PUNJAB ENVIS CENTRE

STATUS OF ENVIRONMENT & RELATED ISSUES

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News

December

• HARIKE BIRD SANCTUARY-Discovery channel makes documentary

• Need to set up waste processing plants: Montek

• Black bucks find home in community reserve

• Adampur shivers at 0.2°C

• Patiala floods: A blessing in disguise-Recent floods in Patiala have raised the water table raising hope for better crop next season

• Conference on Climate Change

• Winged visitors flock to their winter abode-Binoculars provided to public at Regulator End of Sukhna to view birds

• Tackling Bio-Medical Waste-Pollution control board to hold camps for pvt hospitals

• Winter trail - Rare birds at Harike

• Emu rearing picks up in Punjab

• Know pollution clearance status online now

• ‘Yellow rust’ disease destroying wheat: Expert

• Dolphins spotted at Harike after three years

• Integrated Pest Management-Solution to pesticide extensive farming

• Link trees, animals with religion to save them: Experts

• Winged visitors robbed of wooded habitat

• Small climate deals forged outside int'l talks

• In Cancun climate talks, India enjoys place in sun

• Baaj on verge of extinction-Government yet to take remedial measures

• Green tech sharing mechanism finalized

• Adampur shivers at 2.3°C, Amritsar records 4°C

• Seminar to encourage environmental initiatives

• Cold wave grips Punjab, Haryana

• Fish poaching poses threat to Harike ecosystem

• Centre to promote farming of oilseeds, pulses in region-Pawar says move will check water table depletion

• India takes steps to protect wheat from global warming

• Seechewal for policy on organic farming

• Go shopping for emu

• Happening horticulture

• India hopes to help break deadlock at Cancun climate talks

• Centre notifies wetland rules

November

• Sikh body vows to save environment

• Plan to hand over Hari Ke to Army’s Eco Task Force

• Bahuguna expresses concern over deteriorating condition of trees

• Small farmers find future in kinnow cultivation

• Sangrur residents restore Banasar Bagh

• PPCB ultimatum to city’s big electroplating units

• Dyeing unit discharging acidic water bane to residents

• 42% groundwater unfit for irrigation

• PPCB collects air samples from site

• No data to confirm effects of uranium, says V-C

• Kurali residents grapple with industrial pollution

• Pollution by Tanneries-Treatment plants ‘not effective’

• Less pollution recorded on Divali: PPCB

• After years, Harike is first choice of migratory birds

• Jairam proposes new formula to map climate action

• Farmers in south-west Punjab switch over to pisciculture

• India faces major climate changes by 2030: Report

• Temperature rise to hit water, forest, health, agriculture: Report

• Climate change to impact food security: VC

• Wildlife dept to conduct census of winged guests at Sukhna

• Experts for seed treatment before sowing wheat

• Fruits, veggies waste an excellent feed for animals

• Environment activism on across state: Kang

• City records 10.2°C, month’s lowest so far

• Contaminated water, poor sanitation major killers in state

• Campaign to train farmers for testing fertility of seeds

• 50 countries to meet on climate change

• President talks about caring for the planet

• Empanel labs to test water, air: Industry assn to PPCB

• Seminar held on food choices and climate change

• Decomposed paddy straw 'helps' to balance pH of soil

• No noise, No pollution pledges go up in smoke

• Diwali smoke raises day temp by 2 degrees

• US needs to stick to its end of climate bargain: Jairam Ramesh

• Green campaign gives Diwali true light

• Large-scale thefts badly hit pisciculture

• Students pledge noise, smoke free Divali

• Solar power heating system in Golden Temple complex

• Skin problems up on Diwali, says expert

• Management body for a green Diwali

• India, China are two major re-foresters: Jairam Ramesh

• A lifeline for ecosystems?

• Water supplied in Ludhiana South is impure: PCC secy

October

• Wildlife dept frees 36 sand boas

• Winged visitors flock Nangal wetland-Give the Ropar International Wetland a miss

• Biodiversity Fest 2010 ends

• UN seals historic treaty to protect threatened ecosystems

• India's South Pole expedition to study climate change

• 2nd green revolution ‘to improve farming’

• No-go, says coal ministry to Jairam's green ideas

• Inside Babudom-State bureaucrat’s tryst with trees takes him to US

• Sugarcane crop bears the burnt of rain fury

• UGC seminar on global environment

• Direct paddy sowing picks up

• No policy on protection, maintenance of trees

• Elephant gets national heritage tag

• BURNING OF PADDY STRAW-Air pollution causes concern in state

• Renewable energy club launched

• Biomed Waste-Stench stalks PGI staff

• Will climate innovation get the Cancun nudge?

