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"Nobody Prepared": Climate Expert On Unprecedented Heat This Summer
India is grappling with unprecedented heat this summer and no one is prepared for the level of warming being experienced, leading environmentalist Sunita Narain has said, emphasizing the need for a heat index and a complete overhaul of the way modern
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Environmentalist Sunita Narain Gets Special Mention At Queen Elizabeth's Jubilee
Delhi-based environmentalist Sunita Narain got a special mention by Britain's Prince William in his tribute to Queen Elizabeth II during celebrations of the Platinum Jubilee in London marking 70 years of the 96-year-old monarch's reign.
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Supreme Court Takes Note Of Bengaluru's Fight Against Graphite Plant
After NDTV's report on widespread pollution by graphite plant in Bengaluru's bustling Whitefield, the Supreme Court has decided to take up the caseandissued a notice to Graphite India Limited. The concerns of the residents of Whitefield were brought to the court's notice by an expert panel today.
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Situation Will Worsen For India, Says Think Tank After UN Climate Report
The IPCC climate change report makes it clear that the world will see greater sea level rise, higher frequency of droughts, floods and heatwaves, and countries like India with a large population dependent on agricultural and fishery would be the most affected, Delhi-based environment think-tank CSE said today.
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Purifiers Won't Save Us From Pollution: Environmentalist Sunita Narain
Air purifiers cannot "save us" from the ill-effects of pollution, environmentalist Sunita Narain has said, terming air pollution an "equaliser" which affects people across the board.
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Thank You For Clean Fuel, Green NGO Tells Government, Then A Jibe
The Centre's decision to supply cleaner fuels in Delhi two years ahead of schedule has been widely welcomed by environment groups including the Centre for Science and Environment, or CSE. "This is the kind of proactive and responsive leadership we need to see in our government," the CSE director general Sunita Narain said within hours of the petrol...
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Blog: Why India Should Not Be Vegetarian
As an Indian (I underline Indian) environmentalist, I would not advocate vegetarianism.
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After Crop Burning in Punjab, Delhi Faces New Pollution From UP, Haryana
Come April and all four-wheelers in Delhi will have to meet Bharat Stage 4 pollution norms. But from across the city's borders, from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, a new pollution is drifting in - huge quantities of Sulphur-Dioxide, coming from the systematic burning of pet coke by industries. Experts say it will be 300 times more polluting than a car ...
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Paris Climate Deal Weak, Unambitious: Centre For Science And Environment
The climate change agreement adopted in Paris is "weak and unambitious" and does not include any "meaningful" targets and has discharged developed nations from their historical responsibility, an Indian green think tank today said.
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PM Modi Reconstitutes Council on Climate Change, RK Pachauri Retained
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today re-constituted a high-level advisory group on climate change, days ahead of a crucial UN meet on global warming in Peru.
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Environmentalists Unimpressed by 'Pro-corporate' Budget
The Narendra Modi government's maiden Budget shows no real commitment towards the environment and is not transformational because it does not allocate enough funds towards promoting renewable energy or public transport and appears to favour corporates over people, according to environmentalists.
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Budget 2014 Has Many Nice Words, Some Money but No Direction: Eco Body
An environment think tank yesterday said although the union budget had "many nice words and some money" but it failed to show any direction for "real change."
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WHO Study Report on India's Air Pollution a 'Shocker': Non-Governmental Organisation
A green Non-Governmental Organisation today termed the latest WHO data which says India is among the world's worst countries for its polluted air as "shocker" and demanded a response from the government "to the public health crisis".
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Cyclists in India face a daily Darwinian battle on roads
"Nobody in power even knows how to cycle, they'd fall right off," said Charles Correa, famous town planning expert.
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Environmentalist Sunita Narain injured in hit-and-run to be discharged soon
Environmentalist Sunita Narain, critically injured over a week ago after a speeding car hit her when she was riding a bicycle, is likely to be discharged from the hospital soon, a statement said on Tuesday.
