Our planet is at the risk of entering an irreversible ‘hothouse’ condition: Study
Our planet is at the risk of entering an irreversible ‘hothouse’ condition – where the global temperatures will rise by four to five degrees and …
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India’s carbon-dioxide emissions will rise to 3.8-3.9 gigatonnes by 2030: Study
India’s carbon-dioxide emissions will rise to 3.8-3.9 gigatonnes by 2030 not 3.8-4.9 gigatonnes as was projected earlier, which is consistent with the Nationally Determined Contributions …
Jakson Group Initiates Environment Conservation Project in Aravalli Hills
Jakson Group began work on an environment conservation project in the Aravalli Hills with a tree plantation drive in Faridabad, Haryana. The drive organized in …
Hardly anything done to clean Ganga, situation extraordinarily bad: NGT
Voicing dissatisfaction over the steps taken by the Uttarakhand government to clean the Ganga, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) today said the situation was extraordinarily …
Scientists lack vital knowledge on rapid Arctic climate change
Arctic climate change research relies on field measurements and samples that are too scarce, and patchy at best, according to a comprehensive review study from …
Warming rivers make marked contribution to global greenhouse gas levels
Warming streams and rivers could be disproportionately contributing to the amount of planet-warming greenhouse gases, according to a new study. Many such watercourses with high …
Manish Sisodia reviews Delhi’s first ‘Green Budget’ meeting
Chairing Delhi’s first “Green Budget” review meeting on Wednesday, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said the work of installing solar panels, promoting clean fuel and …
UN enters into a partnership with Google to track environmental changes
The UN has entered into a partnership with Google to monitor the impacts of human activity on global ecosystems by using sophisticated online tools. The …
Is the government in a pre-election haste to revamp environmental laws?
It is the final leg of the current Indian government’s tenure, which began in 2014. As the general elections loom, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led …
Delhi’s clean air plan might flop says two new CSE studies
In 2015, the Union ministry of environment, forests & climate change (MoEF&CC) had announced new emission norms for thermal power plants across India. For power stations …