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At Thailand's Full Moon Party Beach, Tourists Get A (Literal) Sea Of Poop
Travel content creator sheds light on the aftermath of Thailand's Full Moon Party beach filled with human waste
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Earth Hour Day 2024: Date, Background, Theme, Importance, And More
The WWF on March 15 released a 'soothing' Earth Day anthem, composed by Shantanu Moitra and sung by Papon, urging people to conserve nature.
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Chinese-Funded Harbour In Sierra Leone Stirs Environmental Fears
Sierra Leoneans are protesting a planned industrial harbour in a lush village in the West African country over concerns the Chinese-financed project will destroy pristine rainforest and pollute the ocean.
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Chief Justice SA Bobde Says Privacy A Concern, Proposes One Law On Environment
Chief Justice SA Bobde said the widespread use of technology has also brought with it concerns over mass data collection and an individual's right to privacy; and also insisted on a single system laws cutting across various environmental issues.
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Aamir Khan Praises PM's Call Against Plastic: "Should Strongly Support"
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiative to curb use of plastic is an "effort all of us should strongly support", actor Aamir Khan said today.
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Vice President Hamid Ansari Calls For Effective Safeguard Of Environment
Expressing concern over the growing environmental issues worldwide, Vice President Hamid Ansari on Thursday stressed on "removing barricades of global villages" and called upon the countries to work together for a "more effective" safeguard of the environment.
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Control Human Population To Tackle Environment Issues: Suresh Prabhu
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Sunday made a strong pitch for controlling human population to tackle environmental issues and to reduce the pressure on natural resources caused by growing demand.
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Plants Can Ease Hot Temperatures in Cities: NASA Study
Plants within urban areas - along roads, in parks, and in wooded neighbourhoods - can regulate the urban heating effect which can raise the temperature of cities compared to neighbouring rural and semi-rural areas, according to a new NASA study.
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China Capital to Move More Polluting Industry to Heavily Polluted Hebei
China's capital Beijing will relocate more of its polluting industries into the already smog-hit neighbouring province of Hebei as part of a plan to integrate the regions by the end of the next decade, the government said.
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Australia Pledges to Cut Carbon Emissions by 26 Per Cent by 2030
Australia plans to reduce carbon emissions by at least 26 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said today, adding the government was focused on balancing the economy with the environment.
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Hillary Clinton Strays From Her Roots as Coal Miner's Great Granddaughter
In her 2008 bid for the White House, Hillary Clinton cast herself as a blue-collar Democrat who was unabashedly pro-coal, a stance that helped her beat opponent Barack Obama easily in primaries in states that produced or were reliant on coal.
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No Study Supports Global Warming Affecting Himalayas
No study has so far supported the theory that global warming was causing natural calamities in the Himalayan region, parliament was told on Thursday.
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Barack Obama Issues Challenge on Climate Change With Power Plant Rule
President Barack Obama challenged America and the world to step up efforts to fight global warming on Monday at the formal unveiling of his administration's controversial, ramped-up plan to cut carbon emissions from US power plants.
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Climate: No 'Plan B' for Oceans, Says Study
Technology to drain heat-trapping CO2 from the atmosphere may slow global warming, but will not reverse climate damage to the ocean on any meaningful timescale, according to research published on Monday.
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Glaciers Melt to Lowest Level on Record: Study
Glaciers worldwide have shrunk to levels not seen in 120 years of record-keeping, with melt-off accelerating in the first decade of the 21st century, according to a study released Monday.
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At Thailand's Full Moon Party Beach, Tourists Get A (Literal) Sea Of Poop
Travel content creator sheds light on the aftermath of Thailand's Full Moon Party beach filled with human waste
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Earth Hour Day 2024: Date, Background, Theme, Importance, And More
The WWF on March 15 released a 'soothing' Earth Day anthem, composed by Shantanu Moitra and sung by Papon, urging people to conserve nature.
-
Chinese-Funded Harbour In Sierra Leone Stirs Environmental Fears
Sierra Leoneans are protesting a planned industrial harbour in a lush village in the West African country over concerns the Chinese-financed project will destroy pristine rainforest and pollute the ocean.
-
Chief Justice SA Bobde Says Privacy A Concern, Proposes One Law On Environment
Chief Justice SA Bobde said the widespread use of technology has also brought with it concerns over mass data collection and an individual's right to privacy; and also insisted on a single system laws cutting across various environmental issues.
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Aamir Khan Praises PM's Call Against Plastic: "Should Strongly Support"
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiative to curb use of plastic is an "effort all of us should strongly support", actor Aamir Khan said today.
-
Vice President Hamid Ansari Calls For Effective Safeguard Of Environment
Expressing concern over the growing environmental issues worldwide, Vice President Hamid Ansari on Thursday stressed on "removing barricades of global villages" and called upon the countries to work together for a "more effective" safeguard of the environment.
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Control Human Population To Tackle Environment Issues: Suresh Prabhu
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Sunday made a strong pitch for controlling human population to tackle environmental issues and to reduce the pressure on natural resources caused by growing demand.
-
Plants Can Ease Hot Temperatures in Cities: NASA Study
Plants within urban areas - along roads, in parks, and in wooded neighbourhoods - can regulate the urban heating effect which can raise the temperature of cities compared to neighbouring rural and semi-rural areas, according to a new NASA study.
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China Capital to Move More Polluting Industry to Heavily Polluted Hebei
China's capital Beijing will relocate more of its polluting industries into the already smog-hit neighbouring province of Hebei as part of a plan to integrate the regions by the end of the next decade, the government said.
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Australia Pledges to Cut Carbon Emissions by 26 Per Cent by 2030
Australia plans to reduce carbon emissions by at least 26 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said today, adding the government was focused on balancing the economy with the environment.
-
Hillary Clinton Strays From Her Roots as Coal Miner's Great Granddaughter
In her 2008 bid for the White House, Hillary Clinton cast herself as a blue-collar Democrat who was unabashedly pro-coal, a stance that helped her beat opponent Barack Obama easily in primaries in states that produced or were reliant on coal.
-
No Study Supports Global Warming Affecting Himalayas
No study has so far supported the theory that global warming was causing natural calamities in the Himalayan region, parliament was told on Thursday.
-
Barack Obama Issues Challenge on Climate Change With Power Plant Rule
President Barack Obama challenged America and the world to step up efforts to fight global warming on Monday at the formal unveiling of his administration's controversial, ramped-up plan to cut carbon emissions from US power plants.
-
Climate: No 'Plan B' for Oceans, Says Study
Technology to drain heat-trapping CO2 from the atmosphere may slow global warming, but will not reverse climate damage to the ocean on any meaningful timescale, according to research published on Monday.
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Glaciers Melt to Lowest Level on Record: Study
Glaciers worldwide have shrunk to levels not seen in 120 years of record-keeping, with melt-off accelerating in the first decade of the 21st century, according to a study released Monday.
