State pollution control boards in India neither have enough staff nor expertise

A report by the Centre for Policy Research reveals the problems ailing nine state pollution control boards.

Manish Kumar

· Nov 07, 2022 · 07:30 pm

Enough fishing gear is being dropped in the oceans each year to circle the Earth more than 18 times

This lost fishing equipment, known as ghost gear, can cause heavy social, economic and environmental damage.

Britta Denise Hardesty, The Conversation

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Chris Wilcox, The Conversation

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Joanna Vince, The Conversation

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Kelsey Richardson, The Conversation

· Oct 15, 2022 · 11:30 pm

Air pollution is worsening reproductive health outcomes for women in India – and around the world

Evidence is clear that air pollution is linked to higher rates of miscarriages, pregnancy complications and stillbirths, affecting women’s reproductive health.

Disha Shetty

· Apr 04, 2022 · 07:30 am

Delhi ranks third among states with most contaminated sites, shows pollution board data

Odisha topped the list of 23 such sites, while Uttar Pradesh is second on the list with 21 spots.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 07, 2021 · 07:54 pm

India has some of the most polluted cities, yet 70% of its environmental ‘crimes’ involve smoking

The data from the National Crime Records Bureau is misleading, say some environmentalists.

Bhasker Tripathi, IndiaSpend.com

· Oct 29, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Plastics: How a material that was supposed to revolutionise the future became a dreaded pollutant

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hinted that restrictions on single-use plastic could be announced soon.

Nithya Subramanian

· Oct 01, 2019 · 09:00 am

Why Uttar Pradesh has failed to eradicate plastic waste despite three bans in four years

Poor enforcement of bans is worsened by the lack of data on the amount of prohibited plastics being produced and circulated.

Kanchan Srivastava

· Jul 22, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Cancer, lung ailments are on the rise in Kolkata. Yet the city is doing little to curb air pollution

It has the highest age-adjusted incidence of lung cancer among major Indian cities and 4 out of every 10 persons suffer from obstructive airways diseases.

Guruvinder Singh

· May 16, 2019 · 01:30 pm

The cost of crop burning in India is three times the country’s health budget

The health bill from crop burning is Rs 2 lakh crore annually.

Faizi Noor Ahmad, IndiaSpend.com

· Mar 21, 2019 · 11:30 pm

Bengaluru’s Bellandur lake froths once again after overnight rain

Weather experts expect the downpour to continue for the next four days.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 25, 2018 · 05:08 pm

‘The largest septic tank of the city’: Bengaluru’s Bellandur lake froths again

In a recent report, the National Green Tribunal blamed the civic administration for the lake’s deteriorating condition.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 14, 2018 · 09:34 am

Pakistan’s Supreme Court forces the country to get cracking on worsening air pollution

Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar ruled that the government must provide details of what it is doing to curb pollution.

Nicky Nielsen, The Conversation

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Sughra Tunio, Thomson Reuters Foundation

· May 03, 2018 · 09:30 pm