• Climate change treaty must address health issues: WHO

• India sets up 'green court' to make polluters pay

• Polluting faithfully-Plaster of Paris idols immersed

• 1,461 villages still don't have safe water to drink

• Crack whip on hospitals, pollution board told

• Scientists confirm presence of uranium in Malwa

• Polluting industries Morinda’s curse-Industrial units in residential areas ignore safety rules

• Plantation drive

• Dasehra panel plants saplings-To burn pollution’s effigy to create awareness

• Spreading green message form Goa to Leh

• National Fertilizers makes amends, releases fish seeds into Sutlej

• Breach floods crop with polluted water

• Carbon emissions: India, China say no to new targets

• 50 fall prey to gastroenteritis, amoebiasis in Moga

• Post-harvest technologies can help check losses

• Governor calls for preserving wildlife

• Wildlife week concludes

• Kinnow yield sees a dip

• Village kids bear brunt of unsafe water

• Papers on impact of climate change presented at PAU

• From Schools-Wildlife Day

• Ghaggar water is poisonous: PPCB

• Seminar on impact of climate change on fruits

• India is world's third largest carbon emitter

• Hospitals dump biomed waste at garbage unit

• UIET cycle rally calls on students to go green

• Dirty & dying, world’s rivers in crisis

 

September

• Wildlife Week from October 2

• China to host meeting of UN Climate Change Conference

• Floriculture a booming trade

• Angling reduces species of fresh water fish in canals

• State to bring more land under fruit cultivation

• Farmers take to banana cultivation

• Farmers to get high-yielding wheat seed

• Villages on alert as Sutlej swells

• Training programme held on bio-medical waste management

• India wary as West plots new climate moves ahead of Cancun

• Rain of misery for Punjab farmers

• Budha Nullah-Chromium level ‘80 times above permissible limit’

• India reaches out to small island nations on climate change

• Climate change focus shifts to "post-Cancun": Ramesh

• Weather hits paddy, cotton

• Proposal to make Mohali a solar city

• Scientists advocate use of `Azolla' for feeding livestock

• Vanmahotsava at Kamala Lohtia

• World powers to tackle climate amid skepticism

• Poachers on the prowl at Harike

• PU to implement rainwater harvesting soon

• Water conservation issues discussed

• Jail to have rainwater harvesting facility

• Cultivation of Paddy-Drip irrigation can ‘check drop in underground water’

• Admn axes 800 trees to plug breach

• 2,500 saplings planted

• Saras crane faces extinction in Punjab

• Leopards on the prowl in Nangal

• Fresh breach in bundh renews flood fears

• MC to launch Save-Energy Campaign

• Are pesticides turning into poison spray?

• Major climate change talks set for next week in New York

• India named the most dedicated country towards tiger conservation

• Villagers suffer heavy losses as Sutlej overflows

• 3 buffaloes die after consuming polluted water

•  ‘Green Gandhigiri’ to sensitise residents about

• Village gets automatic solar streetlights

• Heavy rain lashes city

• Farmers expect better paddy yield

• Water-level rises in Sutlej-Seven villages flooded

• Sukhbir favours greenhouse cultivation

• After Bhakra, Pong swells to capacity

• Release of pollutants from HP units into Sutlej to be probed

• Badal promises to clean up Budha Nullah in 15 months

• Kyoto Protocol to continue past 2012: UN climate chief

• Kayakalp banyan to be second biodiversity heritage site

• Commercial emu farming begins in State

• Bio-remedial plants to be set up for Buddha Nallah, says Jairam Ramesh

• Inami Bagh to be biodiversity heritage-200-year-old grove is home to 37 rare mango varieties

• Shivaliks to have biodiversity corridor

• Pollution : Minister cautions offenders

• All Punjab jails to have rainwater harvesting system

• Only rooftop water can be used for rainwater harvesting

• Villages flooded as BBMB opens spillways

• Environmentalist: Enact law to ban straw burning

• Saplings planted

• Water level in Bhakra touches danger mark-BBMB to open spillways today

• Meeting on biodiversity from Sept 6

• 100 saplings planted

• Farmers using solar tube wells to charge batteries

• Ludhiana cluster `critically polluted'

