Stubble burning, a common practice in northern India, involves setting fire to crop residue after harvest, particularly in states like Punjab and Haryana. This seasonal activity has emerged as a major contributor to Delhi’s ongoing air pollution crisis, where the Air Quality Index (AQI) often reaches hazardous levels. The resulting...
In a move aimed at streamlining compliance, India’s Union Environment Ministry has exempted industries in the ‘white category’—non-polluting industries with a pollution index score below 20—from obtaining separate Consent to Establish (CTE) and Consent to Operate (CTO) from state pollution boards. Industries classified as non-polluting under the ‘white category’ will...
Although single use plastic products (SUP) are cheap, convenient and readily available, their disposal is problematic and hazardous to the planet. A collective initiative by consumers towards reducing single-use-plastic consumption would lead to building a sustainable healthy environment. The level of greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production, use and...
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