2023 disasters in numbers
In 2023, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded a total of 399 disasters related to natural hazards. These events resulted in 86,473 fatalities and affected 93.1 million people. The economic losses
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Suspended...
...in utter neglect - the state of state pollution control boards
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Carry the burden
Of your waste, the government needs to tell the plastic industry. Other countries have done so. At times, to developing nations detriment. India needs to learn and adapt
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Widespread web
The threats from aerosols are all pervading
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Miles to go
before this SUV can come clean
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The small big polluter
Small-scale industries: Where regulations are meaningless and pollution control an unaffordable luxury. Can they leapfrog to cost-effective technologies and find shelter in policies that provide reservation in pollution-free sectors?<p> <font face=arial
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No silver lining
Even as UNEP calls for an international treaty on mercury pollution, India and other developing countries are oblivious to the dangers of being at the import-end of the chain
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The idea of a clean city
could well become a myth by 2007. More than half of the world' s population by then would be urban dwelling. The urban ecological footprint would fall over larger proportions of common resources says the 'Global Environment Outlook Three' report of the Un
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Global aid on sanitation is southward bound
Globally, 2.6 billion people lack access to safe and clean toilets. For example, 92 per cent of the population in Afghanistan don't have proper sanitation; 67 per cent in India as well. A
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Pug marks hide the truth
<font class="UCASE">a conference</font> organized by the Union environment ministry on February 12 in the national capital came out with the Tiger Census 2008 and the State of India’s Forests Report 2005. Both came out with dismal figures: a little more than 1,400 tigers are left in the county; and over 725 sq km of forests have vanished between 2002 and 2004.
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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