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Environment

Total fossil fuel lock down needed for healing climate: Experts

  June 18, 2020 New Delhi: We should put an absolute full stop to fossil fuels usage or else we heading towards a climatic catastrophe, says a global report prepared by experts from across various…

By Satyen Mohapatra

Desertification: Over 2500 litres of water being used to produce one T-shirt!

By Satyen Mohapatra June 17, 2020 New Delhi: Over 2500 litres of water is being used in Indonesia for producing just one T-shirt! That is just one of the many examples of how human activities…

Environment

World’s largest carbon-free energy project clears milestones amid pandemic

By Vishal Gulati June 17, 2020 New Delhi: The ITER project — a collaboration of 35 nations, comprising India, to prove that fusion power can be produced on a commercial scale and is sustainable —…

Agriculture

Farmers’ bodies demand national debate on agriculture ordinances

June 15, 2020 New Delhi: Farmers’ bodies from different parts of the country have expressed great apprehension over the consequences of the five ordinances passed by the Modi Government in the name of agricultural reforms,…

Environment

India’s 102 city clean air plans proving ineffective

By Naz Asghar June 10, 2020 Delhi: India’s 102 approved city-specific clean air plans have become ineffective owning to various reasons like lack of information on emission sources and on-ground pollution control measures  besides absence…

Environment

Recykal announces its partnership with UNDP-HCCB sustainable plastic waste

June 8, 2020 Hyderabad: Recykal, a digital technology company in the waste management space, has announced a pan-India partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd (HCCB) for Project Prithvi,…

Environment & Agriculture

Farmers’ body AIFA opposes new agricultural ordinances

June 9, 2020 Raipur: The All Indian Farmers Association(AIFA) has strongly opposed the three ordinances passed by the Central Government on Agricultural Reforms, saying that these laws will not serve the interest of farmers. ”These…

Environment

Lokayat terms draft EIA rules anti-environment, launches online campaign

June 9, 2020 Pune: Environment aactivists’ group Lokayat has launched an online campaign again against the draft EIA rules, saying that if enforced new EIA laws would harm evironment and would only serve corporate interest.…

Environment/Wildlife

Battle on to save world’s rarest mammal from extinction

June 5, 2020 New Delhi: With only ten Vequitas estimated to be alive today there is a global effort to save them.The battle to save Vequita Phocoena sinus, world’s rarest marine mammal, continues even through…

Environment

BluSmart completes 1.75 lakh zero-emission trips in Delhi-NCR

June 5, 2020 New Delhi:  The electric ride-hailing platform BluSmart on Friday said that it has completed 4.75 million clean pollution-free kms by making 1,75,000 zero-emission trips in Delhi-NCR. BluSmart has saved 325 tonnes of…

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