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MoEFCC – Stop missing deadlines
How many missed deadlines does it take to breathe clean air in India? One One too many Just give me clean air already! Who loves to procrastinate? Ministry of Environment…
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The Women Powering ‘People Power’
The protests stressed upon the immediate need for curbing the issue of air pollution in a comprehensive, systematic and time bound manner, by incorporating strict measures towards checking the contribution…
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Lucknow Unites to Fight Back Air Pollution in the City and the State
A report released by Greenpeace India earlier this week, on Monday, points to the scary and abnormally high levels of air pollution in UP. Lucknow | 3 February 2018: Environment protection…
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Airpocalypse II – Assessment of air pollution in Indian cities
A Greenpeace India report analyses PM10 annual average recorded for 280 cities.
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Three Years of Ecological Agriculture Has Changed Kedia Forever
As I write about a small village called Kedia in the Jamui district of Bihar, and some of its very significant achievements, I cannot tell you how thrilled I am…
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The MoEFCC Has Spoken: A National Clean Air Programme for India
Amid all the bad news on air quality, there is a ray of hope. After two years of incessant public demand for a comprehensive national action plan to tackle air…
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MoEFCC: For People Or For Thermal Power Plants
Is this too much to ask for? Has the health of our children become so unimportant that we have been ignoring their pleas for a bit of clean air to breathe?
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With Less Than 24 Hours to Go, Citizen Activists Say “Enough Is Enough”
Two years ago, coal power plants were given new emission norms to follow. The deadline has come. Tomorrow, on the 7th of December 2017, all power plants must have complied with the norms.
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Make Your Own Black Gold
Do you yearn for the fragrance of the forest or miss petrichor wafting through your window after the first rains? Well, here’s how you can make your own heaven. This…
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It’s Deadly, and It’s Blowing In the Wind
It takes more than just having breakfast to keep you healthy. If you didn't live in a countryside far away from the industries, then know this: The air you’re breathing is toxic air.