CSE calls for designing buildings for reducing the heat load and cut down AC usage
As severe summer-time heat waves become the norm in India, the use of air-conditioners (ACs) and resultant energy consumption have started hitting the roof. If …
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Ozone Pollution Higher in Delhi Due to Heat Wave, Poses Serious Health Risk: CSE
Ozone level has increased manifold in the national capital due to severe heat wave this season posing a serious health risk, a recent study has …
Exhausted, hungry polar bear seen wandering in Siberian city
A starving polar bear has strayed hundreds of kilometers from its natural Arctic habitat and wandered, exhausted, into the major Russian industrial city of Norilsk …
Climate protesters chain themselves to Merkel’s chancellery
Dozens of German “extinction rebellion” protesters Tuesday chained themselves to the fence of Angela Merkel’s chancellery, demanding she declare a “climate emergency”. The activists sent …
Rijiju pushes for ‘Clean and Green’ SAI campuses
Newly-appointed Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has directed all Sports Authority of India (SAI) regional centers to plant saplings of trees specific to their areas inside …
EU missions mark World Environment Day 2019 by getting partners to sign the Green Pledge
Over 15 partners recently signed the “Green Pledge” with the European Union, committing to adopt a number of sustainable measures in their organization including discontinuing …
NTPC celebrates World Environment Day
In an endeavour to spread awareness on the pressing need to safeguard the environment, Maharatna power company, NTPC Ltd., organised a host of activities across …
Air pollution kills 8.5 out of 10,000 children in India before they turn five: CSE
The State of India’s Environment 2019 (SoE) in Figures is an exclusive data-driven analysis of major developmental and environmental sectors. SoE 2019 in figures says …
Will Modi spur global inaction into action on climate change?
The climate of change is dawning upon the global platform. The mega mandate with which Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India would begin his second term May …
Electric vehicles can help you live longer
Migration from polluting vehicles that burn fossil fuels to electric vehicles, ideally using electricity generated sustainably could significantly reduce the incidence of cardiopulmonary illness due …