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Planting trees and bushes along highways can significantly cut local motor pollution levels, study finds
It is common to see plants at Indian traffic medians wilting away for lack of care, or even destroy…
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Exposure to coal power plant emissions may be twice as dangerous than previously thought, study finds
Coal burning creates copious amounts of sulphur dioxide, a fine particulate matter (PM2.5) that sus…
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"70% of Bengaluru kids have lung-related issues": environmentalist warns against dangers of breathing Bengaluru air
Experts opine that monitoring of air quality in Bengaluru is not being done appropriately. In the l…
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14 of the top 20 most polluted cities in the world are Indian
Kanpur was reported highest on PM2.5 count scoring 173 μg/m3 and PM10 was 319 μg/m3. This rose…
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'Aunt Karen,' a Black TikToker who made a full-time job of calling out racism, says she's successfully infiltrated and disbanded 'White Lives Matter' groups on social media
Denise Bradley, also known as "Aunt Karen" or "the good kind of Karen" on TikTok, said calling out …
Taylor Ardrey
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Best budget vacuum cleaners under ₹5,000 in India
Find the best budget vacuum cleaners in India under ₹5,000 for efficient, powerful cleaning. Choose…
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Switching to plant-based diets could help clean up the air, save over 2 lakh people worldwide: study
World Health Organisation estimates showed that one-fifth of premature deaths, amounting to nearly …
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Delhi's air quality sinks further into very poor category
A layer of haze hung over Delhi and its surrounding areas on Wednesday, with the capital's air qual…
PTI
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Homebuyers are flocking to areas most exposed to extreme weather risk and pushing prices higher, JPMorgan says
Housing prices are actually rising in the areas most at risk of extreme weather because buyers have…
Filip De Mott
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Delhi sees surge in number of people with eye, throat, respiratory issues
Engulfed in thick toxic smog, the air quality index (AQI) on Friday plummeted to the "severe plu…
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Bad air might indirectly be a major culprit behind suicide-related spike, Chinese study finds
More than just a straightforward impact on the residents' physical health, scientists have always w…
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See how badly your home could be hit by heat, wind, and bad air over the next 30 years
Your home's climate risk, including chances of extreme heat days, winds over 50mph, and poor air qu…
Dan Latu,Catherine Boudreau
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Air pollution can aggravate complications for diabetic patients: Expert
On the occasion of World Diabetes Day on Tuesday, a leading environmental activist and green techno…
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North America's largest steel mill has a plan to reduce emissions and it's a perfect example of why carbon capture is so controversial
US Steel said it can cut carbon emissions by about 0.5% a year by 2026 using carbon capture technol…
Catherine Boudreau
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Biden slows his timeline for the shift to EVs in a compromise with unions concerned about jobs
A new rule limiting tailpipe pollution creates a slower timeline to EV adoption after the auto indu…
Catherine Boudreau
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Air pollution linked to lower birth weight in babies, says new European study
Exposure to air pollution, even at relatively low levels, is associated with women giving birth to …
PTI
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A rapid clean-energy transition could save 181 million years of healthy human life annually by 2050, report finds
Switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy wouldn't just help climate change, it could save li…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Maiya Focht
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The key to a longer life: high unemployment
New research confirms it: The worse the economy gets, the longer we live. But why?
Aki Ito
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Delhi air quality in 'severe' category again — early winter break announced
The air quality in Delhi on Tuesday morning again dipped to 'severe' category after improving very …
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eBay could face $2 billion in fines after feds sue over the sale of 'rolling coal' devices
The DOJ filed a lawsuit against eBay, alleging the company allowed the sale of 343,000 "rolling coa…