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Char Dham Yatra: Environmentalists flag concerns over threat to Uttarakhan
Updated : 2 days ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 22 (ANI): With a large number of pilgrims taking part in the ongoing Char Dham Yatra, experts have warned of a serious environmental threat amid threat to the state's exotic herbs which are facing extinction.
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Prominent citizens urge Kerala CM to shelve SilverLine project
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 18 (ANI): Forty prominent citizens urged Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to freeze the proposed semi high-speed SilverLine railway project. The signatories include scientists and environmentalists.
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Environmentalists hope for constructive collaborative outcome as CAQM disc
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 16 (ANI): Environmentalists are of the view that the "emergency meeting" held on Tuesday by the Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and adjoining areas to discuss the depleting air quality should have happened irrespective of Supre
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Centre, state should take collective efforts to mitigate pollution, say en
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 7 (ANI): As Delhi air quality remains between severe and very poor category, environmental experts stressed that the Centre and state should take collective efforts to mitigate the pollution.
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Environmentalists sue Sri Lanka government, MV X-Press Pearl operator over
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 5 (ANI): A group of climate and fishermen activists in Sri Lanka has filed a lawsuit against the government and operator of MV X-Press Pearl over the ship wreck that caused severe damage to the environment.
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China-backed projects in Africa face intense backlash over environmental t
Updated : 11 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Beijing [China], May 30 (ANI): Dozens of China-backed and funded projects in Africa, most of them developed as part of Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), continue to face intense backlash from communities and environmentalists who accuse the developers of destroying ecosystems in purs
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Study highlights mathematical model predicting disease spread patterns
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Washington [US], May 8 (ANI): In a new paper, a team of environmental engineers presented their results: a model that predicts where the disease will spread from an outbreak, in what patterns and how quickly.
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Ghana's bauxite deal with Chinese state-owned firm poses environmental ris
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Accra [Ghana], March 21 (ANI): Ghana's bauxite deal with a Chinese state-owned firm draws sharp criticism from environmentalists who warned that mining in the country's key forests would pose environmental risks.
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Chinese environmentalists condemn destruction of Yangguan forest to make v
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 24 (ANI): The destruction of a forest in the arid northwest region of China to make vineyards has been condemned by Chinese environmentalists, warning it would cause an ecological disaster.
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Biden should heed environmentalists' calls, become first plastic-free pres
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 11 (ANI/Sputnik): As the incoming US president, Joe Biden should address the plastic pollution problem in the United States and become the first plastic-free president, Dianna Cohen, Co-Founder, and CEO of Plastic Pollution Coalition, a US-based environmental allian
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NMCG virtually celebrates International Freshwater Dolphin Day for enhanci
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 24 (ANI): Environmentalists, wildlife experts and conservationists joined the virtual celebration of International Freshwater Dolphin Day organised by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) on Tuesday.
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'Pollution watchdogs late this year again': Environmentalists
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): Though several measures are coming into force with an effort to curtail the air pollution index by pollution watchdogs at the national and state levels in Delhi, experts believe action shouldered by the authorities was 'pretty late this year again'.
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