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Healthy indoor environment highlighted

21 Dec 2021

A recent study by the Green Building Certification Inc. (GBCI) India and Saint-Gobain Research India evaluated the health performance of office buildings in India. The ‘Healthy Workplaces for Healthier People’...

India’s plastic waste generation doubled in 5 years

14 Dec 2021

Responding to a query raised in the Lower House of Parliament, Indian Minister of State for Environment Ashwini Choubey said that India’s plastic waste generation has more than doubled in...

India, EU to boost clean energy and climate alliance

07 Dec 2021

During discussions at the EU-India Energy Panel meet last week, India and the EU have agreed on a detailed work programme until 2023 to implement the 2016 EU-India Clean Energy...

Seeking out solar energy solutions

30 Nov 2021

Remote villages in Assam are experimenting with floating solar plants for providing electricity. With over 280 days of sunshine, Uttarakhand has significant potential for solar power, a comparatively cleaner form...

Natural disaster loss costs India nearly $87 billion

23 Nov 2021

A recent report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said that India lost $87 billion last year due to disasters such as cyclones, floods and droughts. The United Nations...

India ranks 10th on Climate Performance Index

16 Nov 2021

India maintained its 10th rank like last year and continued to be among the top-performing countries within the Group of 20 in the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2022 report....

Green grids: Speeding towards clean energy

09 Nov 2021

India and Britain introduced a plan last week to improve connections between the world’s electricity power grids to accelerate the transition to greener energy. Linking the grids would allow parts...

Biodiversity loss a global phenomenon

02 Nov 2021

A study published in Ecology Letters finds that human disturbance affects the disease dynamics of a place through its effect on the prevalence of host and parasite species in the...

Indian company wins inaugural Earthshot prize

26 Oct 2021

Meena Janardhan Projects from India, Costa Rica, Italy, and the Bahamas picked up the inaugural Earthshot prizes at a ceremony in London last week. Queen Elizabeth II’s grandson Prince...

Indian cyclones impact dynamics of carbon dioxide

19 Oct 2021

A study by researchers at the Department of Geography at the University of Georgia in the United States has said that tropical storms, in the last 21 years, have had...

Meena Janardhan

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

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