According to United Nations Environment Programme's "Global Status Report 2018", construction and operation of buildings accounted for 36 per cent of global energy use and nearly 40 per cent of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in 2017 ...
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Air Pollution
Air Pollution
The central government has collaborated with the TERI, Bloomberg Philanthropies and Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation to bring together research and civil society organisations to offer technical assistance on air quality issues in support of the NCAP ...
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As the air quality of the national capital deteriorates raising concerns for the residents, central government run System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) has advised people to avoid prolonged exposure to air pollution and avoid burning of wood, candles or incense sticks ...
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With a target to bring down stubble burning cases by 90 per cent this year, the government of Punjab has signed a memorandum of understanding for a bio-fuel project with Virgo Corporation ...
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The air quality of Delhi has dipped back to ‘very poor’ because the impact of the heavy rain that occurred last week on Thursday subsides ...
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While addressing the inaugural session of 13th international oil and gas conference Petrotech 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that countries around the world are coming together to tackle climate change and the convergence between cheaper renewable energy, technologies and digital applications is increasing ...
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The Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded in Delhi-NCR after the heavy hailstorm and rain, was better at most of the places in the region and none of the stations recorded an AQI higher than 200 at 10 am on Friday as opposed to 350 in very poor category that it has been averaging at since January 30 ...
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The report titled Airpocalypse III published by Greenpeace India surveyed the data from 313 cities across the country and found that as many as 241 cities were violating the air quality standards while the National Clean Air Programme targets only 102 cities thus leaving out a large number of cities with toxic air quality ...
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Experts condemned the reduction of budget for pollution control by 50 per cent, labelling the interim budget as “election friendly” ...
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As the country battles deteriorating air quality, the Central government has decided to increase the number of real-time air quality monitoring systems from the current 150 to a total of 450 and manual monitoring systems from the current 731 to a total of 1500 in the next five years ...
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The electric vehicle industry is happy about inclusion of electric vehicles as a priority for the government in the coming years, even though specific measures to realise the Vision 2030 was missing from the Budget speech ...
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To help fight air pollution and to manage the waste generated at home, Priyadarshan Sahasrabuddhe created a biogas plant to kill two birds with one stone ...
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