• Budding Techies take Eco leap

• Kisan Melas to focus on conservation of natural resources

• Sukhna on way to revival, weeds almost cleared

August

• Energy-efficient LED bulbs for street lighting

• Water samples fail quality test

• Forest cover shrinks in kandi area

• NFL Nangal comes up with zero effluent discharge plant

• Vanmahotsav held at Arya College

• India needs to control greenhouse emissions

• Stress on conservation of environment

• A green candle to cut pollution

• Danger of floods abates in state

• NOC to Industry-PPCB empanels four labs

• 10 villages under Sutlej threat-500 villagers offer help to admn in repair work

• 1,500 saplings distributed

• 450 Saplings planted

• Vanamahotsava-Saplings distributed among students

• 4,000-acre land under water as Sutlej overruns

• Sutlej eats away portion of spur

• Ravi embankment damaged in Ajnala

• Nod to 66-KV water supply scheme for Shekhpur Kalan village: Bunny

• Bundh washed away, village flooded-Release of water from Bhakra reduced by 10,000 cusecs

• Low floods in Makhu, Harike areas

• Paddy crop submerged

• Flood Threat Stark: 20-ft trench on dhussi bundh

• Wheat and Barley Workers' Research Meet from Aug 27

• Three dams full, Bhakra board calls meeting-Bhakra, Pong, Ranjit Sagar nearing danger mark

• Zero Line submerged at many places

• Flood damage below estimates

• 75 kg of polythene bags seized

• Trees planted in four sectors

• Cycle rally on environment

• GMADA starts plantation drive

• Rain disrupts North

• Bhakra rises despite opening of floodgates-Spl meeting with partner states on August 26

• Farmers take to growing of poplars

• Stress on importance of trees

• PEDA nod to 36 biomass plants

• CII encourages tree plantation drive

• Rs 25,000 crore kitty for tackling climate change: Ramesh

• 2.5 feet to limit, Bhakra releases water tonight

• Forum to raise awareness on climate change

• 8 waste treatment plants by Sept 2012: Punjab to HC

• Losses due to Punjab floods assessed at Rs 104.30 cr

• Hyacinth trouble for paddy, cotton growers

• Two die as diarrhoea grips Fatehgarh Sahib village

• Sheesham, neem back in reckoning

• No concrete proof to pin Leh cloudburst on global warming: Expert

• Oxytocin has no effect veggies' on quality

• Bhakra almost full to capacity-Reservoir level just 18 ft below danger mark

• No rainwater harvesting in Mohali

• Ornamental fish boon for Indian market

• Papaya, banana farming becomes popular

• Solar power substations for border districts

• Industrial group units pump polluted water into stream

• Green growth: Reality or mirage?

• Expect heavier rain in coming days

• Destruction after the deluge-Crops in 2.68 lakh hectares affected n 58 lives lost in Punjab, Haryana

• Tree plantation at Master Tara Singh Memorial College

• NCC, NSS teams plant saplings

• Oath to protect earth

• Out of ‘waste’ solution

• Bhakra, Pong waters rising

• Poor quality water causing renal stones

• Paddy crop on 1,500 acre damaged: Ex-minister

• Panel proposes enhanced penalty for flouting environment rules

• Cloudburst a result of global warming

• Dead fish found in pond supplying water

• Work on to clear wild growth from Jayanti Ki Rao

• Time to e-cycle your waste

• Water level rises in Bhakra reservoir

• Recharge wells must in Patiala

• Channel from Bhakra Line to bring 40 MGD water to Mohali

• Over one lakh trees axed, not a sapling planted

• Release of effluents-Now, hosiery units under scanner

• Clones of eucalyptus, sheesham yielding good results: Minister

• Punjab draws plan to clean up Buddha Nallah, restore ecology

• PPCB asks knitwear units to install bio-tech plants or face action

• Now, a 'crystal ball' to predict climate change effects

• Cotton crop under white fly attack, over 2,000 hectares affected

• Saplings planted

• Green campaign to sensitise students

• ‘Solar tsunami’ may hit Earth anytime: Scientists

• Our universe nestled inside a black hole?

