உலகம் முழுதும் குப்பைகளைக் கையாள்வது பெரும் பிரச்சினைய ாக உருவெடுத் து வருகிறது. குறிப்பாக , விரைவாக பொருளாதார வளர்ச்சியடையும் நகரங்கள் இந்த பிரச்சினையை அதிகம ாக எதிர்கொள்கின்றன. இந ்த வரிசையில் பொருளாதாரரீதியாக வளர்ந்து வரும் சென்னை ம ாநகரானது தனது குப்பைகளைக் கைய ாள்வதி...
A new study on global plastic pollution published by the University of Leeds in the NatureJournal is facing criticism for failing to account for the impacts of ‘waste colonialism’—the practice of high-income countries exporting...
The deteriorating air quality and its health hazards across the world has raised the concerns around people’s right to breathe clean air. Delhi-NCR, particularly in the winter months, has in fact emerged as a...
PRESS RELEASE | 23.08.24 August 23, 2024 – A collective letter written by the Centre for Financial Accountability, International Accountability Project, National Hawkers Federation, GAIA-Asia Pacific, and Break Free From Plastics and endorsed by...
One in three plastic generators in Tamil Nadu does not recycle plastic waste according to govt-mandated norms. Despite a Feb 2022 Union govt rule for all plastic waste generators to recycle their waste under...
“We are farmers and are not uneducated. We know that this factory will spew poisonous smoke, our fields will become barren, and the water will not be fit for drinking.” Says Subhadra a farmer...
Avantha Power and Infrastructure had promised to provide employment to the people living in the area when the Jhabua power plant was commissioned. Although it is currently owned by NTPC, this power plant which...
Chennai generates about 6,000 metric tonnes of garbage every day. As the city’s population continues to grow, waste generation is expected to increase even more.
Indian coal reserves are so huge that they exceed internal demand and can even be exported. Yet, at all international forums, Modi says India is ready to cut its emissions and become a "leading...
In the past decade, NDA's approach to development through relentless pursuit of infrastructure has come at a steep cost. To say the least, it has been both uncooperative and myopic in nature.
“Destructors”, “incinerators” and “waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration” all mean the same thing - indiscriminate burning of garbage! Having a history of about one and half centuries, WTE incinerators have seen several reboots over the 19th,...
According to the West Bengal Pollution Control Board, the concentration of particulate matter at the Dhapa site is more than four times higher than it should be.
Speaking at the inaugural session of the 5th Energy Finance Conference in Chennai, she says agricultural systems that use more external energy will not be able to deal with the changing patterns of food...