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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Petition for mercy on behalf of U’khand’s natural resources
Dehradun once famous for its salubrious climate, air free of dust and smoke, tranquility and reputed institutes is now not only the most polluted city among the mountain States of India but has risen high
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Taj protection: SC slams TTZ, asks what 'tamasha' is going on
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday deplored the Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) authority on environment protection in and around the Taj Mahal asking it whether preservation of the iconic monument was
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Indonesian government asked to recalculate Freeport mine damage
Indonesia’s parliament has asked the government to recalculate damage to the environment from the giant Grasberg copper mine operated by the local unit of Freeport McMoRan Inc, the environment ministry
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China launches pilot EV battery recycling schemes
China will launch a pilot electric vehicle battery recycling scheme in 17 cities and regions, the industry ministry said, with Beijing keen to head off an emerging pollution threat. The Ministry of
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State gets its first climate change lab
BENGALURU: In a huge boost to studies on climate change and its impact in the state, R Shankar, minister of forests, ecology and the environment, on Tuesday inaugurated the state’s first climate change
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PCMC to hold drives to check pollution
PIMPRI CHINCHWAD: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has decided to conduct various public awareness drives to check the rising pollution within its limits. The decision was taken following
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution Emanated from Thermal Power Plants, 20/07/2018
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution Emanated from Thermal Power Plants, 20/07/2018. The coal based thermal power plants are identified as one the 17 highly polluting industries. There are 182 coal
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Angola ponders over trade plastic tax
The information was released Wednesday to Angop by the chairman of the National Waste Agency (ANR), Sabino Ferraz. Sabino Ferraz said the measure results from the high degree of pollution caused by
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Chuck that plastic for a bamboo sipper
The campaign for reusable straws can look at this innovation from the Andamans If things go according to plan, you could be sipping your drink using a bamboo straw by next year. A scientist from the
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India tops global pollution deaths of 9 million a year, study
Pollution caused nine million deaths in 2015 - three times more than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined - scientists said on Thursday, calling for governments in poor countries to act. India fared