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"Nobody Prepared": Climate Expert On Unprecedented Heat This Summer
India is grappling with unprecedented heat this summer and no one is prepared for the level of warming being experienced, leading environmentalist Sunita Narain has said, emphasizing the need for a heat index and a complete overhaul of the way modern
-
Environmentalist Sunita Narain Gets Special Mention At Queen Elizabeth's Jubilee
Delhi-based environmentalist Sunita Narain got a special mention by Britain's Prince William in his tribute to Queen Elizabeth II during celebrations of the Platinum Jubilee in London marking 70 years of the 96-year-old monarch's reign.
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Supreme Court Takes Note Of Bengaluru's Fight Against Graphite Plant
After NDTV's report on widespread pollution by graphite plant in Bengaluru's bustling Whitefield, the Supreme Court has decided to take up the caseandissued a notice to Graphite India Limited. The concerns of the residents of Whitefield were brought to the court's notice by an expert panel today.
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Situation Will Worsen For India, Says Think Tank After UN Climate Report
The IPCC climate change report makes it clear that the world will see greater sea level rise, higher frequency of droughts, floods and heatwaves, and countries like India with a large population dependent on agricultural and fishery would be the most affected, Delhi-based environment think-tank CSE said today.
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Purifiers Won't Save Us From Pollution: Environmentalist Sunita Narain
Air purifiers cannot "save us" from the ill-effects of pollution, environmentalist Sunita Narain has said, terming air pollution an "equaliser" which affects people across the board.
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Thank You For Clean Fuel, Green NGO Tells Government, Then A Jibe
The Centre's decision to supply cleaner fuels in Delhi two years ahead of schedule has been widely welcomed by environment groups including the Centre for Science and Environment, or CSE. "This is the kind of proactive and responsive leadership we need to see in our government," the CSE director general Sunita Narain said within hours of the petrol...
-
Blog: Why India Should Not Be Vegetarian
As an Indian (I underline Indian) environmentalist, I would not advocate vegetarianism.
-
After Crop Burning in Punjab, Delhi Faces New Pollution From UP, Haryana
Come April and all four-wheelers in Delhi will have to meet Bharat Stage 4 pollution norms. But from across the city's borders, from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, a new pollution is drifting in - huge quantities of Sulphur-Dioxide, coming from the systematic burning of pet coke by industries. Experts say it will be 300 times more polluting than a car ...
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Paris Climate Deal Weak, Unambitious: Centre For Science And Environment
The climate change agreement adopted in Paris is "weak and unambitious" and does not include any "meaningful" targets and has discharged developed nations from their historical responsibility, an Indian green think tank today said.
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PM Modi Reconstitutes Council on Climate Change, RK Pachauri Retained
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today re-constituted a high-level advisory group on climate change, days ahead of a crucial UN meet on global warming in Peru.
-
Environmentalists Unimpressed by 'Pro-corporate' Budget
The Narendra Modi government's maiden Budget shows no real commitment towards the environment and is not transformational because it does not allocate enough funds towards promoting renewable energy or public transport and appears to favour corporates over people, according to environmentalists.
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Budget 2014 Has Many Nice Words, Some Money but No Direction: Eco Body
An environment think tank yesterday said although the union budget had "many nice words and some money" but it failed to show any direction for "real change."
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WHO Study Report on India's Air Pollution a 'Shocker': Non-Governmental Organisation
A green Non-Governmental Organisation today termed the latest WHO data which says India is among the world's worst countries for its polluted air as "shocker" and demanded a response from the government "to the public health crisis".
-
Cyclists in India face a daily Darwinian battle on roads
"Nobody in power even knows how to cycle, they'd fall right off," said Charles Correa, famous town planning expert.
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Environmentalist Sunita Narain injured in hit-and-run to be discharged soon
Environmentalist Sunita Narain, critically injured over a week ago after a speeding car hit her when she was riding a bicycle, is likely to be discharged from the hospital soon, a statement said on Tuesday.
