Environment

APL Apollo launched its Steel for Green initiative at the ITC Grand Bharat in Gururgam. The Steel for Green initiative signals a major move towards environmental consciousness and sustainability. Which is why the event saw participation from APL Apollo’s dealers across the country along with company employees across the organizational hierarchy. The Chief Guests at...

Italy will next year become the world’s first country to make it compulsory for schoolchildren to study climate change and sustainable development, Education Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti said. Fioramonti, from the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, is the government’s most vocal supporter of green policies and was criticised by the opposition in September for encouraging students to skip...

The Delhi government has rolled out its third edition of the Odd-Even car rationing scheme on November 4, 2019, after the city's Air Quality Index crossed 500. The scheme that has been implemented twice in the past is aimed at reducing air pollution in the city. Under the odd-even scheme, which will continue till November...

Coming December will mark 15 years since the Indian Ocean Tsunami which wiped entire towns and killed more than 230,000 people in 14 countries. On December 26 in 2004, an earthquake under the Indian Ocean caused a massive tsunami to strike southern Asia. With tens of thousands more injured, and having caused the displacement of...

On December 26th 2004, a devastating Tsunami in the Indian ocean created havoc in 14 countries, killing over 230,000 people. The tsunami was a result of an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.1 with the epicentre in Sumatra in Indonesia. The earthquake wave hit the Andaman and Nicobar Islands followed by the Tsunami wave which...

The blanket of haze over Delhi continues to thicken with the national capital's pollution levels increasing overnight by around 50 points, taking the overall air quality index to 459 on Friday morning. A Supreme Court-mandated panel on Friday declared a public health emergency in the Delhi-NCR region and banned construction activity till November 5 as...

आंखों में जलन, सीने में चुभन, सांस लेने में तकलीफ कुछ ऐसी ही परेशानियों से समूची दिल्ली जूझ रही है, आलम ये है कि दिल्ली मानो गैस चेंबर बन गयी है, कारण है दिल्ली का प्रदूषण। पिछले एक हफ़्ते से दिल्ली में प्रदूषण का स्तर इस कदर बढ़ा हुआ है कि सरकारों द्वारा उठाये...

By: Riley Panko According to new research by Clutch, nearly half of online shoppers receive packages within 2-3 days of placing their orders. Unfortunately, rushed shipping can lead to significant environmental problems. For example, Amazon’s 2017 deliveries emitted roughly 19 million metric tons of carbon, and that was before the company began rolling out its new one-day...

Teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg has turned down a major environmental prize. "It is a huge honor," Thunberg said of the Nordic Council Environment Prize. "But the climate movement does not need any more awards. What we need is for our politicians and the people in power to start listening to the current, best available...

UN/FAO report Livestock’s Long Shadow found that about a fifth of all human-produced greenhouse gases came from meat, dairy and egg farming. The World Bank and IFC’s report Livestock and Climate Change checked their findings in 2009. They concluded the figure was nearer to a half of all emissions. The UN report counted the greenhouse gas from...

Veganism is a growing trend among the millennials as well as influencers across the world. With all of its health and environment benefits, it has been among the most acceptable food and lifestyle choice for a large number of people. Considering its role in animal welfare and environment conservation, November 1st of every year is...

Businesses are recognizing the risks associated with climate change. More severe weather patterns are already impacting the economy and making parts of the world more volatile. Such changes damage infrastructure, interrupt supply chains, hurt agricultural productivity and impact human health. The United Nations has estimated that the economic cost of climate-related disasters alone hit $2.245 trillion over the...