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October 16, 2020 10:21 PM IST The disposal of contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi plant has been a longstanding problem for Japan as it proceeds with an decades-long decommissioning project. Nearly 1.2 million tonnes of contaminated water are currently stored in huge tanks at the facility.
October 16, 2020 09:40 AM IST If rules change under a Biden administration, it could accelerate capital flows into the sector
October 15, 2020 07:28 PM IST Delhi recorded a 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) of 312. The last time the air quality hit such a poor level was in February with an AQI 320.
October 15, 2020 04:35 PM IST The specific measures that would be implemented under GRAP will depend on the Air Quality Index (AQI). If the pollution level turns “severe”, brick kilns, stone crushers, and hot mix plants may be closed, as per GRAP recommendations.
October 15, 2020 03:21 PM IST Let’s take a look at the winning photographs by some of the outstanding photographers around the world.
October 15, 2020 01:44 PM IST The 50 CPCB teams will make extensive field visits from October 15 to February 28 next year and focus on hot spots where air pollution is aggravated, the environment ministry said. They will visit Delhi and NCR towns Noida, Ghaziabad, Meerut in Uttar Pradesh; Gurugram, Faridabad, Ballabgarh, Jhajjar, Panipat, Sonepat in Haryana; and Bhiwadi, Alwar, Bharatpur in Rajasthan.
October 14, 2020 09:02 PM IST The plea, filed by advocate Avadh Bihari Kaushik, has referred to the incident which came into light on May 27 this year when a pregnant elephant was found standing in Velliyar river in Kerala's Palakkad district and later the animal drowned and died in the river.
October 14, 2020 08:59 PM IST The company’s founder and CEO, Navkaran Singh Bagga said that alternative technologies like atmospheric water generators (AWG) that do not depend on any water source can be installed at offices, buildings, factories, villages, for safe and pure drinking water
October 14, 2020 06:08 PM IST As governments ordered lockdowns to try to crush the first wave of COVID-19, CO2 emissions from transport, power and aviation plummeted, the international team of researchers said.
October 14, 2020 05:54 PM IST Last week, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party government in the national capital had launched the ‘green war room’ to aid in its battle against the smog blanket that shrouds Delhi every winter causing severe respiratory distress
October 14, 2020 04:05 PM IST A three-judge bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and Ajay Rastogi sought response from the Haryana government, state pollution control board (SPCB) and the NGO on whose plea the tribunal had passed the order.
October 12, 2020 04:19 PM IST Delhi’s air quality had turned “poor” for the first time since June 29 on October 7, with the Central Pollution Control Board recording an average AQI of 215.
October 12, 2020 03:00 PM IST COVID-19 biomedical waste could include PPE kits, masks, shoe covers, gloves, human tissues, items contaminated with blood, body fluids like dressings, plaster casts, cotton swabs, beddings contaminated with blood or body fluid, blood bags, needles, syringes etc.
October 10, 2020 10:38 AM IST Siddharth Shah, Director of Airowater told Moneycontrol that the company uses a patented atmospheric water generator (AWG) green technology that harvests water from the humidity in the air
October 09, 2020 05:50 PM IST In view of air quality in Delhi-NCR hitting poor level, a Supreme Court-mandated body Thursday announced implementation of graded response action plan (GRAP) from October 15 and a ban on the use of diesel generators, except for essential and emergency services in Delhi and the neighbouring cities of Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida, Faridabad and Gurgaon.
October 08, 2020 01:33 PM IST The study, published in The Innovation journal, analysed key urban air pollutants, including fine particle matter (PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and ozone (O3), across 3,122 counties in the US from January to July.
October 08, 2020 12:38 PM IST Sulphur dioxide is a poisonous air pollutant that increases the risk of stroke, heart disease, lung cancer, and premature death. In 2019, India emitted 21 percent of global anthropogenic (human-made) SO2 emissions, nearly double that of second-ranked global emitter, Russia.
October 07, 2020 08:51 PM IST The Ministry of Earth Sciences' air quality monitor, SAFAR, said, "PM2.5 is now becoming the lead pollutant instead of PM10 — a characteristic of winters."
October 07, 2020 12:38 PM IST PM10 levels in Delhi-NCR stood at 225 microgram per cubic metre (g/m3) at 10 am, which is the highest in over three months, according to CPCB data.
October 06, 2020 11:01 PM IST At present, the ozone hole over the Antarctic covers 23 million square km, which is above the average for the past 10 years, as per a World Meteorological Organisation report
October 06, 2020 08:08 PM IST The petition contended that stubble burning contributes almost 40 percent of air pollution in Delhi.
October 06, 2020 03:53 PM IST Despite Trump administration rolling back environmental regulations, coal’s decline has only accelerated in recent years
October 06, 2020 03:49 PM IST Scientists at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, PUSA, have found a low-cost, simple and effective way to deal with the problem of stubble burning, Arvind Kejriwal said.
October 05, 2020 10:03 PM IST Most Australians who have embraced solar do not appear to have done so for altruistic reasons like wanting to fight climate change.
October 05, 2020 07:15 PM IST The company has committed to reducing its Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent by 2030, keeping 2017-18 as the base year. It is the first Indian and the third Asian pharmaceutical company to join the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for minimising environmental harm.
