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Govt plans to make agri residue burning punishable under solid waste management rules
Farmers with less than two acres of land now have to pay...
Insurers’ climate losses almost match premiums from fossil fuels
On average, fossil-fuel premiums account for less than 2% of total...
Maha records 1,700 gg of PM10 emission each year; windblown road dust largest contributor: Study
The study also revealed that industries and thermal power plants were also one of the major contributors to PM10 emission in the state. Open burning of municipal solid waste has created a new challenge, which readily releases several types of air pollutants into the...
NGT directs Telangana govt to pay Rs 3,800 crore for improper waste management
The bench, also comprising Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi and expert members A Senthil Vel and Afroz Ahmad, said the liability of the state for past violations had to be quantified on the “polluter pays” principle, to be utilised for the restoration of the environment New...
No petrol, diesel in Delhi without PUC from October 25, says Gopal Rai
Vehicular emission is one of the key contributors to rising pollution in Delhi. It is imperative to reduce it so it has been decided that from October 25 petrol, diesel will not be provided at petrol pumps without PUC certificate of the vehicle, Delhi Environment...
India is where climate tech meets global venture capital
India’s biggest companies — including the likes of Wipro Ltd., UltraTech Cement Ltd. and Reliance Industries — are increasingly talking to their shareholders about sustainability. Private capital is looking to back climate change-related technology, too: Of the almost...
Govt working to achieve $ 5 Trillion economy by 2025: Sarbananda Sonowal
The Minister also inaugurated an array of Green Port projects like 100 per cent conversion into LED Lights, Induction of e-Cars, 140 KW Solar Roof Top Solar Power Plant and laid the foundation stone for 2 MW Wind Farm, 400 KW Solar Roof Top Solar Power Plant, Public...
Warming may lead to more frequent, longer-lasting droughts in India: Study
Researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA) in the UK found that even a modest temperature increase of 1.5 degrees Celsius will spell serious consequences in India, China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Brazil, and Egypt Rising global temperatures may lead to more frequent...
Nearly half of asset managers don’t base any sell orders on ESG-survey
Some fund managers have become more willing to invest in fossil fuels this year, he added, as a European energy crisis has pushed up the value of those assets,, Nick Samuels, head of manager research at Redington . Forty-three percent of asset managers were unable to...
India among leaders in green jobs generation, creates employment for 8.63 lakh in 2021
In 2020-21, India created 863,000 green jobs, of which 217,000 were in solar photovoltaic vertical and 414,000 in hydropower, a joint report published by International Renewable Energy Agency and the International Labour Organization titled 'Renewable Energy and Jobs...
Lightning, heavy rains kill at least 36 in India
Global warming has also increased the frequency of lightning, said Sunita Narain, director general at the Centre for Science and Environment.A 1-degree-Celsius (1.8-degree-Fahrenheit) rise in temperature increases lightning by 12 times. Thunderbolts contain as much as...
Paris and New York join climate litigation against TotalEnergies
The coalition wants a judge to order TotalEnergies to “take the necessary measures to drastically reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and align itself with the objectives of the Paris Agreement,” in a move that it said would be “similar to the Shell decision in the...