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‘Mission LiFE’ a flagship programme

01 Nov 2022

A flagship programme to encourage individual and collective action on climate was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the United Nations Secretary-General recently. Called Mission Life, where ‘LiFE’...

India renewable energy projections could beat targets

25 Oct 2022

A recent report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis and Climate Energy Finance estimated that India is projected to add 35-40 GW of renewable energy capacity annually...

Sustainable mountain communities essential

18 Oct 2022

The Indian Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Mr Bhupender Yadav recently attended the inaugural session of the Sustainable Mountain Development Summit-XI, (SMDS-XI) held at Leh, Ladakh, from...

Contaminating waterways with waste medicines

11 Oct 2022

Medicines, even life-saving ones, in the wrong place and in the wrong doses can be pollutants, according to a Mongabay-India report. These chemical concoctions that enter the human bloodstream and...

Delhi’s e-buses could help reduce pollution

04 Oct 2022

A fleet of 150 bright blue or green and white coloured buses, with ‘Zero Emissions’ pasted on the sides, are regularly being seen on the roads of the national capital,...

India sees drop in sulphur dioxide levels

27 Sep 2022

A study conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur has found that there has been a significant drop in sulphur dioxide (SO2) levels in India in the last...

Protecting the ozone layer successfully

20 Sep 2022

World Ozone Day is observed on 16 September every year. As the Montreal Protocol to Protect the Ozone Layer, the most successful environmental treaty to date, turns 35 on Ozone...

Increasing tree coverage outside forests

13 Sep 2022

A new initiative to increase tree coverage outside of forest lands in India in a bid to support global climate change mitigation and adaptation goals has been announced by the...

IISc develop tech to generate green hydrogen

06 Sep 2022

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed an innovative technology that can produce hydrogen from biomass. An IISc statement points out that most of the hydrogen currently...

Indian wind energy issues need more attention

30 Aug 2022

A recent report by an Indian parliament standing committee on energy highlighted that solar energy seems to get priority from the government even though the sector is heavily dependent on...

Meena Janardhan

Writer/Editor/Consultant. She has over 25 years of experience in the fields of environmental journalism and publishing.

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