Tag: Environment

The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change organized “Hariyali Mahotsav” – Tree Festival, at Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi, today celebrating the nation’s zeal for planting trees and saving forests.  The event was organised in collaboration with the State Governments, Police Institutions of NCT Government of Delhi and Schools of Delhi for undertaking plantation drives on the occasion and creating awareness about the importance of trees to protect our environment for present as well as future generations. Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav, called the nation forward to ... Read more

A Yoga event was organised by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change as a run up to International Day of Yoga 2022, which is to be celebrated on 21st June 2022. This event was attended by Union Minister for Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav and Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for MoEFCC. Around 200 officers and staff members of the MoEFCC also participated in the Yoga Session which continued for more than 45 minutes.  The Yoga instructors and volunteers were invited from Patanjali Yogapeeth who guided the participants. ... Read more

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey Holds Meeting with CAF&PD and Environment Officials of Assam Reviews Progress of Implementation of Projects in Assam Posted On: 18 SEP 2021 8:49PM by PIB Guwahati Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey today held a meeting with the Environment and Forest Secretary, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) and Senior Officials of the Forest department in Guwahati, Assam. He also had a meeting with the ... Read more

The Government of Canada conducts rigorous impact assessments based on science and Indigenous knowledge. August 10, 2021 — Ottawa — Impact Assessment Agency of Canada The Government of Canada conducts rigorous impact assessments based on science and Indigenous knowledge. Following a thorough environmental assessment conducted by the Joint Assessment Committee, comprised of representatives from the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (the Agency) and the Cree Nation Government, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, has agreed with the conclusions of the Committee’s Environmental Assessment Report and has decided that the proposed Rose Lithium-Tantalum Mining Project is not likely to cause significant adverse ... Read more

Vancouver, British Columbia Canadians are already feeling the impacts of climate change through more frequent and extreme weather events, including heat waves, wildfires, floods and droughts. Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Meteorological Service is continuing to warn Canadians about a dangerous and unprecedented heat wave, which is expected to persist in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and parts of the Northwest Territories this week. This event is already shattering longstanding temperature records, especially in British Columbia. This severe weather event is bringing record temperatures well above 35°C (some exceeding 45°C) in several areas of western Canada this week. These extreme daytime ... Read more