• Nature's trail home for booze lovers

• Industrial projects await environmental clearance-Assessment authority rendered non-functional

• Floods damaged crops on 3,75,000 acres: Report

• Oxytocin may affect health in long term

• Sangrur all set to regain its green cover

• Conclave On Environment-Green brigade vows to wage war on felling of trees

• High toxic meal content in crops irrigated by nullah sewage

• 700 saplings planted at PGI

• Laxmi Kanta claims sea change in skewed sex ratio

• Plantation drive by youth club

• Drives on but saplings continue to die young

 

July

• Efficiency in energy key to MSME proficiency

• N-Choe-Effluents still beyond permissible limit

• Cases of zoonotic diseases on rise-Central panel of experts formed

• Climate Group to draw up low carbon charter

• Wildlife beyond boundaries: The clue lies in corridors

• ‘Dial-a-tree’ service launched in Fazilka

• Soot emissions key factor in global warming: Expert

• 9,200 acres of cotton destroyed

• Water hyacinth poses threat to Harike headworks

• Panel to monitor heavy metals in water bodies

• Stagnant water, garbage to blame

• SBI plants 110 saplings

• UT plans big on rainwater harvesting

• 12,000 saplings to be planted at PGI

• Farmers develop novel technique to recharge groundwater

• High fluoride levels in water detected

• Border belt consuming arsenic-laced water

• Choked drains caused grave damage: Farmers

• PPCB form to facilitate industries

• Flooding in 60 Ferozepur villages-Drain breached at several points

• No let-up in rain fury-Alert sounded in Moga district; paddy crop on 15,000 acres damaged

• Most parts of Bathinda inundated

• Central team visits flood-hit areas in Mansa

• White clouds over ocean can stop global warming: Study

• Punjab to create IPR awareness in 18 clusters

• IPR compels patent of innovations in Punjab

• CII holds workshop on energy efficiency

• 200 saplings planted

• Police launches tree plantation drive

• Rain in HP, Ghaggar in spate

• Pollution in Sutlej-PPCB team collects water samples

• Himalayan ice shrivels in global warming

• Now, receding waters threaten Mansa areas

• 350 saplings planted

• Plantation drive takes off today

• Biomedical Waste-Pollution board drags Civil Hospital to court

• Flood situation worsens in Sardulgarh

• Crops submerged in 10 villages of Ferozepur

• Farmers to get seeds worth Rs 5 cr: Govt

• Admn takes pre-emptive steps to counter flood in Sutlej

• Conserve Resources, says expert

• Sea levels rising in parts of Indian Ocean: Expert

• NFL told to release fish seed into Sutlej-To deposit Rs 7.2 lakh with special panel before July 15

• Punjab ground water not suitable for drinking

• State suffers Rs 480-cr loss due to flood fury

• Crops on 1 lakh acres damaged in Patiala

• Threat of epidemic looms large in flood-hit villages-Health teams ‘without’ chlorine tablets, ORS packets

• Rains mixed bag for paddy growers

• Labour shortage hits textile industry-Manufacturers switching to automation, outsourcing

• Eateries warned against contamination

• PAU Notes-Plantation drive

• Disease threat follows floods

• Water levels up in Bhakra, Pong reservoirs

• State for ‘neutral’ team to assess damage

• Drainage Dept Survey-Drains, seasonal nadis encroached on

• Fresh breaches wreak havoc in Punjab, Haryana

• GROUNDWATER ALARM - Tubewell ban in 300 villages

• Scarcity of fodder,  fresh vegetables-Drainage, Revenue Depts draw flak

• Paddy crop on 20,000 acres inundated

• Desilting of Buddha Nullah not done on time-It led to breach and overflowing of nullah

• Firm to work on water conservation

• 150 villages in Patiala district hit by floods-Ghaggar water level comes down in many areas

• Flood scare in 180 villages-Panic grips Fatehgarh Sahib

• Rain brings misery all around

• ‘Science must be used to ignite young minds’

• Tree plantation drive

• Rain destroys paddy crop

• Breach in Ghaggar, 20 villages inundated

• Onset of monsoon brings misery

• Threat of canal breach in Bathinda

• Relief panel formed under Sekhon

• Flooding in Nabha villages

• Waterlogging revisited

• Paddy transplantation picks up

• Drainage fails, chaos rules

• Managing e-waste; India poised for EPR?

