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Showing posts with label Pollution. Show all posts
What is China's carbon trading scheme?
China is the world's biggest emitter of the greenhouse gases that drive climate change, and the scheme is part of its efforts to decarbo...
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India's trash mountains are a fetid symbol of the country's plastic problem
Ravidas in New Delhi is a slum like no other. A boy looks for recyclable material as piles of plastic lie on the bank of Yamuna in New ...
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Delhi pollution: Are Diwali fireworks to blame?
Air pollution levels have shot up in the Indian capital, Delhi, during the current festive season of Diwali. A lot of attention has focu...
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These are the companies being blamed for creating the most plastic pollution in the world's oceans
Environmental charity Greenpeace has released data showing the 10 brands whose products were most frequently found in oceans across the gl...
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Delhi: Air quality concerns rise as dust storm heads towards national capital
It may move across Iran and Pakistan and enter the northern part of India, bringing a haze of dust with it. Between Wednesday and Sunda...
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US cruise ship captain on trial over French pollution charges
The American captain of a massive cruise ship faces trial in Marseille on Monday (Oct 8) accused of using fuel with sulphur levels above E...
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India targeting 40% of power generation from non-fossil fuel by 2030: Modi
The way forward has to be through fuels found above the ground, PM tells ISA Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged world leaders ...
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Leaders of Russia and Turkey meet to discuss Syrian situation
The presidents of Russia and Turkey are meeting in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi in a bid to find a diplomatic resolution to the c...
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Rising carbon dioxide levels can strip food grains of nutrients; India to face mass malnutrition, says study
Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the air threaten to sap wheat, rice, and other staple grains of valuable nutrients, raising the spectre...
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Air quality in North India to be better this winter than 2017: Harsh Vardhan
“There was reasonable improvement in air quality in 2017 compared to 2016, and we will ensure 2018 is better than 2017,” Union minister Ha...
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Is China worsening the developing world's environmental crisis?
Pollution is killing people in the developing world at an alarming rate. While there are many reasons for this, one looms large: China ...
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Transport-related emissions in megacities: Delhi on top, Bhopal emits the least
Urban commute in even smaller cities is becoming highly polluting and energy-intensive, finds CSE’s latest analysis Urban commuting ha...
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