The Indian state of Maharashtra—which encompasses the fast-paced and densely populated city capital of Mumbai—imposed a statewide ban on single-use plastics over the weekend. The protocol, first introduced on March 23, prohibits the manufacturing, use, sale, distribution and storage of materials such as plastic grocery bags, cutlery, plates, PET and PETE bottles and foam takeaway […]
By Julia Conley With a first-of-its-kind satellite study, NASA scientists have identified more than 30 parts of the globe where the depletion of freshwater has been most dramatic, largely due to human activity and the climate crisis. Parts of India, the Middle East, Australia, the Arctic, Antarctica, and California were among the places pointed out […]
India’s struggles with air pollution are well-known. Just last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) published a report showing that two of the world’s most polluted megacities—Delhi and Mumbai—are in India. But a team of engineers have analyzed the problem and found a way to be part of the solution. Their company, Chakr Innovation, now […]
In an another legal blow to Monsanto, India’s Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the Delhi High Court’s ruling that the seed giant cannot claim patents for Bollgard and Bollgard II, its genetically modified cotton seeds, in the country. Monsanto’s chief technology officer Robert Fraley, who just announced that he and other top executives […]
India added more energy capacity from renewable energy sources last year than from conventional sources like coal for the first time, an important breakthrough for a country that struggles with high greenhouse gas emissions and deadly air pollution. Not only did renewables exceed conventional sources, they exceeded them by more than two times. Between April […]
The latest World Health Organization (WHO) air quality report revealed that air pollution is as much a global public health threat as ever, killing seven million people every year, a number that study authors told The Guardian is distressingly close to 2016’s assessment. “There are cities and regions where improvement is happening,” report author Sophie […]
By Paul Brown The global climate treaty, the Paris agreement, already ratified by a huge majority of the world’s governments, is for the next 10 days in intensive care. That doesn’t mean it’s in danger of expiring, but that it needs a hefty boost so that the countries which signed up to it in 2015 […]
A report released Tuesday found that 95 percent of the world’s population is exposed to dangerous levels of air pollution, CNN reported. The Health Effects Institute’s (HEI) yearly State of Global Air report said that the outdoor air where 95 percent of humans live has particulate matter concentrations above the Word Health Organization’s (WHO) air […]
Could Monsanto’s six-decade presence in India be coming to a halt? On Wednesday, the Delhi High Court ruled that the biotech giant cannot claim patents for Bollgard and Bollgard II, its genetically modified cotton seeds, in the country. Citing India’s Patents Act of 1970, the court said that plant varieties and seeds cannot be patented, […]
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