• After Samrala Major, Buddha Nallah touches danger mark

• Heavy rain disrupts life

• ‘Media role vital in disseminating farm info’

• Tepid response to paddy transplantation machines

• Rain breaches Samrala Canal

• Potable water for rural areas mooted

• Monsoon arrives in Punjab, Haryana

• Rain hits traffic on city-Chandigarh road-Samrala villages inundated n Sirhind canal overflows

• Rain throws life out of gear

• Delights residents, worries farmers

• Bhagwant Mann for saving environment

• Sugarcane cultivation picks up

• Plea to act against illegal abattoirs

• Ushering in Second Green Revolution-Planning panel to treat Punjab as model state

• Set up panel to probe water toxicity: Scientist

• Effluent treatment plant to be functional soon

• Biomedical Waste in Open-Civil hospitals pose health hazard: NGO

• BKU decries experimentation with modified seeds

• Flow in state's rivers down 25 pc in a year

• India for reintroduction of equity in climate talks

 

June

• Milk revolution is future of Punjab

• Toxic water used for irrigation

• Seechewal team to plug Kala Sanghian Drain

• Bhakra, Pong water levels up

• Prawn farming to plug fishery losses

• ‘Rainfall beneficial for Kharif crops’

• Rainwater tanks to be mandatory for big houses

• Mysterious death of fish-Fishery dept collects water samples

• Welfare assn starts `green city, clean city' drive

• Unit causing pollution in Samrala villages

• 'India should take lead role on global carbon budget issue'

• NEW TECHNIQUE - Wheat that saves water

• Herbal gardens to be set up in Chandigarh

• Global wind shifts ended last Ice Age?

• 'Carbon storage' faces leak dilemma: Study

• Key climate meet to discuss carbon budgets, equity

• Our take - A new sense of energy

• A first — Replanting uprooted trees-Most of those were along roads that had been widened

• Contaminated milk, water flow in city-Dairy products’ adulteration under scanner

• Thousands of fish die mysteriously in pond at Jagraon

• Polythene bags find their way back to markets

• GREEN GAINS - Sangrur farmer makes `moong' shift, heals soil

• PAU signs MoU on environment awareness

• ‘Distance between man and nature growing’

• Now, mealy bug attacks cotton plants

• Hot cities getting hotter faster

• Forest Dept to preserve ancient trees

• ‘Cleanest’ city in country struggles with heaps of garbage

• Sun leaves plants parched

• Making power as the sun shines

• Centre joins efforts to revive Sukhna-Jairam Ramesh to come on July 9

• Workshop on biomedical waste organised

• Antarctica's melting glacier behind sea level rise

• Badal urges farmers to opt for organic agriculture

• Chhatbir aviary chirps with rare species

• Major climate decisions may come from ozone treaty

• First Indian forestry satellite in 2013: Jairam Ramesh

• Carbon dioxide dictates global climate pattern

• The per capita question

• Arctic sea ice melting faster: Study

• Here, booze comes free with water-Alarming alcohol content in ground water in areas close to Punjab distilleries

• Book on environment released

• A new shade of green

• Vegetables injected with chemicals to increase size

• Malnutrition among cattle hits milk production

• PAU scientist attends World Environment Day in Muscat

• Felling bothers green body

• Melting Himalayan glaciers to hit Indus, Brahmaputra

• Colleges take up study on effects of water pollution

• Society’s green initiative to revive Budha Nullah-Creates park along the rivulet

• Pingalwara shows way to chemical-free farms

• Elusive Water II-Punjab’s agri prospects recede.....as groundwater level declines

• Net-house farming gains popularity in Malwa-Shields crops from pest attacks, saves groundwater

• Rs 106-cr plan okayed for Animal Husbandry Dept

• Rajpura residents getting impure water-Rainwater enters MC reservoirs, residents complain of muddy water

• CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS - Green World Cup stops Bonn talks

• `Solar energy has bright future'

• Elusive Water 1- As water level dips, farmers’ debts rise

• Climate meet: Island states vs oil countries

• Dairy farmers asked to set up biogas plants

• City plays up the green cause

• Climate talks: Need to go back to basics, say India, China

• Go Green: Experts ask firms to invest in eco-friendly ways

• Residents seek pollution control norms for factories

• Rs 60 cr for forest, wildlife preservation

• City traders form panel to protect environment

• Environmental toxicity takes toll on kids

• Plantation drive to increase green cover

• International Environment Day-‘Noise pollution threatening human existence’

• Schools, colleges celebrate Environment Day

• Post-Copenhagen, few expectations from Bonn

• `Green' revolution in Ludhiana

• Short-duration paddy varieties find favour with farmers

• Plantation drive by pollution control board

• Tree Plantation

• Collection of e-waste a major issue in recycling: Expert world environment day

• World Environment Day-end of 2 part series-Solid waste prime concern

• Industry celebrates Environment Day

• Maize crop promises prosperity to farmers

• ‘No vehicle day’ marks Environment Day

• Stress on need to save environment

• Govt urged to clean polluted rivers

• NGO observes Environment Day

• WHY SUKHNA IS DYING III - Sukhna: Death by choking

• Air pollution in city rises alarmingly due to vehicles

• Tree plantation drive to mark Environment Day

• Youth go green with eco concern

• University gears up for Environment Day

• World Environment Day-PPCB to honour kheti mission director

• Rally on environment by Green Grove kids

• Sukhna is dying, save it!

