E-India
- Rank 5 in
e-waste production: A disturbing new study reports
that India is the fifth largest producer of e-waste globally. The improper
disposal of this waste can cause serious health and environmental impacts. The government’s new E-Waste rules could improve the situation.
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- Stiff fines for
environmental violations: The environment minister announced
that non-compliance of green rules will be punished by high fines and a new civil
penalty law will be introduced to change the current penalty levels.
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- 40 million
Indians at risk: The 2015 UN Global Environment Outlook figures show
that rising sea levels are likely to affect millions of Indians, especially
those living in high risk cities like Mumbai and Kolkata.
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E-Business
- Profiting from waste water: A new report
shows
how India’s soaring quantities of waste water could create an opportunity for
water recycling and treatment plants. By some estimates, the size of the water
recycling industry could be as much as $17 billion.
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E-Renewables
- Green jobs on the rise: According to
latest figures, jobs linked
to the renewables sector rose 5% in 2015. The sector employs an estimated 8
million people globally.
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E-Transport
- Beijing to adopt world’s strictest emission standards: Alarmed at rising pollution in China’s capital, the government has decided to adopt stringent vehicle emission norms from December 2017 onwards
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E-Law
- Diesel vehicle ban in Kerala: With increasing concern about the negative impacts of vehicular pollution, the NGT has ordered the Kerala government to stop registered diesel cars with an engine capacity of 2000 cc and above.
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E-Stat
- 3.3 million: The number of people killed
by air pollution annually
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E-International
- The world’s most worrying environmental threats: A new UN Report has highlighted the alarming risk to human health from animal transmitted diseases, accumulation of toxins in food crops, climate change and plastic waste in oceans.
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E-Nature
- To release or not to release Ustad? The debate over Ustad, the suspected man-eating tiger continues as it’s argued that he was indeed a man-eater and thus needed to be removed from the wild.
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E-Video
Did you know that the metal rings on six-packs of drinks can pose a serious hazard to marine life? A new innovation has made these rings edible – watch the video here:
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E-Quiz
Where in India would you find the Rushikulya Rookery, site of the mass-nesting of the Olive Ridley turtles? (a) Karnataka (b) Odisha (c) Gujarat (d) West Bengal
(Shalini Iyengar is a lawyer and Research Associate at the International University College of Turin.)
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