Coal Gasification And Liquefaction: In its endeavour to reduce emissions and control dependence on crude oil, the Centre has said four coal gasification plants will be set up on a pilot basis to understand the technical and financial viability of such projects. India is committed to cut consumption of coal, a primary pollutant, in […]
Category: Environment Current Affairs
What Is Coal Gasification?
What Is Coal Gasification? The Delhi-based non-profit, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), has raised concerns about the Union Government’s announcement on coal gasification projects in the Budget 2022-23. The budget proposed four pilot projects for coal gasification and conversion of coal into chemicals required for the industry. According to CSE, the process of […]
Energy Transition And Climate Action: Union Budget 2022 Updates
Energy Transition And Climate Action: Union Budget The Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Smt Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Union Budget 2022-23 in Parliament. Additional allocation of Rs. 19,500 crore for Production Linked Incentive for manufacture of high efficiency solar modules to meet the goal of 280 GW of installed solar power by 2030. […]
Fly Ash Management And Utilisation Mission
Fly Ash Management And Utilisation Mission: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the constitution of a ‘Fly Ash Management and Utilisation Mission. The order by the NGT takes note of the ‘unscientific handling and storage’ of the fly ash by coal thermal power stations. For example, the draining of industrial effluents and fly ash in […]
Septemeranthus: Andaman and Nicobar
Septemeranthus: A new genus of a parasitic flowering plant has recently been discovered from the Nicobar group of islands. The genus Septemeranthus grows on the plant species Horsfieldia glabra (Blume) Warb. The parasitic flowering plants have a modified root structure spread on the stem of the tree and are anchored inside the bark of the […]
Spot-Billed Pelicans
Spot-Billed Pelicans: A nematode infestation has led to mass mortality of spot-billed pelicans (Pelicanus philippensis) at Telineelapuram Important Bird Area (IBA) in Naupada swamp of Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh. Over 150 spot-billed pelicans have succumbed to the infestation since December. Only adult birds have succumbed to the infestation till date. Until now, in South […]
Kerala Bird Atlas
Kerala Bird Atlas: The Kerala Bird Atlas (KBA), the first-of-its-kind State-level bird atlas in India, has created solid baseline data about the distribution and abundance of bird species across all major habitats, giving an impetus to futuristic studies. Conducted as a citizen science-driven exercise with the participation of over 1,000 volunteers of the birdwatching community, […]
4th Asia Ministerial Conference On Tiger Conservation
Fourth Asia Ministerial Conference On Tiger Conservation: Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav delivers India’s statement at the Fourth Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation, an important event for reviewing progress towards the Global Tiger Recovery Programme and commitments to tiger conservation. The Government of Malaysia and Global Tiger Forum (GTF) organized […]
The Wildlife Act
Plan To Amend The Wildlife Act: In December 2021, the Union environment ministry announced a plan to amend the Wildlife Act. The Act has been amended several times, in 1982, 1986, 1991, 1993, 2002, 2006 and 2013. The proposed amendment is likely the most expansive so far in scope: it covers more areas of legislation, […]
Eastern Swamp Deer
Eastern Swamp Deer: The population of the vulnerable eastern swamp deer, extinct elsewhere in South Asia, has dipped in the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve. Officials attributed the decrease from 907 individuals in 2018 to 868 during the Eastern Swamp Deer Estimation on January 10 and 11 to two high floods in 2019 and […]
