Plastic overshoot day report 2024
Plastic Overshoot Day marks the point when the amount of plastic waste generated exceeds the world’s capacity to manage it, resulting in environmental pollution. In 2024, the global Plastic Overshoot Day
Pollution
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Ghana tackles floods, waste and pollution with Accra resilience plan
Ghana plans to replace its polluting "trotro" buses and formalise waste collection in slums as part of a new plan to help its crowded capital withstand climate change and disasters. The West African
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Greenhouse gas emissions in UK fell 3% in 2018, official figures show
The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell 3% in 2018 as pollution from the energy sector continued to decrease, provisional government figures show. Emissions of the gases that drive climate change have
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South Africa: Here's How Many Premature Deaths in SA Are Linked to Eskom Power Plants- Greenpeace Claim
Eskom's pollution has been linked to premature deaths in Mpumalanga and Gauteng, an environmental organisation has charged. Data from Greenpeace suggests that pollution caused by Eskom's coal power
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Asia's mega-cities need clean energy drive to cope with environmental threats
Avoiding threats from climate change and pollution will require Asia's booming cities to become much more efficient in their use of energy resources, delegates at a city development conference said on
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China plans to cut waste imports to zero by next year: official
China aims to cut solid waste imports to zero by next year as it looks to reduce pollution and encourage recyclers to treat soaring volumes of domestic trash, a senior environment ministry official said
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Delhi pollution is the villain of Nila Madhab Panda’s next
Nila Madhab Panda, one of the most vocal filmmakers on environmental issues, is making his next film on Delhi’s pollution. The short film is a part of Interdependence, a project that features an anthology
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CPCC calls upon people to stop using polythene bags
CHANDIGARH: Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee (CPCC) has called upon people of the city to abdicate polythene use for the sake of protecting environment of the city. Member secretary, TC Nautiyal
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Food habit, pollution may trigger pancreatic cancer
KOLKATA: The muted symptoms of pancreatic cancer — that claimed the life of Goa CM Manohar Parrikar on Sunday — make it one of the deadliest forms of cancer. Though it is relatively rare in India (less
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Delhi, Gurgaon students join global protest against climate change
Normally, when students bunk school, parents and teachers are up in arms against it. So it was quite unusual then when hundreds of students from dozens of schools across Delhi and Gurgaon decided to bunk
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Campaigners urge African policy shift to boost uptake of clean energy
African countries should embark on a radical policy reorientation to encourage investments in renewable energy sources and boost their resilience to climate change, campaigners said on Thursday. Mithika