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HFCs: Are these toxic gases the hidden cause of the climate crisis?

Surat-based entrepreneur Viral Desai, who has earned the moniker 'Greenman of Gujarat' due to his contributions to the environment since a young age, says that forests and biodiversity are indispensable to development, and are national ...

Each year, pollution is directly involved in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Europeans and the devastating loss of biodiversity, a grim fact the European Union aims to mitigate with its latest Green Week. The annual event, which brings interested parties together to debate the bloc's environmental policy, kicks off today (Monday). Its theme this year is about looking at moving towards zero pollution. Pollution -- through the air we breathe, the water we drink or the land we grow our food on -- is a major cause of disease and premature death, according to the European Commission, At...

Read more about NGT refuses to allow coal-fired brick kilns in NCR during monsoon months on Business Standard. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has junked a plea seeking a review of its order banning operation of coal-fired brick kilns in the NCR beyond June during the monsoon months

The report found that companies like ExxonMobil, a gas corporation, and Dow, a chemical manufacturer, top the list along with Sinopec, a petroleum and chemical company. Together these three companies single handedly account for 16 per cent of global single-use plastic waste. ExxonMobil, the worst company for generating single-use plastic and polluting in the world, has contributed 5.9 million tonnes to the plastic pollutant problem, whilst Dow, the largest chemical company in the world, created 5.5 million tonnes of plastic waste. Together these three companies single handedly account for 16 ...