Environmentalist

Greens write to govt over Mangar forest tag delay

Edit The Times of India 13 Jun 2016

Environmentalists on Sunday wrote a letter to the government, appealing it to issue the required notification at the earliest ... In the letter written to the DTCP principal secretary, the environmentalists have accused the government of dragging its feet over issuing the notification ... It needs to be notified to give it status of a protected area," said environmentalist Ameena Shervani....

Maharashtra: Tankers used to fill up dry Ramkund in Nashik

Edit DNA India 13 Jun 2016

-->. After a long debate on the matter of a dry Ramkund, the corporation has released water into the holy pond in river Godavari. The drought spell has affected Godavari too with the river running dry for the first time in ages ... With the monsoon not in sight yet, the water situation is still dear ... On the other hand, environmentalist have been against release of filtered water reserved for drinking purposes into the river ... Info . ....

Plan to clear N.J. forest land divides environmentalists

Edit North Jersey 12 Jun 2016

A plan to help endangered birds by cutting down dozens of acres of state forest on Sparta Mountain represents a radically different approach to land management for New Jersey — and has bitterly divided New Jersey’s major environmental groups ... ....

Award for Madurai environmentalist

Edit The Times of India 12 Jun 2016

The founder of the Centre for Environmental Services and activist SV Pathy has bagged the Tamil Nadu government's "Karma Veerar Kamarajar award" for environmental protection. He received the award from the minister for environment, Karuppanan, at a function held in Chennai on June 7 ... Woman killed in road accident ... Power shut down around Narasingampatti ... RELATED....

Maryland challenges EPA over finding that Anne Arundel power plant likely violates clean air rules

Edit Baltimore Sun 12 Jun 2016

The Hogan administration is challenging the Environmental Protection Agency over its finding that an old coal-burning power plant in Anne Arundel County likely is violating air pollution control rules and needs to take steps to fix the problem. Environmentalists say that, by their calculations,... ....

Oddly, windbag Trump hates wind power

Edit Las Vegas Sun 12 Jun 2016

Last week, the political arm of the Natural Resources Defense Council, one of America’s most influential environmentalist groups, made its first presidential endorsement ever, giving the nod to Hillary Clinton. This meant jumping the gun … ... ....

Protect environment by turning CO2 into solid rocks!

Edit Zeenews 12 Jun 2016

Environmentalists worldwide are struggling hard to develop effective tools which can re-purpose the extracted CO2 ... ....

Why Michigan's new water plan is about more than Flint

Edit The Christian Science Monitor 12 Jun 2016

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Fin24.com | Energy Dept finally responds to nuclear court challenge

Edit News24 12 Jun 2016

The Department of Energy has finally submitted replying affidavits in response to two environmentalist groups challenging a nuclear agreement it signed with Russia in 2014 ... ....

I tried the plant-based meat that Google wanted to buy and I never want to eat a 'real' hamburger again

Edit Business Insider 12 Jun 2016

Fake meat? Impossible ... Environmentalists have described beef consumption as the "new SUV" for its effects on climate change and I've heard the horror stories about livestock mistreatment. But... ....

SDM orders closure of Sree Sakthi Paper Mills

Edit The Hindu 12 Jun 2016

After the State Pollution Control Board (PCB) acted against Sree Sakthi Paper Mills for polluting the Periyar, the district administration too has come out against the firm. R ... PCB notice ... Suhas said ... Protests ... Environmentalists had complained that the discharge of untreated effluents had polluted the river, from which drinking water was being drawn for Kochi city and nearby areas ... ....

Akbar talks strategy, Dave focus on environment

Edit The Times of India 12 Jun 2016

Bhopal. BJP's winning candidates, M J Akbar and Anil Madhav Dave, are among party's top intellectuals and strategists. While, Akbar, being a senior journalist is a spokesperson, Dave being a planner, helped party to hammer out strategy for socio-political events ... An environmentalist and political planner, Dave said, "I have numerous works to do for society, particularly in the field of environment, bio-technology and green energy....

Nurture waterbodies, keep floods at bay this monsoon

Edit The Hindu 12 Jun 2016

With just a few months left for the northeast monsoon to hit the city, it is time the community played a larger role in protecting waterbodies in their locality to mitigate floods, feel experts ... Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI), which is involved in protecting water resources, is now joining hands with residents in increasing water literacy and also helping people to conserve waterbodies ... ‘Green Gramam’ ... ....