New and updated assessment by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) finds that a very large number of coal-fired power plants in India continue to be completely lax and laid back when it comes to getting ready to meet the 2022 deadline for meeting environmental norms. “In fact, at the rate that they are going,” […]
The countries which are speaking about ambitious climate goals and action for 2050 have not done enough about commitments under the Paris Agreement on climate change, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Wednesday. The minister, in a series of tweets, informed that he spoke about the issue during the Environment Ministerial Meeting (EMM) of […]
Nitrous oxide emissions are higher than previously thought, and going up faster The explosion that rocked Beirut last month, killing at least 190, was a grim echo of previous accidents caused by the explosive synthetic fertiliser, ammonium nitrate. Tianjin, China, 2015: 173 dead. West, Texas, 2013: 15 dead. Toulouse, France, 2001: 31 dead. Such incidents […]
In a report published by Energy Transitions Commission, a coalition of 45 leaders from global energy producers, energy-intensive industries, financial institutions and environmental advocates argued that the world can and must achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century. Energy leader including Arcelor Mittal, Bank of America, BP, Development Research Center of the State Council […]
US’s Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has pledged to rejoin the historic Paris Agreement on climate change, if elected to power in the November presidential election, and set new standards towards reducing carbon emissions. Claiming that the 2015 Paris climate deal puts an “unfair economic burden” on Americans, President Donald Trump’s administration notified the United […]
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the state pollution control boards to ensure scientific disposal of hazardous waste by oil refineries. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel noted that disposal method and quantity is not defined clearly about a category of spent catalysts (Oxide), which is a hazardous waste. A […]
Google has sets unique goal to tap only renewable power by 2030. Google and Alphabet CEO-Sundar Pichai in a statement said that Google aims to power its data centers and offices solely with renewable energy by 2030. With this it Google will become the biggest company in the world to commit to ditching coal and […]
A global consortium of universities, cities, community organizations and World Resources Institute launched an initiative to build cities’ capacities to adapt to the impacts of climate change. The consortium, a Global Commission on Adaptation initiative, will partner with an initial cohort of 15 universities from 18 time zones to implement urban resilience projects in cities. Focusing on […]
The Tree Box Initiative and Rotary Club will attempt a world record on September 20 with a tree plantation event to create a “Mega Man Made Forest”. The organizations recently joined hands to plant 2 lakh saplings in Mumbai and are inviting citizens to celebrate the Month of Million Trees by creating a Mega Man-Made […]
Early this year when the pandemic forced global lockdowns, one positive – if temporary – upside was a reduction in outdoor air pollution. The pollution level across the globe dropped significantly. Now when the countries have started returning back to normalcy in terms of work with the unlock strategies in place, pollution have rebounded to […]
