Fossil Fuel Pollution Causes One In Five Premature Deaths Globally
Pollution from fossil fuels causes one in five premature deaths globally, suggesting the health impacts…
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Scientists Warn Over Misuse Of Climate Models In Financial Markets
Misuse of climate models could pose a growing risk to financial markets by giving investors…
U’Khand Glacier Burst: Search On For More Than 200
Rescuers searched on Monday for more than 200 people missing after part of a remote…
Rescuers Search For 125 Missing After Uttarakhand Glacier Burst
Hundreds of military personnel were deployed in the Himalayas on Monday to help find at…
Ropeways’ Green Image Masks Potential Damage In Himalayas
“We are not against the ropeway or development. We are only concerned about the environment…
Climate Crisis Is Foundation Of Farmers’ Protests
The protests by Indian farmers against three laws initially passed as ordinances have gone from…
FM Announces Voluntary Vehicle Scrapping Policy
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced the much-awaited voluntary vehicle scrapping policy to phase…
Amazon Biome Hurtles Toward Death Spiral Due To Deforestation Surge
An area the size of Israel was deforested in the Amazon biome last year, as…
Tree Planting Efforts Push Out Pastoralists In The Himalayas
Large scale tree planting is being promoted worldwide to mitigate the impact of climate change…
Estonian Firm Seeks Finance From Forests
Estonian company Single.Earth has raised millions of dollars to buy forests and wetlands, it said…
Big Oil’s Flagship Plastic Waste Project Sinks In The Ganges
A wheelbarrow and a handful of metal grids for capturing litter, emblazoned with the words…
Poor Nations Need More Cash To Adapt To Climate Change: U.N.
Half of the world’s climate change financing should go to helping poorer nations adapt to…
Sundarbans: Storms, Poverty Force Locals Deep Into Mangroves
On a warm November afternoon, Parul Haldar balanced precariously on the bow of a small…
Environmentalists Support Leaving Fossil Fuels In The Ground
Economic, climate and healthcare upheavals point to the need to move toward developing cleaner energy…
How Himalayan Dams Turn Into Economic Burdens
by Rishika Pardikar/The Third Pole On April 23, 2020, the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of…
Power Ministry Proposes Pushing Back Deadline For Emission Norms
In what could prove to be a severe blow to environmentalists, the Union power ministry…
Nature Is Not Healing: Pollution Remained A Problem In 2020
Dolphins did not return to cleaner canals in Venice, Italy this year. Nor was the…
Antarctica Rocked By 30,000 Tremors In 3 Months
More than 30,000 tremors have rocked Antarctica since the end of August, according to the…
Drip Irrigation System For Rice To Solve Global Problem
An Israeli company has developed a drip irrigation system for growing rice to replace the…
Heavy Smog In Delhi Raises Fears For COVID Patients
Residents of the Indian capital are enduring one of the worst spells of air pollution…
Delhi Suffers From “Severe” Air Pollution For Third Straight Day
Air quality in India’s capital remained in the “severe” category for the third straight day…
Japan To Release Fukushima Contaminated Water Into Sea
Japan’s government has decided to release radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into…
Activists Oppose Plans To Make Goa A Coal Transport Hub
Activists and politicians in Goa, known globally for its pristine coastline and dense forests, are…
Face Mask Boom Has Unhealthy Side-Effects
The outbreak of Covid-19 is the best thing that ever happened to the mask industry,…
Madras HC Says No To Re-Opening Of Vedanta’s Copper Smelter
An Indian court on Tuesday refused to allow the re-opening of Vedanta’s south Indian copper…