The CleanMax Enviro Energy Solutions, a commercial & industrial (C&I) renewable energy company partnered with Meta to invest in the 33.8 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy projects that are being set up in India. Under the deal, CleanMax will have full control over the project, owning and operating. While for years to come Meta will get to purchase the 100% of the environmental attributes from the projects.
After Bengaluru Hyderabad is the second largest IT Hub in south India in terms of electronic waste or e-waste. Yet it doesn't have any proper plan of disposal due to which the majority of the e-waste is either dumped in landfills or get recycled by the unregulated informal sector considering its economic value.
Adar Poonawalla Clean City Initiative (APCCI), Poornam Ecovision Foundation, and Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) have come together to help people get rid of e-waste. They together started a door-to-door service for all 15 wards of the city picking up e-waste.
On Monday, the Rajya Sabha finally cleared the 2022 Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill. The main agenda of the bill is to put forward the outline for the use of clean energy mandatory.
The new study was put forward by the self-governed intergovernmental organization, International Energy Agency (IEA). The study featured detail for the next five-year plan. much of the part will be focused on India, where 90% of the global electricity expansion will consist of renewable energy.
A seed farm, located in Aluva was declared to be the first carbon-neutral farm. The announcement was made by Kerala’s Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. This marked a milestone event for India in its mission to reduce carbon emissions.
Along with the facilities of the passengers, Indian Railways is now also focusing on making the environment clean. Indian Railways is committed to ensure that there is no pollution through railways in the country and is trying to achieve the goal of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2030. Railways have taken many such measures one after the other continuously for some time, in which modern rail should be known as Eco-Friendly Rail.
With the seasonal change in Delhi, some relief has also been seen from pollution. According to the Central Pollution Control Board, there has been an improvement in Delhi's Air Quality Index (AQI). On Thursday, the average air quality index was recorded at 284, which is in poor condition. For the last few days, the AQI in the capital remained very poor and on Saturday it reached the severe category.
India can no longer escape issues like global warming as the citizens will face worse consequences in the coming years. The newly published World Bank report, titled 'Climate Investment Opportunities in India's Cooling Zone', informs that the people of India have been troubled by heatwaves in the last few years. According to the news agency PTI, in the month of April 2022, the average temperature in Delhi reached 41 degrees.
Delegates from 196 nations, including India, have assembled in Canada for a two-week summit that is expected to produce a major deal to prevent and reverse environmental degradation by 2030.
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Technology is a useful servant, but a dangerous master, it was rightly said. Electronic devices have grown into an inevitable part of our daily lives.