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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…

1 month 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 months 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 months 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…

3 months 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,…

4 months 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…

5 months 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…

5 months 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…

8 months 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…

8 months 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…

11 months 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…

11 months 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…

12 months 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…

12 months 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…

12 months 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…

1 year 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,…

1 year 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.…

1 year 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…

1 year ago
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Rivers Are Still People In South Asia In Spite Of Court Showdown

Rivers are the lifeblood for millions of Indians and Bangladeshis. But a radical legal idea to save them from pollution…

1 year ago
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Studying The Impact Of Aerosols On Rainfall In Western Ghats

Off the tourist trail and away from the resorts that crowd Munnar’s lush hills in the Western Ghats is a…

1 year ago
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Earth Has Lost 83% Of Its Freshwater Aquatic Life In 50 Years

Wildlife populations, including birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and fish, have seen an average 69% decline since 1970, according to the…

2 years ago
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Opinion: India Unprepared, Under-Resourced For Plastic Ban

Every year, as the seasons start to change, pandals appear all over Kolkata. Many organising committees for the Durga Puja,…

2 years ago
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Crackers Burst Despite Ban, Delhi’s Air Quality Turns ‘Very Poor’

(Source: PTI) A large number of high-decibel firecrackers thundered throughout Diwali night on Monday as people in Delhi flouted the…

2 years ago
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World Can Save 700 Mn Tonnes Of CO2 If More People Cycle

The world would save nearly 700 million tonnes of carbon pollution each year if every person adopted the Dutch way…

2 years ago
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India Backs UN Resolution On Human Right To Clean Environment

India has voted in favour of a UN General Assembly resolution that recognises the right to a clean, healthy and…

2 years ago

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