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...
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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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Pollution: Over 23.5 Lakh Premature Deaths In India In 2019
India saw over 23.5 lakh premature deaths due to pollution of all types -- including 16.7 lakh fatalities caused by...
Pollution Causing More Deaths Than Covid-19: UN Expert
Pollution by states and companies is contributing to more deaths globally than COVID-19, a U.N. environmental report published on Tuesday...
South Asia’s Toxic Battery Recycling Problem
Lakhan feels like he has won a lottery today. The 45-year-old scrap buyer has purchased a dead car battery from...
‘Plastics Curb Is Key To Climate Change Fight’
Progressive reduction of fossil fuel-based plastics is crucial to tackling climate change, the EU's top environmental official said, ahead of...
Delhi Govt Forms Yamuna Cell To Clean River
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday announced the formation of a Yamuna Cleaning Cell (YCC) to expedite inter-departmental decision...
Kejriwal Announces Plan To Clean Up Yamuna By 2025
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said his government has prepared a six-point plan to clean the Yamuna river...
Delhi’s Smog Worsens, Prepare For Emergency, Says Pollution Board
The Centre's pollution control board on Friday ordered states and local bodies to be in "complete readiness" for emergency measures...
Pollution Dominates India’s Climate Worries: Global Study
In India, people increasingly worry about the damage that humans cause to the planet and environmental concerns tend to be...
“Countries Trying To ‘Greenwash’ Pollution”
The head of the environmental group Greenpeace has warned against efforts by countries and corporations at the forthcoming U.N. climate...
UN Hails End Of Poisonous Leaded Gas Use In Cars Worldwide
Leaded gasoline has finally reached the end of the road, according to the U.N. environment office, after the last country...
Scientists Find Dangerous Pollutants In Disposable Face Masks
Scientists at Swansea University, Wales, UK, have uncovered potentially dangerous chemical pollutants that are released from disposable face masks when...
New Delhi Is World’s Most Polluted Capital, Again
New Delhi was the world’s most polluted capital city for the second straight year in 2019, according to a Switzerland-based...
Water Released Into Yamuna Before Trump’s Visit
The Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department has released 500 cusecs of water into the Yamuna from the Ganganahar in Bulandshahr to...
Australia Bushfire Smoke Shoots Sydney Into Top 10 Global Pollution Index
The Australian state of New South Wales was gasping under the worst levels of air pollution ever recorded on Friday...
Fossil Fuel Polluters From U.S. To China Far Off Climate Targets: UN
The world’s major fossil fuel producers are set to bust global environmental goals with excessive coal, oil and gas extraction...
Finance Commission Likely To Reject $12 Billion Package To Help Utilities Cut Pollution: Source
India’s Finance Commission has told the power ministry that its proposal to award utilities 835 billion rupees ($11.6 billion) in...
Decision On Odd-Even Extension To Be Taken On Monday: Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said a final call on extending the odd-even scheme would be taken on Monday as...
