Extreme is new normal
It is time to accept that we are beginning to see the impact of climate change in the form of increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, and this would get worse with rising temperature.
India Environment Portal
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114 years of monsoon
India gets 70% of its annual rainfall in the monsoon, which irrigates half the countrys farmlands. Last year, IMD had forecast that rainfall in June-September monsoon season would be 95% of the 50-year
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Police firing on Kanhar anti dam protestors on Ambedkar Jayanti
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e-Cigarettes: To ban or not to ban
European Union diplomats have recently approved new anti-tobaco legislation, including the bloc's first rules on e-cigarettes, allowing most e-cigarettes to be sold as consumer products rather than more
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Officers and activists who took on the sand mafia
Officers and activists who took on the sand mafia in India.
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India Environment Portal Newsletter 07- 14 March 2015
The weekly digest of important reports, research, policy documents, regulations, studies, court cases, protests, conflicts, initiatives, photos, data, statistics, infographics, presentations on the India
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Turning the corner on toxic pollution
<p>Today pollution kills nearly 9 million people while more than 200 million people worldwide suffer from ailments, diseases, sicknesses. The fact that more than one in seven deaths in the world are pollution-related
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Who is doing more to save the planet- 2015 Climate Change Performance Index
The 2015 Climate Change Performance Index shows a new "record" in global energy related CO2 emissions. Moreover, in the coming years, atmospheric CO2 concentration is set to exceed the 400 ppm benchmark.
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12 dams that changed the world
Dams illustrate the brilliance and arrogance of human ingenuity. They generate one-sixth of the world's electricity and irrigate one-seventh of our food crops. They have flooded land areas the size of
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Decoded: AAP's agenda for Delhi
A quick look at what the Aam Aadmi Party has promised in its manifesto for a clean and green Delhi.
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160 years of changing global emissions
<p>The Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT 2.0), developed and maintained by the World Resources Institute, provides a comprehensive and comparable database of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data and