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PwC commits to net zero emissions by 2030 globally
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Sep 16 (ANI): Global consulting major PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has made a worldwide science-based commitment to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030, including supporting its clients to reduce their emissions.
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Trump says science doesn't know about climate change, he does
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump has cast doubt on the observations of scientists about climate change and predicted that it would soon get "cooler".
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Swadeshi Jagran Manch writes to PM requesting halt to field trials of gene
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 14 (ANI): After the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change allowed the field trials for Bt brinjal, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) affiliate, Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) on Monday, wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to halt th
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Environment Ministry suggests different models for re-using plastic pens
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that three different models have been suggested for the producers, importers and brand owners to implement the Extended Producers Responsibil
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Indian diplomat Abhay K quotes Kalidasa's poems to highlight climate chang
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 10 (ANI): Abhay K, Ambassador of India to Madagascar and Comoros, used classical 5th century Sanskrit poet Kalidasa's poems to highlight the triple threat of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution that the world faces today.
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Over 37 yrs, glaciers in Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve's Rishikesh catchmen
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], September 9 (ANI): Glaciers in Rishikesh catchment area of world heritage site Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve are depleting fast due to climate change, with a reduction of almost 10 per cent in almost four decades, says a study by the Ministry of Environment and
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Threat of climate change is real and dangerous: Piyush Goyal
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said that the threat of climate change is real and dangerous and the country has to move towards a world of net-zero carbon emissions.
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Poor quality environments contribute to 13 per cent of deaths in Europe: E
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], September 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Poor environmental conditions in European countries contribute to as much as one in eight deaths, a report on the environmental risks to health released by the European Environment Agency (EEA) released on Tuesday said.
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China fails to tackle decade-long flooding problem, billions of dollars at
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 5 (ANI): China has built many reservoirs, levees, dikes and dams on its seven major river systems over the last several years but is still struggling with a surge in crippling floods, which has destroyed huge swathes of agricultural and industrial land and millions
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Lakshadweep Administration implements project Barn Owls to fight rodent me
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 30 (ANI): Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, on Sunday said that the Union Territory of Lakshadweep Administration successfully implemented the Project Barn Owls with the support of the Kerala Forest Department to manage the menace of the rodents
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Environment Ministry seeks to be removed from parties on plea to ban anima
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 28 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the Federation for Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO), which has filed a plea seeking to ban the use of animals in circuses, on an application of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Chang
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Vakrangee commits to science-based emission reduction targets
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 26 (ANI): Non-banking company Vakrangee Ltd is joining the global movement of leading companies aligning their business with the most ambitious aim of the Paris Agreement: to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees celsius above pre-industrial levels an
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