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Suburban lifestyle is the cause behind numerous diseases, research authenticates
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Lavasa exposed
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Independent India’s first hill city has jeopardised the ecology of the Sahyadri Hills. Its developer and political patrons bent rules and circumvented environmental law while building it. Resultant landslides could endanger the city. Read this special report published in DownTo Earth. </div>
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Colleague denies Subhas charge
JAYANTA BASU The chief minister at the pollution control board programme. Picture by Sanjoy Chattopadhyaya Environment minister Sailen Sarkar on Tuesday denied colleague Subhas Chakraborty's allegation that the notification on the withdrawal of 15-year-old commercial vehicles was issued keeping the transport department in the dark.
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Integration of magnetism and heavy metal chemistry of soils to quantify the environmental pollution in Kathmandu, Nepal
<p>Soil profiles of Kathmandu urban area exhibit significant variations in magnetic<br /> susceptibility and saturation isothermal remanence (SIRM), which can be used to discriminate environmental pollution.<br /> <span class="a">eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2115/38429</span></p>
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Disaster preparedness
> Floods and cyclones play havoc with irrigation processes in the coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh. On the other hand, the Rayal-seema and Telengana regions with semiarid to arid climatic conditions
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A review of environmental impact assessment frameworks for livestock production systems
This study, funded by the Gates Foundation, reviews the currently available tools for and approaches to assessing the environmental impacts of livestock production systems. The demand for food from animal
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Low carbon society scenario - Bhopal 2035
Bhopal is leaving a huge carbon footprint on the environment due to its energy consumption pattern and continuous depletion of green cover. There is a rapid increase in energy consumption by the urban
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Report on New Zealand's air pollution
Air pollution in New Zealand claims thousands of lives every year and costs the country billions of dollars, said a recent report. A four-year study found that one in 20 people die earlier than
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Save electricity, the easy way
Rashmi R Hebbur In times of energy crisis, urban citizens, who are now largely dependent on electric gadgets for daily living, have some hope by the way of home energy conservation. It can bring some relief to the family budget in the wake of inflation, and also reduce the burden on the national economy and environment...
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Nature-based solutions for disaster risk management
Nature-based Solutions (NBS) that strategically conserve or restore nature to support conventionally built infrastructure systems (also referred to as gray infrastructure) can reduce disaster risk and
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New infrastructure best way to improve water supply for urban poor
Building up piped water networks in the developing world's urban areas may be a more effective way of improving access to water than increasing overall water supplies, according to research carried
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Making Madhya Pradesh’s Smart Cities Climate Resilient
<p>There is increasing recognition that infrastructure and related sectors are at risk due to climate change. Madhya Pradesh has embarked on creating a smart urban future. This presents opportunities for
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Karachi expressway elicits protests
pakistan's plan of a 25-km elevated expressway in Karachi, linking the city's airport and two ports, has triggered protests in the country. Opponents of the us $350 million project point at
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Bangladesh State of Environment Report: The Monthly Overview, March, 2014
<p>With release of genetically modified Bt brinjal for commercial cultivation Bangladesh is first country in the South Asia to cultivate any genetically modified food crop. Read more in this March 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Bangladesh.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding Tapi river pollution, Surat, Gujarat, 11/07/2019
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nav Yuva Sanghatan & Others Vs The Secretary, Narmada, Water Resources, Water Supply & Kalpsar Department & Others dated 11/07/2019
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Why CSE says ‘NO’ to cars
Cars may drive growth and aspirations, but they can never meet the commuting needs of urban India. Cars choke cities, harm public health and guzzle more oil. More than a half of our cities, especially
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Clearing the air for our kids
Air pollution is often accepted as part of life in urban areas. But new studies have shown that our complacency could come at the expense of our health. And we need to do more if we want to avoid an
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Poor progress in Dal conservation work: CAG
Even after spending over Rs 308 crore in the last six years, the cash-starved J-K government’s much talked about multi-pronged strategy for conservation of Dal Lake has led to nowhere, as there had been
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The fourth battle of Pani pat
The next urban war will be over water. Battle-tankers are already lined up in every city, as ambitious projects fail to take off, and groundwater tables are dangerously depleted, with no serious
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THE PHILIPPINES
Rainwater harvesting started in the country in 1989 as a part of an income-generating programme assisted by the International Development Research Centre, Canada. Under the programme, some 500