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DTE Energy Partners With Ford Motor Company On New Rooftop Solar Installation And Battery Storage Technology
The solar array can generate 1,127 megawatt hours of clean energy, which has the environmental benefit equal to the carbon sequestered by nearly 980 acres of U.S. forests in one year.
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Bengaluru Residents Protest Move To Convert Forest Into Tree Park
Over 250 people including activists and residents have been protesting against the Karnataka government's move to develop Turahalli minor forest into a tree park. Bulldozers have started rolling into the area on Kanakpura Road on the outskirts of Bengaluru. The protest is being led by 'Changemakers of Kanakpura Road' and 'Clean Up Turahalli'.
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Covid May Cause 1-Year Delay In Banning RO Purifiers In 'Clean' Water Areas
There will be likely delay of a year in implementing the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) order banning RO purifiers in areas, where the total dissolved solids or contaminants in water are below 500 milligrams per litre, as the Ministry of Environment and Forests has expressed its inability to complete this exercise due to the coronavirus (COVID-19)...
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"Need To Educate People": Green Court On Public Health Emergency
Observing that citizens have a fundamental right to breathe clean air, the National Green Tribunal said today that there is a need to develop a system, with the help of experts, to forecast situations of public health emergency.
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Government Launches Anti-Pollution Programme, But Experts Sceptical
Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Dr Harsh Vardhan today launched the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) aimed at reducing toxic particulate matter by 2024.
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Delhi-NCR To Observe 'Clean Air Week' From November 1-5
A 'Clean Air Week' would be organised from November 1-5 by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in collaboration with the Delhi government and the four major National Capital Region cities to control the air pollution.
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US Agency For International Development Announces 5 New Partnerships In India
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced five new partnerships, four of which are with the Government of India, to expand Indo-US cooperation on clean energy, environment and climate change.
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Green Panel Direction To Uttar Pradesh Government On Ganga Cleaning
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Uttar Pradesh government and its state pollution control board to apprise the public about pending proceedings as it may order shifting of polluting industrial units located on the banks of Ganga.
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Gurgaon Dumps Waste In Aravalli Forest To Clean Road For PM Modi's Visit
An army of sanitation and municipal workers is busy clearing up thousands of tonnes of illegally dumped construction debris along the Gurgaon - Faridabad road ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the city next week.
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Indonesia Loses Up to $9 Billion From Timber Clearing: Anti-Graft Body
Unreported forest clearing cost Indonesia up to $9 billion between 2003 and 2014 in lost timber royalties - about three times the royalties it actually received, an investigation by the country's main anti-graft agency showed on Friday.
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Implement Laws to Protect Environment: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today asked his Ministry officials to "impose" the green laws to protect country's air, water and forest resources.
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Scientists Explore Using Trees to Clean Pollution
Before the sprawling Texas city of Houston and its suburbs were built, a dense forest naturally purified the coastal air along a stretch of the Gulf Coast that grew thick with pecan, ash, live oak and hackberry trees.
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DTE Energy Partners With Ford Motor Company On New Rooftop Solar Installation And Battery Storage Technology
The solar array can generate 1,127 megawatt hours of clean energy, which has the environmental benefit equal to the carbon sequestered by nearly 980 acres of U.S. forests in one year.
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Bengaluru Residents Protest Move To Convert Forest Into Tree Park
Over 250 people including activists and residents have been protesting against the Karnataka government's move to develop Turahalli minor forest into a tree park. Bulldozers have started rolling into the area on Kanakpura Road on the outskirts of Bengaluru. The protest is being led by 'Changemakers of Kanakpura Road' and 'Clean Up Turahalli'.
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Covid May Cause 1-Year Delay In Banning RO Purifiers In 'Clean' Water Areas
There will be likely delay of a year in implementing the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) order banning RO purifiers in areas, where the total dissolved solids or contaminants in water are below 500 milligrams per litre, as the Ministry of Environment and Forests has expressed its inability to complete this exercise due to the coronavirus (COVID-19)...
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"Need To Educate People": Green Court On Public Health Emergency
Observing that citizens have a fundamental right to breathe clean air, the National Green Tribunal said today that there is a need to develop a system, with the help of experts, to forecast situations of public health emergency.
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Government Launches Anti-Pollution Programme, But Experts Sceptical
Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Dr Harsh Vardhan today launched the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) aimed at reducing toxic particulate matter by 2024.
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Delhi-NCR To Observe 'Clean Air Week' From November 1-5
A 'Clean Air Week' would be organised from November 1-5 by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in collaboration with the Delhi government and the four major National Capital Region cities to control the air pollution.
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US Agency For International Development Announces 5 New Partnerships In India
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced five new partnerships, four of which are with the Government of India, to expand Indo-US cooperation on clean energy, environment and climate change.
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Green Panel Direction To Uttar Pradesh Government On Ganga Cleaning
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Uttar Pradesh government and its state pollution control board to apprise the public about pending proceedings as it may order shifting of polluting industrial units located on the banks of Ganga.
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Gurgaon Dumps Waste In Aravalli Forest To Clean Road For PM Modi's Visit
An army of sanitation and municipal workers is busy clearing up thousands of tonnes of illegally dumped construction debris along the Gurgaon - Faridabad road ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the city next week.
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Indonesia Loses Up to $9 Billion From Timber Clearing: Anti-Graft Body
Unreported forest clearing cost Indonesia up to $9 billion between 2003 and 2014 in lost timber royalties - about three times the royalties it actually received, an investigation by the country's main anti-graft agency showed on Friday.
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Implement Laws to Protect Environment: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today asked his Ministry officials to "impose" the green laws to protect country's air, water and forest resources.
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Scientists Explore Using Trees to Clean Pollution
Before the sprawling Texas city of Houston and its suburbs were built, a dense forest naturally purified the coastal air along a stretch of the Gulf Coast that grew thick with pecan, ash, live oak and hackberry trees.
