E-India
Keep experimenting!
While assessing the performance of Delhi’s odd-even vehicle plan, the environment minister stated that all states have the right to conduct experiments to improve the environment.
New rules for hazardous waste disposal:
The environment ministry has announced an updated set of rules for the management of hazardous waste. According to the ministry, the rules are an attempt to balance environmental and industrial concerns.
Save the Ganga:
A new report highlights an unhappy truth – the Ganga is choking under the weight of human pollution. With millions of litres of raw sewage and industrial effluents being dumped into the river, it is considered one of the most polluted rivers in the world.
E-Renewables
Sun Edison bankruptcy woes:
A new report looks at how Sun Edison’s financial troubles could derail a proposed 500 MW “ultra mega” solar complex in Andhra Pradesh.
E-Law
Make firecrackers less polluting:
In an effort to reduce pollution from firecrackers, the National Green Tribunal has directed the government to regulate their chemical composition and ensure that they comply with the Ambient Air Quality standards.
E-Waste
New solid waste management rules:
The government released new rules for the proper management and disposal of solid waste management last week. Among other things, the rules seek to integrate rag-pickers and make manufacturers responsible for non-biodegradable waste.
E-Stat
7.46 million metric tonnes:
The amount of hazardous waste produced in India in a year.
E-International
Wild tigers in Cambodia are “functionally extinct”:
A WWF official has confirmed that poaching and habitat loss have essentially wiped out Cambodia’s tigers. Officials there are attempting to import wild tigers from other countries to save the tiger.
E-Nature
Figs, wasps and a co-evolution:
Did you know about the symbiotic
relationship between figs and wasps? A new article describes this
inter-species interaction in detail by highlighting how dependent each species
is on the other.
E-Video
Confused about climate change? Check out this quick video explainer here:
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