• Roadside waste-burning unabated in Patiala

• 1 lakh saplings to be planted

• Submersible pumps alarm environmentalists

• Climate change failed two crop cycles

• No pulp fiction: Each mango tree in this orchard is a sweet slice of heritage

• WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY - Rise of green heroes

• Punjab yet to draw action plan on polluting industrial clusters

• Students take a vow to go green, rally for clean environment

 

May

• Smoke from burning leaves chokes residents

• PPCB team collects samples of effluents

• Bio-informatics must for improving crop, says Dr Kang

• Chandigarh, Amritsar could be solar cities

• Carbon 'burp' from ocean started global warming

• Climate talks: Course correction

• A first: Wetlands watchdog soon

• Stop effluent discharge by June 30, NFL told

• NSS volunteers get lesson on clean, green environment

• Giant banyan tree needs conservation

• Mealy bug attacks kinnow orchards

• State to introduce LED lighting in 5 cities

• Environmentalists lay stress on bio-diversity sensitisation

• Banyan Tree School Observes Biodiversity Day

• Students find ‘treasures’ at biodiversity hunt

• Cotton crop hit as mercury rises

• Birds lay eggs courtesy healthy diet

• Make Rain water Harvesting Mandatory

• Noise pollution can impair health

• Dead Fish in Sutlej-Ammonia behind Sutlej fish mortality

• Earth Day celebrated

• `Save Water' campaign at Greenland School

• Illegal quarrying threatens Ghaggar wildlife

• There goes another green cover-1,000 trees axed, 9,000 more to fall

• Roads minister wants to decide auto efficiency

• Bird population in Ghaggar declines

• PEDA to solar-power Parliament House-Offers 50 pc subsidy to domestic users

• Pollution from HP-PPCB moots joint panel

• EARTH WATCH - India's own deep well moment

• PPCB chief to meet mining units' owners

• SDM report: Nangal mining units polluting villages

• Bt brinjal is back on the regulator's plate

• Greenhouse emission numbers out and we're clean compared to West

• Bt cotton productivity falling, say PAU experts-Agricultural Dept officials disagree

• Pollution board's no to Jaypee clinker yard

• PSHRC seeks report on dead fish

• Once again, fish found dead in Sutlej-The nearby National Fertilizers Limited might have released its effluents into the river

• National bird loses habitat to humans

• Climate talks at dead-end : India

• Black bucks falling prey to stray dogs

• Jaypee Cement clinker dump: Pollution board collects samples

• Sex ratio shows improvement

• ‘Soybean best substitute to paddy’

• Human error: Man-made ecological disasters

• Liquor baron's industrial unit causes pollution

• RO Systems 'waste 60-70 pc water'

• Research areas in biotech discussed

• India among the worst 10 climate polluters: Study

• India toughens stand in runup to Mexico

• Energy Conservation-CICU gives tips to PSEB

• Wildlife dept under fire for casual approach to feed rare vultures

• India, China begin cooperation to tackle global warming

• Air Pollution: HC calls for fresh survey-Auto-rickshaw unions welcome the move

• Fish farmer felicitated

• Farmers reap profits in emu farming

• BASIC meet on climate equity in June

• EARTH WATCH - A decent burial for electronics

 

 

April

• Melting icebergs causing sea level rise

• SAARC Summit Thimphu, April 28-29-Consensus on climate change, trade

• Dumping of toxic industrial ash in rural belt-DC directs PPCB to investigate matter

• Garbage dumping blues for residents

• Nangal to get new sewage treatment plant

• Toxic industrial ash dumped in rural belt

• HP industrial hose spews toxins into Swan

• Environment linked to existence

• Water Woes-II-Potable water scarcity hits Punjab

• Climate change needs to be discussed in 'meaningful' way: India

• CHECKING WASTE - Rainwater harvesting is their mission

• HC to states: Study pesticide effects

• HP industries polluting Sutlej waters: Punjab

• Improved wheat varieties register increase in yield

• Green lungs to be axed for multiplex

• ‘India faces growing food security challenge’ - Prestigious US journal cover story features PAU VC

