India to cut cooling costs in hotter country
As temperatures rise in India due to global warming, the government has drafted an action plan to keep the projected increase in costs of cooling in check, becoming the first country to do so
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Kerala’s coastline faces serious threat: a multimedia report
Rapid erosion and the increasing pressure of human development is threatening nearly half of the thickly populated coastline in Kerala that makes large-scale displacement inevitable
Air pollution peaks as Delhi flouts firecracker ban
Hopes of a cleaner Diwali were dashed in the national capital region as a part of the citizenry openly flouted the Supreme Court’s orders limiting the bursting of firecrackers
Firecracker restrictions may mean cleaner Diwali
The severe air pollution in the national capital region during the Diwali festivities could be lower this year as the authorities are acting to restrain the indiscriminate bursting of firecrackers
Tackling the great smog of India
Siddharth Singh, author of The Great Smog of India, speaks in an interview on the drivers of air pollution, the intersection of economics, transport and pollution, as well as what can be done
Migrant workers turn climate refugees twice over
It has been a double whammy for migrant workers fleeing the unprecedented Kerala floods back home to the Sundarbans in West Bengal, a region that is anyway facing the brunt of climate change
