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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Rating Parameter
See Score Card Raw material sourcing phase To rate the companies on the raw material sourcing phase, grp used the following indicators: the quality of input salt, transportation of salt,
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The best and the worst
Pondicherry-based Chemfab Alkalis Ltd (cal) has been rated as the greenest caustic-chlorine company in India. With an overall score of 46.7 per cent, it has been given the Three Leaves Award. Set
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OBSERVATION: Mercury rising
With lax regulations and a huge mercury loss unaccounted for, a disaster is waiting to happen in India
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OBSERVATION: Chemical roadmap
If the industry wants to survive in an environmentally conscious world, the search for chlorine alternatives must go hand in hand with product stewardship
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Want energy, will pollute
Uncle Sam's unquenchable thirst for energy now threatens Ensenada, a Mexican town by the sea. Located on the Baja California peninsula, Ensenada houses rare seals, sea birds and fish. It has a
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Pollution Is Called a Byproduct of a Clean' Fuel
After residents of the Riverbend Farms subdivision noticed that an oily, fetid substance had begun fouling the Black Warrior River, which runs through their backyards, Mark Storey, a retired petroleu
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Coal power projects to begin in June
The Power and Energy Ministry has taken steps to begin the construction of the second and third coal fired power plants in Sampur and Velvuur in Trincomalee in June, a ministry official said.
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Japan, EU to push for launch of energy-saving forum at G-8
Japanese and European Union leaders on Wednesday agreed to push for the launch by the Group of Eight powers of a new energy-saving framework to curb global warming at July's G-8 summit in Japan, while sharing
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Transit systems travel 'green' track
This year, the surging current of the East River will help provide power to a nearby subway station. The lights that lace the ornate interior of Manhattan's Grand Central Station have largely been replaced by bulbs that burn brightly but save energy. There are plans to make the rooftop of a Queens bus depot bloom like a garden. "Carbon footprint" has become part of the national lexicon, and mass transit systems throughout the country are taking steps to ease their impact on the environment even as they strive to provide more service to a growing number of riders.
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Cabinet nod to Bawana power project
Delhi Cabinet has given its nod to Pragati Phase-III Bawana Power Project to be commissioned at an estimated cost of Rs 5195.81 crore. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had laid the foundation stone of the 1500 MW Gas Based Power Station on March 24 this year. The project would meet the growing demand of power in the city and cater to the requirements for Commonwealth Games 2010. The decision was taken on Monday in a Cabinet meeting presided over by chief minister Sheila Dikshit.