• Biotech can improve agriculture

• IIT profs study pollution level in steel town

• Students get tips to keep environment clean

• Depleting Water Table-India must learn from UK: Expert

• Increase in Air Pollution-Cases of allergies on the rise

• Chhatbir zoo finds sponsors for animals

• City celebrates Earth Day

• Aim for the sun... but don’t get burnt

• Power blues for maize, sunflower farmers

• Rallies mark Earth Day

• School, college students vow to make earth clean and green

• Don’t axe trees if you can’t plant them

• Seminar on Earth day

• Doctors still lax on biomedical waste disposal

• Contaminated water causing illness: Residents

• Green documentaries screen

• Water of Dashmesh Nagar goes for test

• Treatment plant's information sought

• India clears stand on international scrutiny of climate change actions

• Polluted Sutlej bane of villagers

• Benzene levels alarmingly high: UT study

• Harvesting of rainwater is prologue to the second Green Revolution

• ‘Save Birds’ project launched

• Pollution-Board asks unit to restrict operation

• Record: 9,994 tonnes of wheat arrives in market

• Volcano may change Europe's Climate

• No food security without population control

• `Global warming to affect crops'

• NGO Gives earthen pots for Birds

• Earth's missing heat could haunt us later : Report

• Depleting groundwater: LMC joins green cause

• 41º C and rising

• Hi-tech system in place for monitoring tigers

• Canadian firm to set up potable water station

• Fuel efficiency norms delayed

• Earth Watch - Who's responsible for Cobalt 60

• 'We're now testing the limits of environment protection act'

• Air pollution causes various health problems: Expert

• Industrial waste polluting potable water

• GAMADA to plant 4,000 saplings

• 93% of wild medicinal plants in endangered list: Study

• After biomass, state turns to solar energy

• Sex ratio improves in Bathinda villages

• Conference on water quality crisis

• India, US firm up climate plan

• The great banana success story

• Water recedes in Bhakra & Pong, tough summer ahead

• PAU expert says scanty rain may affect rabi crop

 

March

• EARTH WATCH - Green issues may be ignored with quick clearances

• NOISE POLLUTION - All city roads lead to ENT specialists

• Pest attack, rise in mercury threaten wheat crop

• Himalayan glaciers shrank 16% in 50 yrs: Isro

• Earth Hour 2010 aims to surpass last year's target: WWF

• `Seed treatment ensures better yield'

• ‘More migratory birds visit Pong Dam wetland in Kangra’

• Students told to fight environment pollution

• `Conserve Natural Resources' is kisan mela message

• International Water Day-Water table dipping at alarming rate: Expert

• Changing weather damaging standing wheat crop

• Call for crusade to save forest cover

• MC to act tough on water wastage

• Effluent Disposal: Units given 15 days’ notice

• Science Congress-R&D fund to promote research

• US calls 17-country green meet in April

• Science Express chugs in to lukewarm response

• Science Express to halt in city for 3 days

• Science Congress from March 19

• Rs 400 crore for green drive

• Seechewal hits out at PPCB officials

• India to have satellite to monitor green house emission

• PAU’s Research Station-Focus on disease-resistant wheat, rice varieties

• Expert stresses on saving water

• Science Express to reach city on March 18

• Plantation drive at Khalsa College

• PPCB  to crack whip on erring units

• PPCB raid finds 7 units violating norms

• PAU Notes-Training on scientific crop mgmt ends

• GREEN PLAN - Conserving power, one bulb at a time

• SGPC on green drive-To plant 1 lakh saplings on March 14

• Villages Colonies polluting groundwater

• Question Hour-Sex ratio looks up in State

• India stands by Copenhagen Climate Change Accord: Ramesh

• GM crops not people-friendly

• Environmental hazards discussed

• Migratory birds on decline at Nangal Wetland

• World cops target traditional healers over smuggled wildlife

• Glacier melting a key clue to tracking Climate Change

• Gurtagaddi Diwas to be Environment Day

• Closed N-fuel cycle must to mitigate climate change threat

• Badal lays Rajpura Thermal Plant stone

 

February

• China, India back Copenhagen Accord: UN Climate chief

• National Science Day observed

• Save Migratory Birds -Save Earth

• Environment Preservation Week-Law varsity releases eco-friendly kit

• Cleaning of Budda Nullah tops MC list-5 tippers worth Rs 78 lakh bought for lifting garbage

