The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
: Climate change politics has always been contentious because of its direct link with economic growth. The Kyoto Protocol that had set a meagre target of reducing emissions from developed countries is all set to be jettisoned because these countries have failed to reduce their emissions and find this protocol
JYOTI VERMA Lead in paints has been indicted as being a silent epidemic EXPERTS SUGGEST AVOIDING DEEP AND FLASHY YELLOW AND RED PAINTS AND ANY COLOUR/S BASED ON THESE Those who believe a healthy home is maintained through water filters, air purifiers and mosquito repellants, now need to scratch deeper. …
Cutting emissions beyond 2020 is tough; land and water needs will create social turmoil The last two years have seen a flurry of reports projecting India
NEW DELHI: Once the low-hanging fruit of energy efficiency technologies has been plucked in order to meet India's 2020 commitment to reduce emissions intensity, the country will find it difficult and expensive to reduce any further, according to a study by the Centre for Science and Environment. In January, India …
The Centre for nd Environment's Science and Environment's (CSE) landmark study on the cost and feasibility of emissions reduction to combat climate change believes steel will prove to be the problem sector for India. The study looks at six emission intensive sectors including power, aluminum, steel, cement, fertilizers and the …
Water usage to rise 3 times by 2030, land need to soar. While Indian industry is well on course to meet the emission-intensity reduction targets that the government has set for 2020, according to a study of the top six emitting industries by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), …
Core sector needs $300-billion investment to cut emission intensity New Delhi: Indian industry can meet the 2020 emission intensity reduction target but finds it difficult and costly, says a new report. The government has voluntarily committed to cut emission intensity of the GDP by 20-25% by 2020 on a baseline …
NEW DELHI: The capital produces about 5,000 metric tonnes (MT) of hazardous waste annually but it still doesn't have any facility for proper storage and disposal of such wastes. The government is in the process of acquiring land for this purpose at Kanjhawla. However, it will take a couple of …
We cannot say that development-related issues are long term while the immediate task is to annihilate the Naxalites The massacre of 76 policemen in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh by the Naxalites is reprehensible. There is no doubt that this use of force is illegal and it is wrong. But, it …
Soft drink companies must pay for the water they use While a Kerala government committee has said that the Coca-Cola plant at Plachimada in Palakkad district caused Rs 216 crore of damage to the environment before it shut down in 2004, the company has categorically denied this. It has argued …
The air quality in the national Capital is set to improve soon with introduction of cleaner and greener ultra-low sulphur diesel (ULSD) from April 1. The introduction of the fuel, in which sulphur content is just one-seventh of the diesel currently being sold, will also earn Delhi the distinction of …
In its ongoing efforts to keep the Yamuna river clean, the Centre has okayed a major interceptor sewer project for the city under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The Ministry of Urban Development will provide 35 per cent cost of the project under the JNNURM, while the rest …
S.S. NEGI After persistent hammering by the Supreme Court over disposal of the deadly methyl isocyanate and toxin's waste material from Union Carbide's defunct plant at Bhopal where over 3,000 people were killed and lakhs of others crippled for life, the Centre finally has created hightech incinerator facility in Pithampur …
Eighteen-month-old Ishleen gets a toy almost every week. Whenever her parents visit markets in west Delhi they pick up something for her. Ishleen has a collection of squeezies, soft toys and rattles. “She began teething a year ago. So she chews on just about anything,” said her mother Manjeet Singh. …
They lurk inside plastics, and from there migrate to air, food, human body and even unborn babies. Phthalates or phthalate esters are organic chemicals commonly used as plasticizers to make plastic supple. They are responsible for plastic products being cheap, easy to clean—and toxic. Phthalates can damage the male reproductive …
Phthalates have pervaded the toy market without raising much alarm. China that has cornered 70 per cent of the global toy market does not regulate their use. International standards dealing with toy safety ignore them. While EU took the lead in imposing limits for phthalates in toys, the US has …
Almost 45 per cent of toys being sold in the Indian market contain toxic chemicals that can seriously jeopardise the health of children playing with them. A study done by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) found high levels of phthalates (a chemical used to soften plastic) in all …
