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People cannot be left to die, says SC on Delhi-NCR pollution, passes slew of directionsBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 5, 2019
People in Delhi-NCR are losing "precious years of their lives" and cannot be "left to die" due to the "atrocious" pollution situation which reflects a "shocking state of affairs", the Supreme Court said Monday and directed neighbouring Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar... Read more.. |
An Environmentally Friendly Firecracker? India Is Willing to Try.By : Sustainability ..., Oct 24, 2019
Diwali is the Hindu festival of light, and during the height of the celebrations in India each autumn, much of that illumination is coming from barely controlled explosions: the firecrackers, sparklers and other fireworks that millions here love to ignite as night falls. But... Read more.. |
Plant that converts paddy straw into biogas set up to tackle Delhi pollutionBy : Sustainability ..., Oct 21, 2019
India's first plant to convert paddy straw into biogas that can be used as CNG in automobiles will come up at Karnal in Haryana as agencies double effort to prevent burning of crop stubble that is said to be the main reason for pollution in the national capital region. ES... Read more.. Subject Tags: biogas plant , Clean Energy , CNG , Indraprastha Gas Ltd , paddy straw , stubble burning |
UT submits plan against air pollutionBy : Sustainability ..., Aug 30, 2019
From promoting battery-operated vehicles and green buffers along the traffic corridors to introducing intelligent traffic management system, the UT administration plans to do everything to control air pollution. Its action plan submitted with the Union government recently... Read more.. |
Thyssenkrupp Industries India, Babcock & Wilcox in pact for biomass boiler technology for IndiaBy : Sustainability ..., Feb 27, 2019
Thyssenkrupp Industries, the Indian arm of German conglomerate, has signed an exclusive license agreement with Babcock & Wilcox Volund of Denmark for a biomass boiler technology for India... Read more.. Subject Tags: air pollution mitigation , Babcock & Wilcox Co , Biomass , biomass plant , India , Renewable Energy , stubble burning , Thyssenkrupp Industries |
Niti Aayog working on policy to end crop residue burningBy : Sustainability ..., Feb 26, 2019
Government think-tank Niti Aayog will soon come out with a policy roadmap to promote alternative use of crop residue, which farmers continue to burn in the fields despite a ban in some states to... Read more.. Subject Tags: air pollution , air pollution mitigation , crop residue , crop residue burning , environmental sustainability , India , Niti Aayog , stubble burning |
NTPC begins using farm stubble as fuel at Dadri plant to help Delhi breathe easyBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 15, 2019
State-run NTPC has started using farm stubble as fuel at one of the units at its Dadri power plant, a first of its kind move expected to help Delhi and its neighbourhood breathe easy by stopping... Read more.. |
Farm fires contribute 33% to Delhi’s PM 2.5By : Sustainability ..., Nov 8, 2018
If you were wondering why the pollution situation had again become grim after two days of relative calm, here’s part of your answer: a change in wind direction has resulted in the capital... Read more.. |
ReNew Power and CII partner to jointly address stubble burning issue in PunjabBy : Sustainability ..., Oct 26, 2018
Renewable energy generator ReNew Power today announced it has joined hands with industry chamber Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) to provide Punjab farmers equipment for alternative... Read more.. Subject Tags: air pollution , AQI , CII , environment friendly solutions , India , ReNew Power , stubble burning |