HIGHLIGHTS: *Centre proposes relaxation of CRZ norms *44% probability of below-normal monsoon, reservoirs at 25% of live storage capacity *Farm income drops in 16 states *More than 95% of world’s population breathe dangerous air, major study finds *30% of Great Barrier Reef coral died in ‘catastrophic’ 2016 heatwave *Scientists accidentally create enzyme that eats plastic…
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HIGHLIGHTS: *India 100th on global hunger index *India Spends Record $18 Billion to Develop Roads as Elections Loom *Blow to Monsanto on Bt cotton seed technology patent *Ganges river flow could more than double *Satellite study says Spain, Morocco, India, Iraq at risk as reservoirs shrink *Gulf Stream current at its weakest in 1,600 years…
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HIGHLIGHTS: *Extreme Rainfall Events in India Related to Human-made Emissions *Journalist investigating illegal sand mining killed * India Produces 100 Billionth Unit of Renewable Energy in a Year *’Extreme’ fossil fuel investments have surged under Donald Trump *China Has Met Its 2020 Carbon Target Three Years Early *Saudi Arabia Planning World’s Biggest Solar Panel Installation…
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HIGHLIGHTS: *India seeks to change forest policy to promote industrial plantations *Modi govt to amend labour laws *India has world’s highest inhabitants without safe water *Centre clears ambitious Neutrino Lab *Global carbon emissions hit record high in 2017 *93% of Bottled Water Tainted With Microplastics *California aims for world’s most progressive farm animal welfare law…
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HIGHLIGHTS: *Water level in 91 reservoirs at 36% of total live capacity *Indian govt calls for studies on climate change goals *Arctic has warmest winter on record *UN to recognise human right to healthy environment *Coke, Nestle Near Ownership of World’s Second Largest Aquifer *Latin American countries sign legally binding pact to protect land defenders…
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HIGHLIGHTS: *World’s largest solar park launched in Karnataka *Data shows corporates are consistently favoured over rural India *Two-thirds poultry farms in India use antibiotics to boost growth *Arctic changes point to onset of climate tipping points *South Africa votes to confiscate white-owned land without compensation *Peru moves to create huge new indigenous reserves in Amazon…
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HIGHLIGHTS: *Global warming to breach 1.5 degree limit: IPCC *170 million Americans drink radioactive water *Seychelles creates huge marine parks *India opens coal mining to private companies *India weighs doubling of protected areas *Jharkhand Tribals Create ‘Independent’ Area Near Ranchi *India’s Rs 6,000-crore plan to recharge groundwater *30 per cent of world’s organic producers Indian…
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HIGHLIGHTS: *All mining leases cancelled in Goa *Mumbai air quality worse than Delhi’s *SBI wrote off bad loans worth Rs 200 billion in FY17 *Scientists discover 1.6 million tonnes of Mercury found in Arctic *Ozone-layer not recovering over populated areas * German cities to trial free public transport *US to become world’s largest oil producer…
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HIGHLIGHTS: *India’s budget ignores environment and climate change *India ranks 177 out of 180 in Environmental Performance Index *Study: India’s farmed chickens dosed with world’s strongest antibiotics *China’s Emissions: More than U.S. plus Europe, and still rising *Almost 4 environmentalists a week killed in 2017 *Air pollution linked to ‘extremely high mortality’ in mental ill…
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HIGHLIGHTS: *Over 300 manual scavengers died in 2017 *India ranked among lowest in green ranking, inclusive development *No clearance to power plants if they don’t follow norms: MoEF * Gurgaon lost 389 water bodies in 60 years *New global biodiversity registry *Cape Town to run out of water *Peru declares a huge new national park…
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HIGHLIGHTS: *New York will divest $5bn in fossil fuel-linked money, to sue oil majors over global warming *Air pollution caused 1.1 million deaths in India in 2015 *One-fifth of India consumes water with high arsenic content *It’s snowing in Sahara Desert! *World’s Richest Made Another $1 Trillion in 2017 *World’s biggest wildlife reserve planned for Antarctica…
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The Guardian reports: Ocean dead zones with zero oxygen have quadrupled in size since 1950, scientists have just warned, while the numbers of very low oxygen sites near coasts have multiplied tenfold. Most sea creatures cannot survive in these zones and current trends would lead to mass extinction in the long run, risking dire consequences….
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In a gazette notification released by the ministry of environment, forest and climate change, the Modi government has decided to completely disregard environmental clearances required for hydro-electric and mining projects, in addition to relaxing stricter laws implemented during the UPA-2. INDIA Modi govt dilutes environmental clearances for hydro-electric and mining projects National Herald In…
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As of December 7, more than 300 coal power plants across the country are still violating emission standard norms that were given by the MoEFCC in 2015. But despite being given two years to implement these norms, the Ministry of Power and the power industry, are attempting to push the dates further by 5-7 years….
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CEOs whose businesses commit environmental crimes can now be tried in the International Criminal Court. The ICC is looking to clamp down on land grabbing, where multinationals take over large areas of foreign land to exploit its natural resources without benefiting the local inhabitants. The move could reshape how business is done in developing countries….
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Vox.com reports: The Danish green energy company Ørsted, partnering with Edelman Intelligence, has commissioned the largest-ever global survey of opinion on energy, surveying a whopping 26,000 people across 13 countries, ensuring that at least 2,000 demographically representative respondents were reached per country. Long story short: The whole world wants more green energy (and less coal)….
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A small group of companies across the world is responsible for one-third of global annual emissions, revealed Thomson Reuters. Coal India tops the list of 100 businesses with the highest CO2 emission. Two other state-owned Indian companies feature in the list: NTPC and ONGC. The only privately-owned Indian company in the list is Reliance Industries….
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Did you know that three meat companies–JBS, Cargill and Tyson–emitted more greenhouse gases last year than all of France and nearly as much as some of the biggest oil companies like Exxon and Shell? That’s the startling revelation made by a new report on corporate emissions from livestock, which uses the FAO’s latest research methodology….
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The top 250 listed companies in the world account for a third of all man-made greenhouse gas emissions, a new study shows. The report comes a day after the World Meteorological Organization said the concentration of greenhouse gas carbon dioxide touched a record high in 2016. Coal India, Gazprom and Exxon Mobil topped the list….
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India has topped the list of countries with pollution-related deaths in 2015, with 2.51 million people dying prematurely in the country that year from pollution, according to a new study published in the reputed medical journal, The Lancet. Pollution kills at least nine million people and costs trillions of dollars every year, the study found….
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