...
...

teri news

Delhi needs strict regional, local action to tackle air pollution, study finds

The study estimates the emission and PM2.5 concentration reduction potentials of different policy interventions across sectors such as transport, biomass and industries. 
Published on Dec 09, 2021 10:28 pm IST

‘2020 could be turning point for climate change’: TERI director-general Ajay Mathur

File photo: Banner reads ’Climate Justice Now’ on the iconic Citgo sign near Fenway Park in Kenmore Square, Boston, US.
Updated on Sept 16, 2020 07:06 pm IST

UN chief to renew call to India, G20 nations to invest in sustainable transition post-Covid

While Guterres will deliver the memorial lecture, India’s Minister for External Affairs S Jaishankar will preside and deliver the presidential address.
Published on Aug 27, 2020 10:33 am IST

RK Pachauri: A climate champion mired in controversy

R K Pachauri, a former chief of The Energy and Resources Institute, passed away on Thursday after a prolonged cardiac ailment. He was 79.
Updated on Feb 14, 2020 06:59 am IST

Delhi’s pollution battle: What odd-even can do, what it cannot do | Analysis

Tackle pollution caused by stubble burning, household biomass burning, power plants, industries, waste burning, transport emmissions, and dust. ((Raj K Raj/HT File Photo)
Updated on Oct 23, 2019 07:50 pm IST

Doubts over efficacy of vehicle rationing persist

Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, while proposing to roll out the odd-even vehicle rationing scheme between November 4 and 15, said that such measures had helped bring down pollution level by 14%-16% in 2016.
Updated on Sept 13, 2019 10:14 pm IST

Success of odd-even rule will depend on availability of public transport: Experts | Opinion

The odd-even car rationing scheme was implemented in Delhi first between January 1 and 15, 2016 and then from April 15-30.
Updated on Sept 13, 2019 06:47 pm IST

Civic bodies not utilising road sweeping machines fully: TERI

There are 56 mechanised road sweepers with the four civic bodies.
Updated on Sept 10, 2019 11:42 am IST

Pollution body moots way to fix ‘green fine’ amount

The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) is developing a mechanism to help it determine the extent of damage caused by a polluter – be it an industrial unit, a hospital or a restaurant – and fix the penalty accordingly.
Updated on May 23, 2019 08:56 am IST

High level of arsenic found in Punjab groundwater

Arsenic contamination in groundwater had so far been found to be particularly limited to West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh.
Published on Dec 28, 2018 07:31 am IST

Air quality plan not legally binding

Air quality targets under the National Clean Air Action Plan (NCAP), which aims to reduce pollution in cities that do not meet the national air quality standard, will not be legally binding.
Published on Nov 27, 2018 08:51 am IST

Private vehicles account only account for 3% pollution in Delhi: Experts

A view of Rajpath, New Delhi, on Wednesday, November 14, 2018.
Published on Nov 15, 2018 10:56 am IST

The climate is changing. Yet, why does it continue to be so hard for women to speak up?

In all the thunder of a furious October have we paused to think about the courage it takes to speak up?
Updated on Nov 02, 2018 04:55 pm IST

From Oman to NCR towns, 74% of Delhi’s pollution comes from outside: Study

A traffic cop manages traffic as he wears a pollution mask during hazy weather at Rajpath, in New Delhi.
Updated on Aug 17, 2018 01:46 pm IST

Maharashtra to Karnataka, women taking charge of microgrids is empowering

21-year-old Manisha Anand Tawad from Tundepada manages the fenced-in solar microgrid for her hamlet.
Updated on Jun 12, 2018 09:49 am IST

India is not doing enough to build climate-resilient infrastructure

Dust storms, rain and thunder lashed parts of northern India on May 8, uprooting trees and blowing the roofs off homes in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla district but striking with less fury in other places
Updated on May 09, 2018 09:56 pm IST

Navi Mumbai’s first ‘waste-to-energy’ project to be inaugurated in 2 weeks

The plant has been developed near the dumping ground in Turbhe.
Updated on Apr 26, 2018 12:06 am IST

TERI report presents rosy picture of power franchisee system in Agra

“In overall terms, almost all of the sampled consumers gave 100 marks to the complaint redress mechanism of TPL in contrast to 40% satisfaction level prior to 2009.”
Published on Mar 27, 2018 03:16 pm IST