India has submitted nominations of three cities - Indore, Bhopal and Udaipur - for Wetland City Accreditation (WCA) under the Ramsar Convention. The..

India's environment ministry launches the Indian Forest & Wood Certification Scheme, which aims to promote sustainable forest management and agroforestry..

Dehradun-based apex national forestry research institution of the environment ministry has developed and released 74 clones and varieties of plantation tree..

In a move which may provide a significant impetus to the agroforestry sector, the environment ministry on Friday launched the National Transit Pass System (NTPS)..

From 83,002 fires in 2020, the count in Punjab dropped to 71,304 in 2021, 49,922 in 2022, and further to 36,663 in 2023. In comparison to 2022, there was a 27..

Opposition parties on Tuesday attacked the Modi government for "appointing" Janardhan Chaudhary as a member of the centre's Expert Appraisal Committees (EAC)..

Malaysia will not proceed with a proposed bill to prevent transborder haze pollution, its environment ministry said, citing difficulties in obtaining the..

The Indian environment ministry has released two draft methodologies for generating green credits through water harvesting and tree plantation projects. The..

Environment ministry has released two draft methodologies for generating green credits through water harvesting and tree plantation projects. The drafts list..

Hazy weather in Beijing is expected to worsen in other parts of north China, with poor atmospheric diffusion being blamed for the smog. Visibility in Beijing..

Stubble burning incidents in northern Indian states have decreased significantly compared to last year. In the last 45 days, there were 6,391 incidents, down..

Construction workers stole and sold potentially radioactive scrap metal from near the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, the Japanese environment ministry..

The Union Environment Ministry in India has replaced an ad hoc expert panel with a new Central Empowered Committee (CEC) to oversee environmental and forest..

Tests of seawater near Fukushima nuclear power plant have not detected any radioactivity, the Japanese environment ministry said on Sunday, days after..

The proposed Sabarimala airport in Kerala has received the approval for Standard Terms of Reference, recommended by EAC of ministry last month.

Activists slam Union environment ministry for half-hearted attempt at saving important swamps

Responding to a question from TOI, director general of BIS, Pramod Kumar Tiwari said, "It has not been established whether any plastic is actually 100%..

The environment ministry has curtailed the extension granted to one of the lead scientists on Project Cheetah, YV Jhala, who reportedly objected to the transport..

Environment ministry has curtailed the extension granted to one of the lead scientists on Project Cheetah, Y V Jhala, who reportedly objected to the transport of..

Issuing an office memorandum on the Centre's decision, the environment ministry directed the state government to immediately take all steps necessary to ensure..

The Centre on Thursday stayed all tourism activities at the Parasnath Hill where the Jain religious site 'Sammed Shikharji' is located and directed the Jharkhand..

A second batch of 12 cheetahs is likely to arrive in India from South Africa in January, sources said on Tuesday.Discussions with South African authorities to..

Sammed Shikharji Row: Last week, the Union Environment Ministry had written to the Jharkhand government asking it to consider on priority the representations..

Proposal sent to Union environment ministry as it will uproot over 4.5 lakh trees at Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary; reservoir to add 440 MLD water to city

Addressing an Environment Ministry event organised at the Mantralaya in Mumbai, CM Eknath Shinde and deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis encouraged the students to take..

India needs to set up a dedicated wing in the environment ministry to release estimates of Green GDP periodically on a regular basis and create a user-friendly..

Indore might be the cleanest city of India for the sixth time in a row this year since 2017 but it has flunked big time on the air quality front. Recent analysis..

Indore might be the cleanest city of India for the sixth time in a row this year since 2017 but it has flunked big time on the air quality front. Recent analysis..

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that now the focus of the country is on green growth, and on green jobs, and in order to achieve these goals, the..

After extending deadlines twice for coal-based power stations to implement emission standards notified in 2015, the environment ministry has once again extended..

Commission has observed that the contents of the media reports, if true, raise a serious issue of the Right to Life, said a press release.

China's environment ministry said the meeting will be held in December in Montreal, where the secretariat for the summit organisation is based. The ministry said..

The Union environment ministry on Wednesday rebutted the Environmental Performance Index 2022, which ranked India at the bottom of a list of 180 countries,..

The environment ministry has allowed coal mines with clearances to increase output by 40% to step up production by up to 50% without seeking feedback from..

Sixty-one percent of the coal-based power plants located near million-plus population cities, which have to meet their emission standards by December 2022, will..

A proposal recently sent to the Union environment ministry seeks clearance to construct transmission lines that will pass through the forest land in Raigad..

Proposal sent to Union environment ministry says land will be used to ease traffic on road between Vadpe in Bhiwandi taluka and Thane city

Thane civic body, which sent proposal to Union environment ministry, says there is no alternative; move aimed at decongesting traffic in Thane city

Delhi Minister Gopal Rai said that the citizens should appeal to the environment ministry through social media to take necessary action on the issue.

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said that the citizens should appeal to the environment ministry through social media to take necessary action on the..

The Southern Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday suspended for six months the environmental clearance (EC) granted by the Union environment..

Fourteen tiger reserves in India, including Anamalai and Mudumalai in Tamil Nadu and three each in Assam and Madhya Pradesh, have attained the globally accepted..

14 tiger reserves of India, including three each in Assam and Madhya Pradesh, have got the Conservation Assured | Tiger Standards (CA|TS) accreditation, which is..

India is taking all steps to ensure that the country becomes free of single-use plastic by 2022 as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union environment..