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    Indian outfit wins UN award for efforts to combat climate change amid Covid-19

    environment
    Updated on Oct 28, 2020 09:16 IST
    The Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE) is among the winners of the 2020 UN Global Climate Action Award.

    Japan’s new climate pledge faces a massive hurdle

    New Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Monday confirmed that the world’s fifth largest emitter and third biggest economy will become the latest country to set a goal in line with the Paris Agreement to limit global warming.
    environment
    Updated on Oct 27, 2020 12:35 IST

    Japan set to target zero emissions by 2050 in policy shift

    Japan previously said it would aim to reduce emissions by 80% by 2050 and achieve net-zero emissions sometime in the latter half of the century.
    environment
    Updated on Oct 23, 2020 11:00 IST

    Himalayas poised for a series of big earthquakes, may extend to Delhi, Chandigarh: Study

    Representational image
    environment
    Updated on Oct 22, 2020 12:04 IST

    Give China a cheer for making polluters pay

    A long-awaited national carbon market that is finally set to begin trading this year will be less demanding and more limited than initially anticipated.
    environment
    Updated on Oct 18, 2020 16:49 IST

    Share of stubble burning in Delhi’s pollution likely to increase

    The city recorded an air quality index (AQI) of 275 at 8:30 am.
    environment
    Updated on Oct 18, 2020 10:53 IST

    Tigress found dead in Bandhavgarh with 1 cub, 3 missing

    The Tigress was spotted with her four cubs a few days ago and authorities are worried about the three missing cubs.
    environment
    Updated on Oct 18, 2020 06:37 IST

    Noida’s air quality ‘very poor’; roads sprinkled with water, cleaned by machines to check pollution

    According to the index, an AQI between zero and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 and 200 ‘moderate’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘severe’.
    environment
    Updated on Oct 17, 2020 17:18 IST

    The IMF has a blueprint for helping the climate without hurting economic growth

    For decades, the need to cut emissions has been dogged by questions that essentially boil down to: how much will it cost, and is it worth it?
    environment
    Updated on Oct 17, 2020 14:00 IST

    Early harvest, labour unavailability due to pandemic led to more farm fires this time, say officials

    According to the Punjab Pollution Control Board, the state has recorded 4,585 farm fires this season so far compared to 1,631 such incidents during the corresponding period last year.
    environment
    Published on Oct 17, 2020 13:31 IST

    Smog returns to Indian capital as agriculture fires start

    The Air Quality Index in New Delhi rose past 270.
    environment
    Updated on Oct 16, 2020 14:00 IST

    ‘Pollution watchdogs late this year again’: Environmentalists

    Vehicular pollution, power plants, haphazard and unregulated construction, demolition activities, burning of waste through the year among other activities, contribute massively to the escalating level of harmful gases and particulate pollution in the atmosphere.
    environment
    Updated on Oct 16, 2020 13:10 IST

    China’s Jiaxin to sell Sinovac’s Covid-19 vaccine for $60 in cases of emergency

    People work in the packaging facility of Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech, developing an experimental coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, during a government-organized media tour in Beijing, China.
    environment
    Updated on Oct 16, 2020 08:46 IST

    Amur falcons, the longest flying migratory birds, begin to arrive in Manipur

    Tamenglong forest skyline in Manipur covered with groups of Amur falcons arriving for their annual inter-continental journey.
    environment
    Updated on Oct 15, 2020 09:22 IST

    Delhi records worst air quality since February; wind direction shift may bring relief

    The city recorded a 24-hour average AQI of 261. It was 216 on Sunday and 221 on Saturday. (Representational Image)
    environment
    Updated on Oct 13, 2020 12:15 IST

    Climate change spurs doubling of disasters since 2000: UN

    The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction said 7,348 major disaster events had occurred between 2000 and 2019.
    environment
    Updated on Oct 13, 2020 05:32 IST

    World bank still investing billions in fossil fuels, study shows

    The World Bank said in a statement that it stopped financing upstream investments in oil and gas in 2019.
    environment
    Updated on Oct 12, 2020 13:47 IST

    Not-so-green New Zealand has a dirty river problem

    For a government that is leading in the polls and has been widely praised for its handling of the biggest global health crisis in decades, nitrate levels in rivers may seem like a marginal campaign issue. (Representational Image)
    environment
    Updated on Oct 12, 2020 13:01 IST

    Covid-19: Rajasthan CM urges people not to use firecrackers this Diwali

    The chief minister said the people should celebrate Diwali with self-discipline.
    environment
    Updated on Oct 10, 2020 17:29 IST

    Delhi’s air quality continues to remain under ‘poor’ category

    The System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) on Wednesday had forecasted deterioration of air quality in the national capital with increasing magnitude till October 10.
    environment
    Updated on Oct 10, 2020 13:17 IST

    Gurugram, Faridabad to have pollution control rooms functioning round the clock

    Gurugram, Haryana pictured at night.
    environment
    Updated on Oct 10, 2020 13:07 IST

    Stay-at-home orders cut noise exposure nearly in half amid Covid-19: Study

    Researchers at U-M’s School of Public Health and Apple Inc. looked at noise exposure data from volunteer Apple Watch users in Florida, New York, California and Texas.
    environment
    Updated on Oct 10, 2020 12:41 IST

    357 leopards translocated between 2009 and 2016, most in Karnataka: Study

    Representational Photo.
    environment
    Updated on Oct 10, 2020 08:25 IST

    Kanjur draws black kites, may threaten aircraft safety while landing: BNHS tells Bombay HC

    The Kanjur landfill, where scientific waste disposal is undertaken, is adjacent to the 1,690 ha Thane creek flamingo sanctuary but has been left out of the proposed eco-sensitive zone (buffer area).
    environment
    Published on Oct 9, 2020 04:40 IST

    Urban air pollution may make Covid-19 more deadly, says study

    In a recent study conducted by researchers analysed key urban air pollutants, including fine particle matter (PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and ozone (O3), across 3,122 counties in the United States from January to July.
    environment
    Published on Oct 8, 2020 08:23 IST

    Delhi: Anti-smog guns deployed at large construction sites to control pollution

    The air quality index (AQI) was reported at 260 in Anand Vihar and at 238 in Rohini -- both in the ‘poor’ category.
    environment
    Updated on Oct 7, 2020 12:03 IST

    Scientists say 2020 may smash heat record

    Global year-to-date temperatures show little deviation from 2016, the warmest calendar year recorded so far. (Representational Image)
    environment
    Updated on Oct 7, 2020 09:37 IST

    22 dead sea cucumbers worth ₹20 lakh seized in Lakshadweep

    The Lakshadweep forest department on Monday seized a consignment of 22 large sea cucumbers worth around <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>20 lakh from an abandoned building.
    environment
    Updated on Oct 7, 2020 05:11 IST

    Delta grows into hurricane in Caribbean; eyes Yucatan, Cuba

    That part of Mexico is still soaked from Tropical Storm Gamma which hit its popular coastal resorts over the weekend and forced thousands from their homes in Tabasco and Chiapas.
    environment
    Updated on Oct 6, 2020 17:33 IST

    Political ‘retreat’ on climate action harms all nations, says UN climate chief

    environment
    Updated on Oct 6, 2020 17:07 IST
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