by Urmi Bhattacharjee | Sep 18, 2018 | Home, Pollution
Plastic pollution is the gravest environmental threat because it affects human life, marine life, and the entire food chain. Several retailers have accepted the South Africa Plastic Bag Ban and are planning a ban on single use plastics and replacing it with shopping...
by Urmi Bhattacharjee | Aug 27, 2018 | Climate Change, Home, News, Pollution, Sustainability, Tech
The new proposal of the Ministry of Power to fix the starting temperature of room air conditioners (RAC) or ACs at 24 degree C is a step in the right direction, as the current popular practice of fixing the starting temperature or switch ON temperature at 18-20 degree...
by Urmi Bhattacharjee | Aug 16, 2018 | Biodiversity, News, Wildlife
Strongly emphasizing the need to address the root cause behind the man-animal conflict, Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, Mr. Suresh Prabhu pointed out that the man-animal conflict is an existential crisis not for the animals, but for human beings....
by Urmi Bhattacharjee | Aug 8, 2018 | Home, News, Solar, Tech
The Indian State of Karnataka has left behind another South Indian state Tamil Nadu as far as renewable energy capacity addition is concerned. It has left behind the other by 1.7 Giga Watt by the end of March 2018. This disclosure has been made in a new report by...
by Urmi Bhattacharjee | Jun 13, 2018 | Climate Change, Home, News, Pollution, Rivers, Solar, Wildlife
Unable to improve air quality, protect biodiversity, and cut greenhouse gas emissions, India, say available data, stands today at the rock bottom of Global Environment Performance Index (EPI) rankings for 2018. In the year 2016, India ranked 141 of 180 countries. In...
