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"Are You Defending Lt Governor?" Supreme Court's Tough Talk On Delhi Tree Cutting
Coming down heavily on the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for the felling of trees in the capital's Ridge area, the Supreme Court today said it cannot brush aside "brazen acts" that lead to the destruction of the environment.
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400 Trees Axed In Ridge, Supreme Court Starts Contempt Case Against DDA Official
Days after the Supreme Court asked Delhi and 3 other states not to give any new mining permissions in the Aravallis without its permission, the court has come down hard on the Delhi Development Authority for tree cutting in the Ridge.
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Man Pleads Not Guilty To Chopping Down One Of UK's Most Loved Trees
A 38-year-old man on Wednesday denied criminal damage, after one of the UK's most-loved and photographed trees was found cut down next to the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage site.
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"Painful": High Court Slams Authorities Over Tree Felling In Delhi Ridge
The Delhi High Court expressed its displeasure on Friday over the cutting down of trees in the Southern Ridge here for constructing a road near the South Asian University and said if authorities want to convert the capital into the Thar desert,
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US Man Who Cut Neighbour's Trees For Better View Stares At $1 Million Fine
A New Jersey security executive was fined $13,000 by a judge for illegally cutting down his neighbour's trees last year.
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Displacement, Killing, Seige: Gaza Man Describes Hunger, Rage As War Intensifies
People so hungry they break into U.N. warehouses to take whatever they can find. Children terrified of the noise of air strikes. Families using sea water to wash. Men cutting down trees in cemeteries to use as fuel to bake bread.
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One Of UK's Most Photographed Trees "Cut Down With Chainsaw"
One of the UK's most photographed trees, located next to the Roman-era Hadrian's Wall in northeast England, has been "deliberately felled," the authority responsible for the local National Park said Thursday.
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'Last Legume' Tree Uprooted To Build Highway In Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan authorities on Tuesday cut down what had once been described as the world's only known wild specimen of a species of legume, part of ongoing construction of a four-lane expressway.
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Over 1 Lakh Trees Cut For Srinagar Ring Road, Reveals RTI Reply
More than 1.10 lakh private trees of Apple, Chinar, Walnut, Mullberry among other species valued at Rs 13.76 crore have been chopped down by the NHAI to lay down the Srinagar Ring Road, an RTI reply has revealed.
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Assam Team In Border Village To Verify Claims Of Encroachment By Mizoram
The Assam government on Wednesday sent an official team to a remote village in Hailakandi district along its border with Mizoram to verify claims that people from the neighbouring state were allegedly encroaching land in Assam and cutting down trees
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From People To Snakes, Rescue Galore In Tamil Nadu Amid Intense Rains
Chennai Rains: When civic workers were cutting down a huge fallen tree here, a lengthy snake quietly surfaced from the dense foliage.
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Snakes vs Elon Musk. Or Why Tesla Had To Go Slow With New Factory
Hibernating snakes are complicating Elon Musk's plans for a gigafactory near Berlin. A German court has told the US billionaire's electric vehicle company Tesla to suspend clearing of a forest at the site of the proposed factory after environmentalists said that cutting down more trees could endanger hibernating snakes.
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"Can't Cut Thousands Of Trees For Krishna": Top Court To UP Government
The Uttar Pradesh government cannot chop down nearly 3,000 trees in the name of Lord Krishna, the Supreme Court said Wednesday afternoon in an observation that should bring cheer to environmental activists around the country
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800 Acres Of Mumbai's Aarey Declared Forest, Metro Car Shed To Be Shifted
Around 800 acres of land in Mumbai's Aarey - the site of a bitter row between environmental activists battling to save nearly 3,000 trees from being cut down by then BJP-ruled government to build a car shed for the Metro - have been made a reserve forest
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10,000 Trees May Be Cut For Expanding Dehradun Airport: Report
Up to 10,000 trees could be chopped down for the expansion of Uttarakhand's main airport in Dehradun, news agency PTI reported on Friday, quoting forest department officials. The move to cut the trees in the Thano range of the Dehradun forest division could affect wildlife in the elephant corridors nearby, forest department sources said.
