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TopicPollution

Topic: pollution

SubscriberWrites: Revitalising agriculture with power of regenerative practices

Regenerative agriculture represents an approach to farming practices & land management that prioritizes soil health & supports the overall ecosystem, including water, land, & air environments.

Govt notifies draft rules for India’s ‘Green Credit’ scheme — ‘meant to incentivise voluntary action’

Green credits earned by individuals & industries will be tradable via a proposed market platform. Notification comes 2 months after environment ministry readied the scheme's draft contours.

State pollution control boards in Indo-Gangetic Plain earn ‘nearly 50% revenue’ from NOCs, industry consent

Centre for Policy Research report released Thursday also found bulk of expenditure by 9 state pollution control boards & 1 pollution control committee went towards pay and allowances.

Australia passes emissions reduction plan with curbs on some new gas, coal investments

‘Safeguard Mechanism’ reform legislation is key to Labor govt's pledge to cut emissions by 43% by 2030 in country that ranks as one of world's biggest carbon emitters per capita.

India was 8th most polluted country in 2022, with PM2.5 levels 10 times the WHO limit: IQAir report

Bhiwadi in Rajasthan was the most polluted city in India and second-most polluted in central and south Asia region. Delhi was not far behind, followed by Darbhanga and Asopur.

18 dead, 50 ill in this Karachi district and no one knows exactly why

The Sindh environment and health departments have contradicting claims — contaminated food, measles, toxic fumes.

Millions of birds killed by light pollution every year. It also affects sleep cycle of humans

Adult female sea turtles seek out dark beaches to lay their eggs, but they won’t come ashore to do so if there are too many lights.

Single-use plastic is everywhere in daily life. Good news is reuse trend finally back

Today, single-use plastic covers the Earth, and its consumption is on track to skyrocket–from 460 million tonnes in 2019 to 1,231 million tonnes in 2060.

State bodies ‘ill equipped’ to handle air pollution in ‘most-polluted’ Gangetic plain, finds study

In assessment of 10 state-level bodies in Indo-Gangetic plain, think tank CPR has found them ill-equipped to manage air pollution. Lack of technical expertise also cited as factor.

How floating garbage ‘seabins’ can clean up our dying oceans

Seabin Project is a clean tech startup on a mission to promote ocean conservation and plastic-free seas.

On Camera

India’s aviation crisis is all about too big to tame

Nobody is safe in a market where competition is stunted and choice limited. For the industry, meaningful reform will have to start with the government itself.

South rising, west slipping: India’s export map is being redrawn, shows RBI data

Data shows re-alignment in India’s exports, with Tamil Nadu & Telangana posting strong growth in 2024-25 as traditional heavyweights Gujarat & Maharashtra see declines. Gujarat still leads, though.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.