Follow Us on Google News Chennai, June 11 (IANS) The Southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Tamil Nadu government to file a comprehensive report on the cleanup operations following a significant spill of plastic nurdles that washed ashore reaching Dhanushkodi. The spill originated from a cargo ship that sank off … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Nice (France), June 10 (IANS) India on Tuesday called for an urgent global action on ocean health with Union Minister of Earth Sciences Jitendra Singh pushing for global ocean pact and unveiling major strides in deep-sea exploration, marine plastic clean-up, and sustainable fisheries. Representing India at the third United Nations … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, June 10 (IANS) A plastic nurdle spill from the sunken cargo ship MSC ELSA 3 has spread into the newly declared Dhanushkodi Greater Flamingo Sanctuary in Ramanathapuram district, threatening one of India’s most fragile coastal ecosystems. The MSC ELSA 3, a Liberian-flagged vessel, sank off the Kochi coast a … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Gandhinagar, June 6 (IANS) Gujarat Environment Management Institute (GEMI), under the Forest and Environment Department, concluded a statewide campaign themed #BeatPlasticPollution, which ran from May 22 to June 5. According to data released on Friday, as many as 1,640 citizens came together to clean 12 beaches across Gujarat, collecting more … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Mumbai, June 5 (IANS) On the occasion of World Environment Day on Thursday, a campaign to eradicate single-use plastic was conducted at Girgaon Chowpatty in the presence of the state Environment and Climate Change Minister Pankaja Munde. The Environment Department has taken steps to protect “Mother Earth”, and Minister Munde … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bhubaneswar, June 5 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday raised alarm over the escalating menace of plastic pollution in the state. While addressing the World Environment Day celebration in Bhubaneswar, CM Majhi stated that the unbridled use of plastic poses a triple threat- climate change, loss of … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Mumbai, June 4 (IANS) Stating that plastic is the biggest enemy of the environment, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis emphasised that refusing single-use plastic is in fact an affirmation of environmental protection. He appealed to citizens to actively participate in the government’s ambitious campaign of planting 10 crore (100 million) … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, June 4 (IANS) After the death of a female wild elephant that ingested plastic waste, the Coimbatore Forest Division in Tamil Nadu has issued a stern appeal to local bodies to immediately stop dumping garbage along forest fringes. The elephant, which was found dead near the Maruthamalai foothills recently, … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) On the eve of World Environment Day 2025, New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) Chairman Keshav Chandra on Monday launched a Recycle Mela at central business hub Connaught Place to reduce, reuse and recycle plastic waste. The civic agency, in collaboration with Why Waste Wednesdays Foundation, … Read more