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  • St. Agnes college collects two tons of e-waste in a collection drive

    A city-based college organized a 'bE-Responsible' e-waste collection drive to raise awareness about the harmful impacts of e-waste and how to properly dispose of or recycle it without affecting the environment.

  • Essar to invest $3.6 billion in low-carbon projects in the UK and India

    Essar Group of India announced on Monday the formation of a new organisation that would oversee its different companies and push $3.6 billion in low-carbon projects in the United Kingdom and India over the next five years. Essar, founded by billionaire brothers Shashi and Ravi Ruia, has sold part of its Indian holdings in telecom, oil refining, and steel in order to pay off its massive debt.

  • PM Modi highlights the importance of renewable energy investment in his post-budget speech

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed players from the energy sector to invest in the country on Thursday, emphasising that the Union Budget will play a vital role in establishing India as a leader in the global green energy market.

  • Venice canals drying up due to low tide and lack of rainfall

    After last summer's catastrophe, weeks of dry winter weather have sparked fears that Italy would suffer another drought, with the Alps receiving less than half of their average snowfall, according to experts and environmental organizations.

  • PMC to build India's first waste-to-hydrogen facility in Pune

    PMC has joined hands with a private company, TheGreenBillions Ltd (TGBL), to build India’s first waste-to-hydrogen facility. TGBL, a sustainability solutions manufacturing firm has signed a 30-year partnership with PMC.

  • Pune-based firm developing sustainable solutions for a low-carbon economy

    Praj Industries' Founding Chairman Dr Pramod Chaudhari stated that the firm is producing sustainable solutions in the form of Renewable Chemicals and Materials (RCM) in the quest for a low-carbon economy.

  • India on top among G20 countries in climate change action, a new study reveals

    According to an Observer Research Foundation assessment on climate change mitigation among the Group of 20 countries, India and Italy are leading the race, followed by Indonesia and the United Kingdom.

  • 9 Indian states among the top 50 climate-vulnerable regions in the globe

    According to a new study announced on February 20, nine of the 50 places in the globe experiencing significant climate risk to a weak physical infrastructure are in India. Bihar (22nd), Uttar Pradesh (25th), Assam (28th), Rajasthan (32nd), Tamil Nadu (36th), Maharashtra (38th), Gujarat (48th), Punjab (50th), and Kerala (52nd) are among the most susceptible in the country, with the index indicating that Mumbai, the country's financial hub, is also at danger.

  • Goa “Green Tourism Plans” Preparing To Switch To Renewable Energy

    The state administration of Goa has started creating a road map for the state's shift to green energy, eager to forward its goals for green tourism. The creation of a green rating system and the implementation of decarbonization plans or programmes for the state's tourism industry and related industries are among the goals of the draft plan.

  • Cyclone Gabrielle Forces New Zealand To Declares National Emergency

    It was only the third time in history that the New Zealand government declared a national state of emergency owing to the storm's devastation .Once before, at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic and after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, has New Zealand issued a national state of emergency. The calamity, according to Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, is the largest meteorological event to affect New Zealand in a century. At least 225,000 people, according to officials, were without electricity on Tuesday.