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Coal Dust Chokes Plants, Trees In Mining Areas

A recent study in Odisha used remote sensing and on ground sampling methods to find that coal dust impacts several…

8 months ago
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Environmental Laws ‘Given Pass’ In Kashmir’s Tourism Drive

The Gurez Valley lies on the Indian side of the Line of Control, which separates the two parts of the…

1 year ago
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Kashmir’s Dal Lake, Chinar Trees Under Threat

While Kashmir continues to be a popular tourist destination, the increasing pollution is affecting its ecology The unabated flow of…

1 year ago
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Pollution Dips, But Fine Particulate Matter Still Top Public Health Threat

India’s particulate pollution slightly dropped in one year, between 2021 and 2022. Despite this decline, the annual average particulate pollution…

1 year ago
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Rethinking Master Plans For Our Growing Cities

India’s share of the urban population has more than doubled over six decades, with some estimates highlighting that India’s urban…

1 year ago
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India’s Polluted Rivers Are Becoming A Global Pollution Problem

Towering landfills are testament to poor waste segregation practices in India that have persisted for decades. But India’s mounting, untreated…

1 year ago
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Shocker: Species Extinction Is Spreading Faster Than Research

More than a quarter of assessed species are at risk of extinction. But many more will die out before we…

1 year ago
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Bio-Briquettes Tackle India’s Climate, Pollution & Poverty Challenges

Surjeet Kaur is a 38-year-old farmer whose family has tilled land for generations in Patiala district in the Indian state…

2 years ago
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‘To Find Common Ground In The Himalayas Is In Our Self-Interest’

In June 2023, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) released its latest report on the cryosphere (regions where…

2 years ago
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Microplastics Found In Mangroves In SW India!

Scientists have found various forms of microplastics in surface water samples from the Kota mangrove in Karnataka. Microplastic fibres were…

2 years ago
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If Stubble Burning Ended In Dec, Why Is Delhi’s AQI Still ‘Severe’?

Although the days when parali (stubble) burning in the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana was blamed solely for rising…

2 years ago
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As The World Swims In Plastic, An Answer: Ban The Toxic Two

Anti-plastic campaigners have achieved limited initial success in passing bans based on the toxic health effects of some plastic types,…

2 years ago
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Coal Power Plant Pollution Causes Many More Deaths Than Believed

Air pollution particles from coal-fired power plants are more harmful to human health than many experts realized, and it’s more…

2 years ago
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Rush-Hour Traffic Pollution Can Spike BP, Up Heart Risk Upto 24 Hrs: Study

An alarming study has revealed that breathing unfiltered air from rush-hour traffic can significantly increase passengers' blood pressure upto 24…

2 years ago
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Electric Vehicles Offer Climate Hope, But…

Internal combustion engine vehicles (ICE) and electric vehicles (EV) both have supply chains that generate significant environmental impacts. Experts argue…

2 years ago
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Should Rural India Drink Urban Wastewater?!

It is early August and Kolar is shades of brown and green. Unexpected showers in the previous months have lifted…

2 years ago
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“Justice” Takes Centrestage In The Latest Earth Commission Report

The latest Earth Commission Report attached a “justice” framework to its earlier discourse of “safe” planetary boundaries, which are the…

2 years ago
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UN Talks On Plastic Pollution End; Next Draft Of Legally-Binding Pact

Source: IANS The second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally-binding instrument on plastic pollution, including…

2 years ago
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Warming Water, Pollution Amplify Fish Mortality In Kerala During Summer

Come summer, people start leaving bowls of water for birds, make sure to not leave pets in closed cars and…

2 years ago
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Despite Guidelines, Fly Ash Continues To Affect People In C’garh

In Chhattisgarh, lakhs of tonnes of fly ash, released every day from thermal power plants, is affecting the lives of…

2 years ago
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Let Us Protect Nature, But Not Merely For The Sake Of Humans

Environmentalists rightly urge us to consider the long-term effects of our actions. Plastic bags, they point out, can take hundreds…

2 years ago
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Alternatives To Ocean Dumping Of Fukushima Wastewater

When the earthquake and resulting tsunami hit Fukushima, Japan in 2011, it killed thousands and caused severe damage to a…

3 years ago
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Kochi’s Brahmapuram Fumes Over Waste

On March 2, 25-ft-high ‘hills’ of garbage, extending over 40 acres at the Brahmapuram waste plant in Kochi caught fire,…

3 years ago
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Gujarat Farmers Accuse Pesticide Company Of Damaging Their Crops

Salim Patel is a 43-year old cotton farmer based in Tralsa, a village in Vagra taluka of Gujarat’s Bharuch district.…

3 years ago
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Making Single-Use Plastic Bans More Effective

Governments around the world are introducing single-use plastic product bans to alleviate pollution. Zimbabwe banned plastic packaging and bottles as…

3 years ago

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