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With Revolutionary Air Purifiers, One Young Man’s Tackling India’s Air Pollution Crisis

Leave a Comment / ChangeMaker, Efforts, Environment, Innovation, Pollution, Save Earth, sustainability, Technology, Youth / By / December 24, 2021

Angad Daryani’s “Praan” (which translates into life in English) is trying out a novel solution to beat urban pollution that has become synonymous with Indian cities like Delhi and Mumbai. Using a groundbreaking filter-less air purifier, Praan’s future-ready tech could change the way we perceive clean air. With the ability to create urban bubbles of clean …

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Dorchester County’s Valley Proteins plant suspends operations amid pollution woes; State says lawsuit is coming

Leave a Comment / Climate Change, Environment, Global Warming, Pollution / By / December 23, 2021

Valley Proteins, Dorchester County’s troubled chicken rendering plant, has suspended operations after environmental groups and state inspectors raised pollution concerns, the Maryland Department of the Environment said Wednesday. The plant attracted scrutiny earlier this year after lawmakers discovered it was to receive a $13 million subsidy from the state for a wastewater system upgrade, even after previous …

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2021: a year when floods and fires made climate change a burning issue for the world

Leave a Comment / Climate Change, CSR, CSR Reporting, Environment, Global Warming, Save Earth / By / December 22, 2021

In 2021 it was impossible not to see or hear the slogans of activists and politicians as the devastating effects of climate change became real across the world including Europe. Between flooding in several nations and massive wildfires in Greece, Turkey and parts of the US, it all started to look apocalyptic. The alarm bells …

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How Global Warming May Change Work Hours In Delhi, Mumbai And Other Hot Cities

Leave a Comment / Climate Change, CSR, CSR Reporting, Environment / By / December 20, 2021

According to a new study, work hours may change in the coming years due to the impact of global warming. A new study published in the academic journal Nature Communications says that rising temperatures in the day might force people to reconsider the wide-prevailing 9 to 5 workday and shift work to cooler parts of …

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Plastic-degrading enzymes on the rise in pollution hotspots

Leave a Comment / CSR, CSR Reporting, Environment, No Plastic, Pollution / By / December 17, 2021

The number of microbial enzymes with the ability to degrade plastic is growing in correlation with local levels of plastic pollution, a new study has found. Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden measured samples of environmental DNA from around the globe and used computer modelling to search for microbial enzymes with plastic-degrading potential. …

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