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"Are You Defending Lt Governor?" Supreme Court's Tough Talk On Delhi Tree Cutting
Coming down heavily on the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for the felling of trees in the capital's Ridge area, the Supreme Court today said it cannot brush aside "brazen acts" that lead to the destruction of the environment.
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400 Trees Axed In Ridge, Supreme Court Starts Contempt Case Against DDA Official
Days after the Supreme Court asked Delhi and 3 other states not to give any new mining permissions in the Aravallis without its permission, the court has come down hard on the Delhi Development Authority for tree cutting in the Ridge.
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Man Pleads Not Guilty To Chopping Down One Of UK's Most Loved Trees
A 38-year-old man on Wednesday denied criminal damage, after one of the UK's most-loved and photographed trees was found cut down next to the Hadrian's Wall UNESCO World Heritage site.
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"Painful": High Court Slams Authorities Over Tree Felling In Delhi Ridge
The Delhi High Court expressed its displeasure on Friday over the cutting down of trees in the Southern Ridge here for constructing a road near the South Asian University and said if authorities want to convert the capital into the Thar desert,
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US Man Who Cut Neighbour's Trees For Better View Stares At $1 Million Fine
A New Jersey security executive was fined $13,000 by a judge for illegally cutting down his neighbour's trees last year.
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Displacement, Killing, Seige: Gaza Man Describes Hunger, Rage As War Intensifies
People so hungry they break into U.N. warehouses to take whatever they can find. Children terrified of the noise of air strikes. Families using sea water to wash. Men cutting down trees in cemeteries to use as fuel to bake bread.
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One Of UK's Most Photographed Trees "Cut Down With Chainsaw"
One of the UK's most photographed trees, located next to the Roman-era Hadrian's Wall in northeast England, has been "deliberately felled," the authority responsible for the local National Park said Thursday.
-
'Last Legume' Tree Uprooted To Build Highway In Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan authorities on Tuesday cut down what had once been described as the world's only known wild specimen of a species of legume, part of ongoing construction of a four-lane expressway.
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Over 1 Lakh Trees Cut For Srinagar Ring Road, Reveals RTI Reply
More than 1.10 lakh private trees of Apple, Chinar, Walnut, Mullberry among other species valued at Rs 13.76 crore have been chopped down by the NHAI to lay down the Srinagar Ring Road, an RTI reply has revealed.
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Assam Team In Border Village To Verify Claims Of Encroachment By Mizoram
The Assam government on Wednesday sent an official team to a remote village in Hailakandi district along its border with Mizoram to verify claims that people from the neighbouring state were allegedly encroaching land in Assam and cutting down trees
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From People To Snakes, Rescue Galore In Tamil Nadu Amid Intense Rains
Chennai Rains: When civic workers were cutting down a huge fallen tree here, a lengthy snake quietly surfaced from the dense foliage.
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Snakes vs Elon Musk. Or Why Tesla Had To Go Slow With New Factory
Hibernating snakes are complicating Elon Musk's plans for a gigafactory near Berlin. A German court has told the US billionaire's electric vehicle company Tesla to suspend clearing of a forest at the site of the proposed factory after environmentalists said that cutting down more trees could endanger hibernating snakes.
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"Can't Cut Thousands Of Trees For Krishna": Top Court To UP Government
The Uttar Pradesh government cannot chop down nearly 3,000 trees in the name of Lord Krishna, the Supreme Court said Wednesday afternoon in an observation that should bring cheer to environmental activists around the country
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800 Acres Of Mumbai's Aarey Declared Forest, Metro Car Shed To Be Shifted
Around 800 acres of land in Mumbai's Aarey - the site of a bitter row between environmental activists battling to save nearly 3,000 trees from being cut down by then BJP-ruled government to build a car shed for the Metro - have been made a reserve forest
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10,000 Trees May Be Cut For Expanding Dehradun Airport: Report
Up to 10,000 trees could be chopped down for the expansion of Uttarakhand's main airport in Dehradun, news agency PTI reported on Friday, quoting forest department officials. The move to cut the trees in the Thano range of the Dehradun forest division could affect wildlife in the elephant corridors nearby, forest department sources said.
