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…
Rivers are the lifeblood for millions of Indians and Bangladeshis. But a radical legal idea to save them from pollution…
Off the tourist trail and away from the resorts that crowd Munnar’s lush hills in the Western Ghats is a…
Wildlife populations, including birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and fish, have seen an average 69% decline since 1970, according to the…
Every year, as the seasons start to change, pandals appear all over Kolkata. Many organising committees for the Durga Puja,…
(Source: PTI) A large number of high-decibel firecrackers thundered throughout Diwali night on Monday as people in Delhi flouted the…
The world would save nearly 700 million tonnes of carbon pollution each year if every person adopted the Dutch way…
India has voted in favour of a UN General Assembly resolution that recognises the right to a clean, healthy and…
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