Environmental Impact Assessment, sulphate aerosols, Anthropocene poch, COP24, Katowice, southwest monsoon, northeast monsoon, Department of Science and Technology

Geoengineering: Should India Tread Carefully or Go Full Steam Ahead?

Surat Parvatam 16/12/2018

Solar geoengineering doesn’t help reduce carbon emissions, and is...

air pollution, air quality index, air quality index delhi, aqi delhi, Centre for science and environment, Delhi air pollution, Delhi air quality, Delhi pollution, delhi pollution level today live, diesel cars, diesel generators, Diwali, Diwali firecrackers, Diwali green crackers, diwali pollution, Environment (Protection) Act 1986, Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority, EPCA, green crackers, most polluted city in india, most polluted city in the world 2018, National Green Tribunal, per coke, pollution level in delhi, Pragati Maidan, Society for Indian Automobile Manufacturers, Sunita Narain

Do You Pollute the Air? Expect a Friendly Letter From the Authorities.

Ritwick Dutta 09/11/2018

You know you will be penalised for driving a...

air pollution, Centre for science and environment, Delhi air pollution, diesel cars, diesel generators, Diwali, Diwali firecrackers, Diwali green crackers, Environment (Protection) Act 1986, Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority, EPCA, National Green Tribunal, per coke, Society for Indian Automobile Manufacturers, Sunita Narain

EPCA Was Specially Empowered to Deal With Air Pollution Crises. Is It Working?

Ritwick Dutta 08/11/2018

Despite being vested with enormous powers, the Environment Pollution...

carousel environment

Proposed Amendments to Environment Protection Act Could Legalise Violations

Manju Menon, Kanchi Kohli, Krithika Dinesh and Debayan Gupta 02/08/2017

The government's planned moves to alter the compliance regime...

Labourers work at the site of a commercial building under construction in Noida. Credit: Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee/Files

Real Estate Projects May No Longer Need Environmental Clearances

The Wire Staff 13/07/2016

An environment ministry proposal, effectively already in use thanks...

The Adani port at Mundra, Gujarat. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Environment Ministry Denies Lifting Adani Fine, Documents Say Otherwise

The Wire Staff 07/07/2016

Senior ministry officials who had earlier recommended the fine...