Supreme Court appointed panel suggests scrapping railway project in Western Ghats
Empowered Committee (CEC) constituted by the Supreme Court has recommended withdrawal of the environmental approval to doubling of the single
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Month: April 2021
Microplastics in our air ‘spiral the globe’, study finds
Tiny bits of plastics from everyday use items could be traveling in the atmosphere across entire continents, carried by winds,
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Discarded PPE can be deadly to wildlife
In the pandemic, the thin layer personal protective equipment (PPE) will protect us and others from transmitting and contracting SARS-CoV-2, scientists
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Greta Thunberg Urges Global Assistance to India’s Covid-19 Crisis
Climate change activist Greta Thunberg said the ongoing coronavirus crisis in India is “heartbreaking”. Thungerg also appealed to the global
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Sri Lanka bans palm oil imports; asks plantations to uproot trees
Environmentalists say palm oil production has led to widespread deforestation and damage to ecosystems. Sri Lanka banned imports of palm
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Biden plans to cut emissions in half by 2030
The Paris accord, which President Donald Trump exited but Biden promptly rejoined, was designed with the expectation that countries would
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Single-Use Plastics To Be Banned In Australia
Australians may soon have to find alternatives for eight every day plastic items which have been described as “problematic and
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Humans Have Destroyed 97% Of Earth’s Ecosystems
Most of Earth’s terrestrial habitats have lost their ecological integrity, including areas that were earlier categorised as being intact. Human activity
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Meghalaya govt. defends plan to dam river Umngot
People of 12 villages are opposed to the project The Meghalaya authorities has defended its plan to dam Umngot, arguably
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Third of Antarctic ice shelves ‘will collapse amid 4C global heating’
A new study is shedding light on just how much ice could be lost around Antarctica if the international community
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