A recent study in Odisha used remote sensing and on ground sampling methods to find that coal dust impacts several…
The Gurez Valley lies on the Indian side of the Line of Control, which separates the two parts of the…
While Kashmir continues to be a popular tourist destination, the increasing pollution is affecting its ecology The unabated flow of…
India’s particulate pollution slightly dropped in one year, between 2021 and 2022. Despite this decline, the annual average particulate pollution…
India’s share of the urban population has more than doubled over six decades, with some estimates highlighting that India’s urban…
Towering landfills are testament to poor waste segregation practices in India that have persisted for decades. But India’s mounting, untreated…
More than a quarter of assessed species are at risk of extinction. But many more will die out before we…
Surjeet Kaur is a 38-year-old farmer whose family has tilled land for generations in Patiala district in the Indian state…
In June 2023, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) released its latest report on the cryosphere (regions where…
Scientists have found various forms of microplastics in surface water samples from the Kota mangrove in Karnataka. Microplastic fibres were…
Although the days when parali (stubble) burning in the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana was blamed solely for rising…
Anti-plastic campaigners have achieved limited initial success in passing bans based on the toxic health effects of some plastic types,…
Air pollution particles from coal-fired power plants are more harmful to human health than many experts realized, and it’s more…
An alarming study has revealed that breathing unfiltered air from rush-hour traffic can significantly increase passengers' blood pressure upto 24…
Internal combustion engine vehicles (ICE) and electric vehicles (EV) both have supply chains that generate significant environmental impacts. Experts argue…
It is early August and Kolar is shades of brown and green. Unexpected showers in the previous months have lifted…
The latest Earth Commission Report attached a “justice” framework to its earlier discourse of “safe” planetary boundaries, which are the…
Source: IANS The second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally-binding instrument on plastic pollution, including…
Come summer, people start leaving bowls of water for birds, make sure to not leave pets in closed cars and…
In Chhattisgarh, lakhs of tonnes of fly ash, released every day from thermal power plants, is affecting the lives of…
Environmentalists rightly urge us to consider the long-term effects of our actions. Plastic bags, they point out, can take hundreds…
When the earthquake and resulting tsunami hit Fukushima, Japan in 2011, it killed thousands and caused severe damage to a…
On March 2, 25-ft-high ‘hills’ of garbage, extending over 40 acres at the Brahmapuram waste plant in Kochi caught fire,…
Salim Patel is a 43-year old cotton farmer based in Tralsa, a village in Vagra taluka of Gujarat’s Bharuch district.…
Governments around the world are introducing single-use plastic product bans to alleviate pollution. Zimbabwe banned plastic packaging and bottles as…
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