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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Picture imperfect
Aerosol research is still in its infancy. Further studies will reveal the definitive long term impact of these tiny particles
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No to marble mining
"MARBLE, no; water, yes," shouted demonstrators at a recent rally in Kathmandu, demanding an immediate end to quarrying in the Godavari hills of the picturesque valley in which the capital
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Small is not beautiful
Resource crunch and poor regulatory processes have made small-scale industries the pariahs of India"s environment
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PCB issues notices to polluting units in Raipur
the Chhattisgarh government reiterated in February that industries not in compliance with emission norms could not be established in three industrial areas in Raipur, the state's capital, until
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Damned, eitherway
The closure of 25 polluting units in Gujarat on the orders of the High Court in early May and its subsequent fallout has caught the state government on the wrong foot. The 50-page order castigated
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POLLUTION STUDY
A detailed study on the overall pollution level in Pakistan's capital Islamabad is halfway through under a Technology Transfer for Sustainable Industrial Development (TTSID) project. Compilation
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Japan to fund study
a tripartite agreement has been drawn between the Delhi government, the ministry of environment and forests and ghk International to conduct a study on Delhi's urban environment and
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Mere plans
Government proposes. Industry disposes. Programmes for cleaning up have very largely gone by the wayside
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Treating a compound
Scientists have developed a device to identify the sources of a carcinogenic compound
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PAKISTAN
Factories in Pakistan's Faisalabad city are spewing one hazardous pollutants, while the water and garbage disposal systems seem to have virtually bid goodbye. Rapid industrialisation has