Tag: Environmental
EMR declares Peshawar BRT’s environmental compliance unsatisfactory: report
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Environmental Monitoring Report (EMR) has declared unsatisfactory the project’s environmental, healthcare and safety compliance during the first...
Vietnam court jails environmental blogger for 14 years
HANOI: A court in central Vietnam jailed a prominent environmental blogger on Tuesday for 14 years for abusing his democratic freedom and opposing officials...
When environmental scruples become tangible
Pakistan has one of the most diverse geographical expanses in the world including a varied biomes and an extensive range of habitats within its...
Climate change to cause half million deaths by 2050
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Climate change is an ever-growing concern in the world. Melting glaciers and ice sheets, rising pollution levels, deforestation, etc., all contribute or...
Educators, WWF sign environmental education MoU
The Educators school signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Pakistan World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) on Thursday to spread environmental education...
PM urges proactive measures against environmental hazards
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Thursday urged all stakeholders to take proactive measures to reduce carbon emission and adopt energy conservation techniques in...
Six environmental laboratories
Punjab government has decided to close down laboratories constructed for environment protection in six cities of the province, including Rawalpindi. The purpose of these...
Environment degradation costing country Rs 1 billion daily
Poor implementation of environmental laws and regulations cost the country Rs 1 billion daily as threats of further deterioration loom large amid a rising...
Taiwan minister calls on men to sit down to pee
Taiwan's environmental minister is calling on the island's men to sit down when they urinate in order to keep toilets clean, drawing a mixed...
‘German agency to incinerate Bhopal waste’
The Indian government on Friday approved a proposal for a German environmental agency to dispose of over 350 tonnes of waste produced by the...
The growing Pakistani carbon footprint threatening quality of life
Environmental pollution is a rapidly growing threat in Pakistan which is damaging the climate and human and wildlife health. Highly inefficient energy use, the...
CJP terms right to life basic principle of environmental justice
The constitution of Pakistan does not articulate the issue of environmental protection and preservation in any of its provisions, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry...
KP government discusses devolved environmental department
In order to discuss the post 18th constitutional amendment affairs and problems of the environmental department, a meeting of the oversight committee on...
Polythene bags creating environmental hazards
Environmentalist fear the excessive use of the polythene bags would severely damage the already fragile eco balance of this world as these bags take...
The environmental degradation is ‘real’!
The initiation and success of all economic activity heavily impinges upon and conveniently assumes easy availability of basic resources such as suitable water and...
Wheat exports cause mass environmental degradation
Whereas the cash-strapped government is busy the record dollar reserves augmented primarily by the export of wheat, rice, cotton and other commodities, the cynical...