• River waters: The next testing ground

• Ramesh said Bt will destroy brinjal’s ayurvedic value, experts beg to differ

• Bird census at Nangal wetland on Feb 28

• More animals to find home in Chattbir zoo

• Bundh raised to block effluents

• State gets 2 biomass plants

• Seechewal puts off drain plugging

• Out of waste solution

• Environment preservation week begins

• ‘Dairy farming more profitable than agriculture’

• Villagers protest effluent flow from Himachal units

• Pollution of  Sutlej-Seechewal to block Kala Sanghian drain

• Environment rally by NSS students

• Icebergs will melt, but don't panic

• Region to face effect of Climate Change

• GEAC to decide on new tests on Brinjal on

• Key climate change scientist says he can't find data

• Workshop on Climate Change

• PU prepares to organise seminar on Climate Change

• Scientists slam key study behind Bt Brinjal ban

• Climate 'tipping points' may arrive without warning: Study

• Experts back govt on Bt Brinjal

• Seminar on Global Warming

• No to Bt Brinjal, for now-Decision not to impact genetic modification in farm sector

• Need to inculcate right mindset to tackle climate change: Shivraj Patil

• UN Environment Chief defends IPCC, slams climate sceptics

• EARTH WATCH - TALE OF TWO WETLANDS, A STUDY IN CONTRAST

• Bt brinjal: Philippines, Bangla watching India

• Seminar on Climate Change

• Symposium on Biotechnology

• Science Congress-500 students confirm participation

• PM stands ground on climate accord

• Seminar on Environment

• New species of birds spotted in Harike

• Climate change research by India to be more robust

• 5 panels to conserve biological resources

• City to go solar-Consultancy firm meets officials

• IPCC studies robust, says Pachauri

• Seminar on wetland conservation at GNDU

• Environment fest at MCM DAV- 36

• Bird census begins at Harike sanctuary

• Earth watch - Climate change can drown our islands

• Black buck found dead

• India keeps Copenhagen pledge on emission cuts

 

January

• State ignores wildlife concerns

• Sooty Ludhiana scrambles for carbon credits

• PU to host science conference from Feb 7

• No public consensus over Bt Brinjal

• From Schools & Colleges-Students submit memo on Bt brinjal issue

• Environment Protection-Appreciation certificate to Khalsa school

• Rs 190-cr project to clean state rivers

• Buddha Nullah cleaner: PPCB

• Pollution control: India ranks 123rd

• Biotechnology, intellectual property laws discussed

• The Good Earth

• 'Himalayan glaciers here to stay'

• NASA too got it wrong on glaciers MORE IPCC ERRORS

• Districts told to form biodiversity management panels

• Sex ratio has improved to 838: Health officials

• Panjab University quiz on environment increases level of students' awareness

• Discord over climate

• IPCC jumped the gun on warming: Report

• Stress on preserving environment

• BASIC nations to back Copenhagen pact

• PSHRC orders pollution board to check uranium

• Patiala to plant 1 lakh saplings on R-Day

• Carbon emission reduction, brick by brick

• Bt Brinjal-Ramesh rebuts Pawar’s statement

• Climate panel sorry for glacier error

• Change climate change!

• Dyeing units found violating pollution norms

• Undersized trees axed in Perch forest

• Record winged visitors throng Pong wetland

• New finding says no Himalayan meltdown in '35

• Emphasis on Energy Conservation

• Is Chandigarh's green cover for real?

• 13 state schools in running for national ‘green’ awards

• Ethiopian delegation visits BCM school

• Animal adoption yet to take off.

• HC seeks report on Budha Nullah

• Admn to control fish population in Sukhna

• Cold wave intensifies

• North reels under fog, chill

• PEFA to act against polluting HP factories

• Govt refuses World Bank help for tiger conservation

• Animal health body to study meat impact on climate

• Wildlife Dept to conduct survey of Harike Birds

• Effluents from HP Units 'Polluting' Nangal Wetland

• Pollution has made life deplorable, rue villagers

• Seechewal threatens to block inflow into drain

• At 11.6o C, Tuesday was coldest in 3 yrs

• Cold wave abates, just a bit

• Winged visitors give polluted wetland a miss

• Night temp to dip further

• China taking steps to prevent illegal trade in tiger parts

• DC orders reduction in noise pollution

• Migratory birds flock Chhatbir zoo

• Cold wave good for wheat, kinnow

• Fog trips grid, paralyses life

• Fog hits normal life

• Some relief likely on chill front

 

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