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Study traces 60% PM2.5 pollution in India to residential cooking, power generation, industries
Residential cooking and heating, power generation, and all other industries together are responsibl…
PTI
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Thousands of homes on $1 land: The new housing crisis solution sweeping the country
The two candidates for president might agree on a housing policy that could bring down home prices …
Eliza Relman
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OPINION: Planet vs Plastics — A multi-stakeholder approach to clean up the Earth
Life cycle assessment of plastic reveals that petroleum-based plastics can be recycled three to fou…
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Here's why you should also celebrate Zero Waste Day on March 30 every year!
According to the United Nations, if food loss and waste were a country, it would be the third bigge…
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SpaceX Dragon Capsule debris as big as a car hood crash-landed in North Carolina. It's part of a major space trash problem.
Humans are launching more stuff in space than ever before and we don't have the right models to pre…
Ellyn Lapointe
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Switching to plant-based diets could help clean up the air, save over 2 lakh people worldwide: study
World Health Organisation estimates showed that one-fifth of premature deaths, amounting to nearly …
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Severe air quality alarm in Delhi-NCR amid farm fires surge
Many parts of Delhi recorded their air quality in the 'severe' zone on Thursday, with a persistent …
PTI
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You are not safe from air pollution anywhere in the world, finds a new study
Air pollution is one of the world's biggest problems, and it has reached a level wherein you are no…
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Turkey's largest lake is drying up because of drought, leaving behind stinky, polluted mud and causing a 'bird massacre'
Lake Van, the largest body of water in Turkey, is drying up amid an intensifying drought and rising…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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A historic settlement could bring environmental justice to a Chicago neighborhood that's been filled with polluting industries
Residents of Chicago's Southeast Side have lived alongside industrial polluters for generations. Ad…
Catherine Boudreau
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Meet the $1 billion water-recycling startup helping the likes of Coca-Cola, BMW, and TSMC curb their usage and clamp down on pollution
The Massachusetts-based company, founded in 2013, became one of the VC ecosystem's first unicorns e…
Tasmin Lockwood
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Delhi could transition to almost 100% renewable energy by 2050: study
According to the study, batteries, prosumers and utility scale solar meet most of the demand in Del…
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Agra tourism industry on a boom, despite pollution and war cries
The steady increase in footfalls during the Dussehra vacation and Diwali holidays has buoyed the ho…
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New Zealand's air contains over 3 million plastic bottles worth of microplastics: study
Polyethylene was the major substance detected, followed by polycarbonate and polyethylene terephtha…
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A NASA helicopter took photos of wreckage from a rover that landed on Mars. It's yet another example of how humans are polluting other worlds.
The 4-pound chopper, the first aircraft to take flight on another world, snapped pictures of the Pe…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Marine litter is mostly plastic and is all set to triple by 2040
Did you know that 9-14 million tonnes of plastic ended up in oceans by 2016, forming 60-90 per cent…
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Fighting our plastic problem: Bans and recycling mandates gain steam in the US and abroad
States like California and countries including Canada and India hope to reduce pollution by banning…
Catherine Boudreau
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SpaceX rocket explosion left craters a foot deep, and incinerated 7 bobwhite quail eggs and a "collection of blue land crabs," report says
Bloomberg reported that officials were shocked at the damage caused by the explosion of the Starshi…
Ryan Hogg
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Ban on single-use plastic kicks in across India as the country recognises the choking impacts of plastic waste on the environment
India generates nearly one crore tonnes of plastic waste annually, of which around 35 lakh tonnes r…
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A helicopter ride from NYC to East Hampton will reportedly cost 30% more this summer thanks to a new airport rule spurred by years of noise complaints
East Hampton is limiting commercial landings at its local airport following a lengthy battle over h…