Ban On Single-Use Plastic Items Kicks In
The ban on certain single-use plastic (SUP) items kicks in from today, with state governments…
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Floods: Millions Marooned In India, B’desh
Floodwaters inundated more of Bangladesh and northeast India on Tuesday, officials said, as authorities struggled…
New, Plant-Based Plastics Prepare For Take-Off
Plant-based plastics are only just starting to be more widely accepted. But challenges remain. If…
Can Carbon Markets Help Halt Climate Change?
Putting a price on carbon is seen by many as the ultimate solution to compel…
Delhi’s Forest Cover: Green Activists Question Govt Report
After it came to the fore that at least 77,000 trees were either cut or…
EPI: India Ranked Lowest Among 180 Countries
India has been placed at the bottom on a list of 180 countries judged for…
The Varied Reasons For Protecting Nature
As spring phases into summer in North America, with trees flowering and birds migrating, nature…
Walking In The Shadow Of MP’s Massive Floods
Bundelkhand, a region shared by the massive Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh,…
Knowing Rapid Evolution Has Limits Can Help With Conservation
Human impacts on global ecosystems can be severe, widespread and irreversible. But life on Earth…
North India Caught In Vicious Cycle Of Forest Fires, Heatwaves
Mohan Negi is worried that respiratory conditions are becoming more common across Chamoli district in…
Delhi Turns Into Hot Cauldron At 49 Degrees C
A tormenting heatwave swept through the national capital and its neighbouring areas on Sunday with…
Climate Change Is Making Floods Worse Too
Super cyclones, known as hurricanes or typhoons in different parts of the world, are among…
‘Our Mountains Are Gone’: Grief As Sacred New Mexico Forests Burn
Forests in Ella Arellano’s family for nine generations burned in a day on Monday as…
Land Degradation: Silence When Alarms Should Be Sounding
In 1992, three UN conventions were established to combat climate change, biodiversity loss and desertification….
Saving 700 Trees & Much Ecological Heartache
The Green Meadows Housing Society in Bhopal’s Arera Hills area lies at the juncture of…
South, Central Asia Reel Under Early Heatwave
For days at a time in early April, people and animals across large swathes of…
NGT Directs Study On Menace Of Microplastics
The National Green Tribunal has formed a committee and directed it to conduct a study…
Banks Unprepared For Climate Breaking Points
India has always been a land of brutal but predictable weather. Now, the climate crisis…
Climate Catastrophe: Carbon Removal Could Help Prevent It
Historically, policies to combat climate change have focused on mitigation: reducing emissions of greenhouse gases….
Advocates Say Nations Must Move Faster To Save Biodiversity
Environmentalists are criticising slow progress at a UN-backed meeting of nearly all the world’s countries…
How Ultra-Processed Foods Are Trashing Our Health And The Planet
Our world is facing a huge challenge: we need to create enough high-quality, diverse and…
After B’desh, River Meetings In India Address Riparian Challenges
Rajrajeshwar, a tiny river island (locally called char) in the Meghna River in Bangladesh’s Chandpur…
Philosophy Caused Our Environmental Mess & Can Fix It Too
(By Michael Paul Nelson, Oregon State University in Corvallis, 360info.org) We better get used to…
Environment Council Will Help Speed Up Action On Climate: Experts
Experts have backed the states’ proposal to set up an environment council, saying it would…
Pollution Causing More Deaths Than Covid-19: UN Expert
Pollution by states and companies is contributing to more deaths globally than COVID-19, a U.N….