 | Environment Ministry slams Uttarakhand for violating Supreme Court orderLast month, the Uttarakhand government had framed a new definition of ‘deemed forests’ as a land patch of 10 hectare or above with 60 per cent canopy density and 75 per cent native plant species. |
 | Good Air Summit: 1.5 thousand students pledge to save environmentCPCB Member Secretary Prashant Gargava said stubble burning accounted for 44-45 per cent of air pollution in Delhi |
 | Prakash Javadekar reviews steps taken by Delhi, neighbouring states to tackle air pollutionThe Union Environment Minister said that contribution of stubble burning in pollution has reduced. |
 | Environment Ministry should not have circulated Zero draft: NCSTOne of the proposed amendments gave forest officials the power to use firearms to prevent ‘forest offence’. |
 | Centre says forest land can be used 'temporarily' by anyone, activists fumeThe letter further adds that permission for any such activity cannot be granted by any officer of state forest departments under the rank of divisional forest officer. |
 | Delhi pollution: Much needs to be done to deal with stubble burning, says JavadekarAddressing a press conference here, the minister said the problem of stubble burning was old and steps have been taken to tackle it by the Modi government. |
 | Karnataka refuses to hold talks with Tamil Nadu on Mekedatu dam projectTamil Nadu has wasted 177 TMC of Cauvery water in 30 years, says Karnataka justifying its project to build one more dam on Cauvery. |
 | India-based Neutrino Observatory receives nod from environmental ministryThe ministry accorded environmental clearance to the neutrino project at Pottipuram village in Uthamapalayam taluk in Theni district promoted by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. |
 | PETA asks Centre not to lift ban on JallikattuPETA India said that two giant inflatable bulls will run beside PETA supporters in a "bloodless Jallikattu" to protest the government's reported intention to lift the ban on bullfights |
